新东方·GRE官方题库范文精讲(GRE CAT Answers to the Real Essay Questions)

基本信息·出版社：西安交通大学出版社

·页码：392 页

·出版日期：2008年

·ISBN：9787560529547

·包装版本：1版

·装帧：平装

·开本：16

·正文语种：中文/英语

·外文书名：GRE CAT Answers to the Real Essay Questions

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内容简介《GRE官方题库范文精讲》提供200多道GRE作文真题及其范文，精讲其中的近100篇，并分析总结了Issue和Argument高分写作技巧，指导你立竿见影地提高作文成绩。同时还帮助你揣摩评卷人的心理，使你真正做到知己知彼，百战不殆。

GRE写作备考方略；GRE写作的建议与禁忌；Issue特征、要则与写作流程；Argument逻辑错误及应对策略；GRE写作评分、成绩通知和成绩评估。

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目录

第一章 GRE写作应试指导

一、GRE写作概要

二、Issue写作详解

三、Argument写作详解

四、GRE写作中的建议和禁忌

五、GRE写作考试的计算机界面

六、GRE写作评分、成绩通知和成绩评估

七、GRE写作备考方略

第二章 Issue范文精讲

Issue 写作要领

Issue 31 Investing in research which may have controversial results

Issue 191 The proper use of public resources

Issue 121 Our responsibility to save endangered species

Issue 186 Is practicality our idol in today's world?

Issue 4 Advancements in a field of study and outside experts

Issue 10 Government's duty to preserve cultural traditions

Issue 8 Should political leaders withhold information from the public?

Issue 113 Defining ourselves by identifying with social groups

Issue 136 Is the absence of choice a rare circumstance?

Issue 161 Media scrutiny of society's heroes

Issue 212 Do worthy ends justify any means?

Issue 7 The growing significance of the video camera

Issue 114 Has technology failed to help humanity progress?

Issue 159 Will humans always be superior to machines?

Issue 183 The impact of acquiring more knowledge

Issue 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 inquiry

Issue 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 art

Issue 221 The chief benefit of the study of history

Issue 1 Do we learn the most from people whose views we share?

Issue 17 Our duty to disobey unjust laws

Issue 46 Preparing young people for leadership

Issue 144 The value of art vs. that of art critic

Issue 201 Should educators provide students with a set of ideas or with job preparation?

Issue 228 Praising positive actions and ignoring negative ones

Issue 239 Should all so-called facts be mistrusted?

Issue 49 Imaginative works vs. factual accounts

Issue 99 Pragmatic vs. idealistic behavior

Issue 164 Imagination vs. experience

Issue 210 Are people free to choose a career?

Issue 26 Historic buildings-preservation vs. practicality

Issue 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 present

Issue 173 To what extent is originality truly original?

Issue 207 Rituals and ceremonies and cultural identity

Issue 226 Are we facing increasingly complex and challenging problems?

第三章 Issue 范文精选

Issue 5 The merits of a national curriculum for schools

Issue 11 The benefits of a global university

Issue 13 Government's duty to preserve lesser-known languages

Issue 16 Do luxuries prevent our becoming strong and independent?

Issue 25 Does it require effort and courage to make things simple

Issue 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 advancement

Issue 38 Does television render books obsolete?

Issue 40 Scholars and academic inquiry and research

Issue 43 Ethical and moral standards and successful leadership

Issue 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 knowledge

Issue 93 The concept of individual responsibility

Issue 94 What is required to become “truly educated”?

Issue 95 Teamwork as the key to productivity

Issue 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 proceedings

Issue 109 Ads portraying people we want to “be like”

Issue 110 Historians as storytellers

Issue 115 Monitoring our progress with the use of logic and measurement

Issue 116 The beneficiaries of global networks

Issue 119 Setting research priorities

Issue 124 The impact of technology on our leisure time

Issue 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 media

Issue 152 The limits of the responsibility of corporate executives

Issue 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 principles

Issue 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 nation

Issue 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 ideas

Issue 188 Success: the ability to survive in and adapt and alter one's environment

Issue 191 Should education devote itself to enriching our personal lives?

Issue195 Politics-pursuing ideals vs. pursuing a reasonable consensus

Issue 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 people

Issue 214 Society's duty to identify children with special talents

Issue 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 things

Issue 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范文精讲

Argument中的逻辑错误及应对策略

Argument 1 Should Nature's Way open a store in Plainesville?

