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《新東方·GRE官方題庫範文精講》提供200多道GRE作文真題及其範文,精講其中的近100篇,並分析總結了Issue和Argument高分寫作技巧,指導你立竿見影地提高作文成績。同時還幫助你揣摩評卷人的心理,使你真正做到知己知彼,百戰不殆。
GRE寫作備考方略;GRE寫作的建議與禁忌;Issue特徵、要則與寫作流程;Argument邏輯錯誤及應對策略;GRE寫作評分、成績通知和成績評估。作品目錄
前言第一章GRE寫作應試指導一、GRE寫作概要二、Issue寫作詳解三、Argument寫作詳解四、GRE寫作中的建議和禁忌五、GRE寫作考試的計算機界面六、GRE寫作評分、成績通知和成績評估七、GRE寫作備考方略第二章Issue範文精講Issue 寫作要領Issue 31 Investing in research which may have controversial resultsIssue 191 The proper use of public resourcesIssue 121 Our responsibility to save endangered speciesIssue 186 Is practicality our idol in today’s world?Issue 4 Advancements in a field of study and outside expertsIssue 10 Government’s duty to preserve cultural traditionsIssue 8 Should political leaders withhold information from the public?Issue 113 Defining ourselves by identifying with social groupsIssue 136 Is the absence of choice a rare circumstance?Issue 161 Media scrutiny of society’s heroesIssue 212 Do worthy ends justify any means?Issue 7 The growing significance of the video cameraIssue 114 Has technology failed to help humanity progress?Issue 159 Will humans always be superior to machines?Issue 183 The impact of acquiring more knowledgeIssue 196 Does technology threaten our quality of life?Issue 33 Is image more important than the truth behind it?Issue 112 Should schools teach students to explore their own emotions?Issue 127 Are facts “stubborn things,” or can we alter them?Issue 184 Is it mistake to theorize without data?Issue 41 The role of non-mainstream areas of inquiryIssue 131 Do the arts reveal society’s hidden ideas and impulses?Issue 138 Are mistakes necessary for discovery or progress?Issue 174 Should laws be rigid or flexible?Issue 176 The value and function of science and artIssue 221 The chief benefit of the study of historyIssue 1 Do we learn the most from people whose views we share?Issue 17 Our duty to disobey unjust lawsIssue 46 Preparing young people for leadershipIssue 144 The value of art vs. that of art criticIssue 201 Should educators provide students with a set of ideas or with job preparation?Issue 228 Praising positive actions and ignoring negative onesIssue 239 Should all so-called facts be mistrusted?Issue 49 Imaginative works vs. factual accountsIssue 99 Pragmatic vs. idealistic behaviorIssue 164 Imagination vs. experienceIssue 210 Are people free to choose a career?Issue 26 Historic buildings—preservation vs. practicalityIssue 36 Can only history determine an individual’s greatness?Issue 103 Is history relevant to our daily lives?Issue 120 Studying the past to help us live in the presentIssue 173 To what extent is originality truly original?Issue 207 Rituals and ceremonies and cultural identityIssue 226 Are we facing increasingly complex and challenging problems?第三章Issue 範文精選Issue 5 The merits of a national curriculum for schoolsIssue 11 The benefits of a global universityIssue 13 Government’s duty to preserve lesser-known languagesIssue 16 Do luxuries prevent our becoming strong and independent?Issue 25 Does it require effort and courage to make things simpleIssue 28 Should students learn concepts before they memorize facts?Issue 29 Should public figures expect to lose their privacy?Issue 30 The primary goal of technological advancementIssue 38 Does television render books obsolete?Issue 40 Scholars and academic inquiry and researchIssue 43 Ethical and moral standards and successful leadershipIssue 47 Should society place more emphasis on the intellect?Issue 48 Does the study of history overemphasize “the famous few”?Issue 50 Should college faculty also work outside the academic world?Issue 92 Recognizing the limits of our knowledgeIssue 93 The concept of individual responsibilityIssue 94 What is required to become “truly educated”? Issue 95 Teamwork as the key to productivityIssue 98 Should colleges emphasize courses in popular culture?Issue 104 How does a culture perpetuate its prevailing ideas?Issue 108 The benefits of televising government proceedingsIssue 109 Ads portraying people we want to “be like”Issue 110 Historians as storytellersIssue 115 Monitoring our progress with the use of logic and measurementIssue 116 The beneficiaries of global networksIssue 119 Setting research prioritiesIssue 124 The impact of technology on our leisure timeIssue 130 Have we learned how to raise children who can better society?Issue 140 Do great achievements often lead to the greatest