Argument 3 Hiring new law school graduates

Argument 6 A jazz club for Monroe

Argument 7 Clearview's city-council election

Argument 8 Mesa foods: a profitable investment?

Argument 9 Grade inflation at Omega University

Argument 10 The price of milk

Argument 11 The recycling habits of West Egg's residents

Argument 14 Green Thumb Gardening Center

Argument 18 Speed limits in Prunty County

Argument 19 Promoting the rock band Double Rice

Argument 23 A seafood restaurant for Bay City

Argument 26 Improving a school district's music education programs

Argument 28 Breakfast for students in the Mylar school district

Argument 141 The environmental impact of copper mining

Argument 142 The link between iron in the diet and heart disease

Argument 144 Rates of charitable donations

Argument 148 Monroetown's election between Brown and Greene

Argument 150 Yosemite's amphibian decline

Argument 152 Saving Tria's beach sand and its tourist industry

Argument 155 Learning to read by listening to books on tape

Argument 156 Dickens Academ's interpersonal-skills seminars

Argument 158 Garbage sites and the health of nearby residents

Argument 160 Improving learning and memory

Argument 161 The reading habits of Leeville citizens

Argument 162 Eating soy to prevent fatigue and depression

Argument 166 Comparing cold medications

Argument 167 Lavender as a cure for insomnia

Argument 168 Vitamin D, calcium, and bone mass in older people

Argument 172 The Mozart School of Music

Argument 173 International cover stories and magazine sales

Argument 174 Should Grove College adopt a coeducational policy?

Argument 176 The health benefits of Venadial

Argument 178 Employee compensation at National Brush Company

Argument 181 Sleep and academic performance

Argument 186 Automobile factory workers age and productivity

Argument 188 The effectiveness of pain medication

Argument 192 The benefits of merging two townships

Argument 194 Left-handed people and success in business

Argument 201 Have Forsythe citizens adopted healthier lifestyles?

Argument 202 Extinction of mammals in the Kaliko islands

Argument 203 Small nonprofit hospitals vs. large for-profit hospitals

Argument 208 The need for more electric generating plants

Argument 210 Increasing factory efficiency by using robots

Argument 214 Funding public schools in Blue City and Parson City

Argument 217 A fitness-gym franchise opportunity

Argument 220 The rewards for book writers vs. television writers

Argument 221 Jobs for Hooper's social science majors

Argument 224 Governor Riedeburg's candidacy

Argument 236 Will business incentives help Beauville's economy?

第五章Argument范文精选

Argument 2 Enhancing property values at Deerhaven Acres

Argument 4 Which real estate firm is better?

Argument 12 Worker safety at Alta Manufacturing

Argument 15 Investing in Old Dairy stock

Argument 16 A lottery for Impecunia

Argument 17 Walnut Grove's trash collection service

Argument 20 Restricting moped rentals on Balmer Island

Argument 21 The demand for alpaca overcoats

Argument 22 The market for new houses in Steel City

Argument 24 The best location for Viva-Tech's new plant

Argument 25 A new golf course and resort hotel for Hopewell

Argument 27 How Automate can retain its best workers

Argument 140 A salary raise and promotion for Professor Thomas

Argument 143 The effects of corporate downsizing

Argument 145 The relationship between snoring and weight gain

Argument 146 Encouraging students to use school libraries

Argument 147 The prospects for Whirlwind video-game sales

Argument 149 Aircraft maintenance and airline profits

Argument 151 Blaming the mayor for problems with River Bridge

Argument 153 Violent teenage crime and television programming

Argument 154 Exercise and longevity

Argument 157 Local merchants and a new ski resort

Argument 159 How to save money on electricity

Argument 163 Replacing an old town hall

Argument 164 New housing for Claitown University students

Argument 165 Promofoods' recall of its cans of tuna

Argument 169 Attracting new faculty to Pierce University

Argument 170 The price of oysters

Argument 171 Bargain Brand Cereal profits

Argument 175 Driver's education at Centerville High

Argument 177 Membership in Oak City's Civic Club

Argument 179 Selecting a food service provider for an employee cafeteria

Argument 180 The benefits of the Easy Read Speed-Reading Course

Argument 182 Should Happy Pancake House serve margarine or butter?