discontent?Issue 141 Does personal economic success require conformity?Issue 142 Is society better off when many people question authority?Issue 146 Can a person be committed to an idea yet be critical of it?Issue 147 Must we choose between tradition and modernization?Issue 150 Will computer connections make tourism obsolete?Issue 151 The effects of high-speed communications mediaIssue 152 The limits of the responsibility of corporate executivesIssue 153 Should students be skeptical about what they are taught?Issue 154 Should parents and communities participate in education?Issue 157 Are all observations subjective?Issue 160 Effective leadership and commitment to particular principlesIssue 165 From whom do our leading voices come?Issue 167 Is complete honesty a useful virtue in politics?Issue 168 Can only inside experts judge work in any given field?Issue 169 Are politics and morality mutually exclusive?Issue 170 The surest indicator of a great nationIssue 171 What avenues of intellectual inquiry best serve the public good?Issue 175 The impetus for innovation: individual enterprise or teamwork?Issue 177 Does our education change how we perceive the world?Issue 180 Can moral behavior be legislated?Issue 181 What influences how students and scholars interpret materials?Issue 185 Are scandals useful?Issue 187 Accepting innovations and new ideasIssue 188 Success: the ability to survive in and adapt and alter one’s environmentIssue 191 Should education devote itself to enriching our personal lives?Issue 195 Politics—pursuing ideals vs. pursuing a reasonable consensusIssue 197 Are nations necessarily connected when it comes to their well-being?Issue 203 Do a society’s heroes or its heroines reflect its character?Issue 208 Do people’s appearance and behavior reveal society’s ideas and values?Issue 209 Progress through discourse among peopleIssue 214 Society’s duty to identify children with special talentsIssue 216 Are most important discoveries and creations accidental?Issue 218 Must art be widely understood to have merit?Issue 225 Our tendency to look for similarities between different thingsIssue 230 Should colleges allow students to make their own decisions?Issue 231 Is moderation in all things poor advice?Issue 233 Do technologies interfere with “real” learning?Issue 234 Do people prefer constraints on absolute freedom?Issue 235 Is loyalty always a positive force?Issue 238 Does conformity stifle creativity and energy?Issue 243 The comparative value of artistic and scientific accomplishments第四章Argument範文精講Argument中的邏輯錯誤及應對策略Argument 1 Should Nature’s Way open a store in Plainesville?Argument 3 Hiring new law school graduatesArgument 6 A jazz club for MonroeArgument 7 Clearview’s city-council electionArgument 8 Mesa foods: a profitable investment?Argument 9 Grade inflation at Omega UniversityArgument 10 The price of milkArgument 11 The recycling habits of West Egg’s residentsArgument 14 Green Thumb Gardening CenterArgument 18 Speed limits in Prunty CountyArgument 19 Promoting the rock band Double RiceArgument 23 A seafood restaurant for Bay CityArgument 26 Improving a school district’s music education programsArgument 28 Breakfast for students in the Mylar school districtArgument 141 The environmental impact of copper miningArgument 142 The link between iron in the diet and heart diseaseArgument 144 Rates of charitable donationsArgument 148 Monroetown’s election between Brown and GreeneArgument 150 Yosemite’s amphibian declineArgument 152 Saving Tria’s beach sand and its tourist industryArgument 155 Learning to read by listening to books on tapeArgument 156 Dickens Academ’s interpersonal-skills seminarsArgument 158 Garbage sites and the health of nearby residentsArgument 160 Improving learning and memoryArgument 161 The reading habits of Leeville citizensArgument 162 Eating soy to prevent fatigue and depressionArgument 166 Comparing cold medicationsArgument 167 Lavender as a cure for insomniaArgument 168 Vitamin D, calcium, and bone mass in older peopleArgument 172 The Mozart School of MusicArgument 173 International cover stories and magazine salesArgument 174 Should Grove College adopt a coeducational policy?Argument 176 The health benefits of VenadialArgument 178 Employee compensation at National Brush CompanyArgument 181 Sleep and academic performanceArgument 186 Automobile factory workers age and productivityArgument 188 The effectiveness of pain