Argument 183 Outlook for new hires and layoffs

Argument 184 Replacing Bayhead Public Library's books

Argument 185 Saving water at the Sunnyside Towers

Argument 187 Preventing depression by eating more fish

Argument 189 How to increase enrollment at Foley College

Argument 190 Advance ticket sales for Glenville's concerts

Argument 191 Distance-learning courses at Xanadu College

Argument 193 Homework assignments and academic performance

Argument 195 Liber Publishing Company's waning profits

Argument 200 Dentists who advertise

Argument 204 Peanuts as a replacement for sugar crops

Argument 205 Reducing crime in the city of Amburg

Argument 206 Organized sports for Parkville's children

Argument 207 The ozone layer and the salamander population

Argument 209 A new president for the Fancy Toy Company

Argument 211 A job-opportunity program for Waymarsh University

Argument 212 Patriot car company's marketing strategy

Argument 213 Boosting Armchair Video's profits

Argument 215 Water rationing and economic growth

Argument 216 The benefits of retiring to Clearview

Argument 218 Maintaining profits at Hyper-Go Toy Company

Argument 223 How to increase profitability ay ABC Cereal Company

Argument 225 Meeting consumer demand for automobiles

Argument 226 Improving Central Plaza's attractiveness

Argument 227 The benefits of a new expressway

Argument 229 Transopolis' urban renewal plan

Argument 230 Should the school board's members be reelected

Argument 231 Advertising Eco-Power tools and appliances

Argument 232 Choosing a paving contractor

Argument 233 Does small-town life promote better health and greater longevity?

Argument 234 A change in programming format for KNOW radio station

Argument 235 Solano's music education programs

Argument 237 Mira Vista College's job-placement record

Argument 239 A new dormitory for Buckingham College

Argument 240 Finding new jobs for laid-off XYZ company employees

Argument 241 Cheating at Groveton College

……[看更多目录]

序言从2002年10月起，所有GRE考生参加GRE考试时，必须撰写两篇作文：

·对一个是非问题（Issue）提出你自己的见解（45分钟）

·分析一个逻辑问题（Argument）（30分钟）

机考系统会从官方的题库中随机抽取题目作为你的GRE写作考题。好消息：

GRE考题的制定方——美国教育考试服务中心（ETS）已经预先透露了GRE写作考题的完全题库。这样，只要你愿意付出努力，就可以对每一道题都有所准备。更好的消息：

本书囊括了超过200道的GRE官方作文题库高分样文！（你在第二至第五章中可以找到它们。）而且，本书的第一章还介绍了在作文考题上获得高分的所有技巧。怎样在线升级GRE作文题库。

文摘第一章GRE写作应试指导

自2002年10月起，GRE考试新添了写作题：Issue（是非问题分析）作文和Argument（逻辑问题分析）作文。如果您准备参加GRE考试，这本书能给您提供写出高分作文的所有技巧。在本章您会学到：

·怎样组织和写作Issue高分作文

·怎样组织和写作Argument高分作文

·作文考试的计算机界面是怎样的

·考试专用文字处理软件有何特点

·GRE作文是怎样打分和评估的

·怎样充分利用你有限的时间备考

在后四章中，我们给出了200多篇范文，全部和GRE考试官方题库中的问题相符。我们建议您登录互联网，下载GRE考试题库。ETS（美国教育考试服务中心）官方网站的题库可以免费下载。或许您不需要获取官方题库就能从这本书中获得很大的收获，但是您如果手头上有官方题库，您从本书中得到的收获会更多。获取考试题库，请参照本书附带的指示说明，并登录其网站（www.west.net/stewart/grewa）。

一、GRE写作概要

考试内容

GRE作文考题由两个不同的部分组成：

·针对某一是非问题给出你的个人见解（45分钟）。考生需要有广泛的知识面。

·对某一论点做出分析（30分钟）。你必须对特定的论点进行评述。

2.作文题库

在计算机考试系统的题库中，储存的Issue题目和Argument题目分别超过了200道。在你考试的过程中，系统会为你随机抽取两道Issue题目，你要从中选择一道作为你的Issue作文题。但是，Argument题目是不可选择的；系统会为你随机抽取一道题目作为你的Argument考题。

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