medicationArgument 192 The benefits of merging two townshipsArgument 194 Left-handed people and success in businessArgument 201 Have Forsythe citizens adopted healthier lifestyles?Argument 202 Extinction of mammals in the Kaliko islandsArgument 203 Small nonprofit hospitals vs. large for-profit hospitalsArgument 208 The need for more electric generating plantsArgument 210 Increasing factory efficiency by using robotsArgument 214 Funding public schools in Blue City and Parson CityArgument 217 A fitness-gym franchise opportunityArgument 220 The rewards for book writers vs. television writersArgument 221 Jobs for Hooper’s social science majorsArgument 224 Governor Riedeburg’s candidacyArgument 236 Will business incentives help Beauville’s economy?第五章Argument範文精選Argument 2 Enhancing property values at Deerhaven AcresArgument 4 Which real estate firm is better?Argument 12 Worker safety at Alta ManufacturingArgument 15 Investing in Old Dairy stockArgument 16 A lottery for ImpecuniaArgument 17 Walnut Grove’s trash collection serviceArgument 20 Restricting moped rentals on Balmer IslandArgument 21 The demand for alpaca overcoatsArgument 22 The market for new houses in Steel CityArgument 24 The best location for Viva-Tech’s new plantArgument 25 A new golf course and resort hotel for HopewellArgument 27 How Automate can retain its best workersArgument 140 A salary raise and promotion for Professor ThomasArgument 143 The effects of corporate downsizingArgument 145 The relationship between snoring and weight gainArgument 146 Encouraging students to use school librariesArgument 147 The prospects for Whirlwind video-game salesArgument 149 Aircraft maintenance and airline profitsArgument 151 Blaming the mayor for problems with River BridgeArgument 153 Violent teenage crime and television programmingArgument 154 Exercise and longevityArgument 157 Local merchants and a new ski resortArgument 159 How to save money on electricityArgument 163 Replacing an old town hallArgument 164 New housing for Claitown University studentsArgument 165 Promofoods’ recall of its cans of tunaArgument 169 Attracting new faculty to Pierce UniversityArgument 170 The price of oystersArgument 171 Bargain Brand Cereal profitsArgument 175 Driver’s education at Centerville HighArgument 177 Membership in Oak City’s Civic ClubArgument 179 Selecting a food service provider for an employee cafeteriaArgument 180 The benefits of the Easy Read Speed-Reading CourseArgument 182 Should Happy Pancake House serve margarine or butter?Argument 183 Outlook for new hires and layoffsArgument 184 Replacing Bayhead Public Library’s booksArgument 185 Saving water at the Sunnyside TowersArgument 187 Preventing depression by eating more fishArgument 189 How to increase enrollment at Foley CollegeArgument 190 Advance ticket sales for Glenville’s concertsArgument 191 Distance-learning courses at Xanadu CollegeArgument 193 Homework assignments and academic performanceArgument 195 Liber Publishing Company’s waning profitsArgument 200 Dentists who advertiseArgument 204 Peanuts as a replacement for sugar cropsArgument 205 Reducing crime in the city of AmburgArgument 206 Organized sports for Parkville’s childrenArgument 207 The ozone layer and the salamander populationArgument 209 A new president for the Fancy Toy CompanyArgument 211 A job-opportunity program for Waymarsh UniversityArgument 212 Patriot car company’s marketing strategyArgument 213 Boosting Armchair Video’s profitsArgument 215 Water rationing and economic growthArgument 216 The benefits of retiring to ClearviewArgument 218 Maintaining profits at Hyper-Go Toy CompanyArgument 223 How to increase profitability ay ABC Cereal CompanyArgument 225 Meeting consumer demand for automobilesArgument 226 Improving Central Plaza’s attractivenessArgument 227 The benefits of a new expresswayArgument 229 Transopolis’ urban renewal planArgument 230 Should the school board’s members be reelectedArgument 231 Advertising Eco-Power tools and appliancesArgument 232 Choosing a paving contractorArgument 233 Does small-town life promote better health and greater longevity?Argument 234 A change in programming format for KNOW radio stationArgument 235 Solano’s music education programsArgument 237 Mira Vista College’s job-placement recordArgument 239 A new dormitory for Buckingham CollegeArgument 240 Finding new jobs for laid-off XYZ company employeesArgument 241 Cheating at Groveton College