北美GRE范文精讲PDF电子书下载

第一章 GRE写作应试指导 1

一、GRE写作概要 1

二、Issue写作详解 2

三、Argument写作详解 7

四、GRE写作中的建议和禁忌 12

五、GRE写作考试的计算机界面 12

六、GRE写作评分、成绩通知和成绩评估 15

七、GRE写作备考方略 16

第二章 Issue范文精讲 19

Issue写作要领 19

Issue 31 Investing in research which may have controversial results 22

Issue 190 The proper use of public resources 25

Issue 121 Our responsibility to save endangered species 28

Issue 186 Is practicality our idol in today's world? 31

Issue 4 Advancements in a field of study and outside experts 33

Issue 10 Government's duty to preserve cultural traditions 35

Issue 8 Should political leaders withhold information from the public? 37

Issue 113 Defining ourselves by identifying with social groups 39

Issue 136 Is the absence of choice a rare circumstance? 42

Issue 161 Media scrutiny of society's heroes 44

Issue 212 Do worthy ends justify any means? 46

Issue 7 The growing significance of the video camera 48

Issue 114 Has technology failed to help humanity progress? 50

Issue 159 Will humans always be superior to machines? 53

Issue 183 The impact of acquiring more knowledge 55

Issue 196 Does technology threaten our quality of life? 57

Issue 33 Is image more important than the truth behind it? 58

Issue 112 Should schools teach students to explore their own emotions? 60

Issue 127 Are facts"stubborn things,"or can we alter them? 63

Issue 184 Is it a mistake to theorize without data? 65

Issue 41 The role of non-mainstream areas of inquiry 67

Issue 131 Do the arts reveal society's hidden ideas and impulses? 70

Issue 138 Are mistakes necessary for discovery or progress? 72

Issue 174 Should laws be rigid or flexible? 74

Issue 176 The value and function of science and art 75

Issue 221 The chief benefit of the study of history 78

Issue 1 Do we learn the most from people whose views we share? 80

Issue 17 Our duty to disobey unjust laws 82

Issue 46 Preparing young people for leadership 84

Issue 144 The value of art vs.that of art critic 86

Issue 201 Should educators provide students with a set of ideas or with job preparation? 88

Issue 228 Praising positive actions and ignoring negative ones 90

Issue 239 Should all so-called facts be mistrusted? 93

Issue 49 Imaginative works vs.factual accounts 95

Issue 99 Pragmatic vs.idealistic behavior 97

Issue 164 Imagination vs.experience 99

Issue 210 Are people free to choose a career? 101

Issue 26 Historic buildings—preservation vs.practicality 104

Issue 36 Can only history determine an individual's greatness? 106

Issue 103 Is history relevant to our daily lives? 108

Issue 120 Studying the past to help us live in the present 110

Issue 173 To what extent is originality truly original? 111

Issue 207 Rituals and ceremonies and cultural identity 114

Issue 226 Are we facing increasingly complex and challenging problems? 116

第三章 Issue范文精选 119

Issue 5 The merits of a national curriculum for schools 119

Issue 11 The benefits of a global university 120

Issue 13 Govemment's duty to preserve lesser-known languages 121

Issue 16 Do luxuries prevent our becoming strong and independent? 122

Issue 25 Does it require effort and courage to make things simple? 123

Issue 28 Should students learn concepts before they memorize facts? 124

Issue 29 Should public figures expect to lose their privacy? 125

Issue 30 The primary goal of technological advancement 126

Issue 38 Does television render books obsolete? 127

Issue 40 Scholars and academic inquiry and research 128

Issue 43 Ethical and moral standards and successful leadership 129

Issue 47 Should society place more emphasis on the intellect? 131

Issue 48 Does the study of history overemphasize"the famous few"? 132

Issue 50 Should college faculty also work outside the academic world? 133

Issue 92 Recognizing the limits of our knowledge 134

Issue 93 The concept of indivedual responsibility 135

Issue 94 What is required to become"truly educated"? 136

Issue 95 Teamwork as the key to productivity 136

Issue 98 Should colleges emphasize courses in popular culture? 137

Issue 104 How does a culture perpetuate its prevailing ideas? 138

Issue 108 The benefits of televising government proceedings 139

Issue 109 Ads portraying people we want to"be like" 140

Issue 110 Historians as storytellers 141

Issue 115 Monitoring our progress with the use of logic and measurement 142

Issue 116 The beneficiaries of global networks 143

Issue 119 Setting research priorities 144

Issue 124 The impact of technology on our leisure time 145

Issue 130 Have we learned how to raise children who can better society? 146

Issue 140 Do great achievements often lead to the greatest discontent? 147

Issue 141 Does personal economic success require conformity? 148

Issue 142 Is society better off when many people question authority? 149

Issue 146 Can a person be committed to an idea yet he critical of it? 150

Issue 147 Must we choose between tradition and modernization? 151

Issue 150 Will computer connections make tourism obsolete? 152

Issue 151 The effects of high-speed communications media 153

Issue 152 The limits of the responsibility of corporate executives 154

Issue 153 Should students be skeptical about what they are taught? 155

Issue 154 Should parents and communities participate in education? 156

Issue 157 Are all observations subjective? 157

Issue 160 Effective leadership and commitment to particular principles 158

Issue 165 From whom do our leading voices come? 159

Issue 167 Is complete honesty a useful virtue in politics? 160

Issue 168 Can only inside experts judge work in any given field? 161

Issue 169 Are politics and morality mutually exclusive? 162

Issue 170 The surest indicator of a great nation 163

Issue 171 What avenues of intellectual inquiry best serve the public good? 164

Issue 175 The impetus for innovation:individual enterprise or teamwork? 165

Issue 177 Does our education change how we perceive the world? 166

Issue 180 Can moral behavior be legislated? 168

Issue 181 What influences how students and scholars interpret materials? 168

Issue 185 Are scandals useful? 170

Issue 187 Accepting innovations and new ideas 171

Issue 188 Success:the ability to survive in and adapt and alter one's environment 172

Issue 191 Should education devote itself to enriching our personal lives? 173

Issue 195 Politics—pursuing ideals vs.pursuing a reasonable consensus 174

Issue 197 Are nations necessarily connected when it comes to their well-being? 175

Issue 203 Do a society's heroes or its heroines reflect its character? 176

Issue 208 Do people's appearance and behavior reveal society's ideas and values? 177

Issue 209 Progress through discourse among people 178

Issue 214 Society's duty to identify children with special talents 179

Issue 216 Are most important discoveries and creations accidental? 180

Issue 218 Must art be widely understood to have merit? 181

Issue 225 Our tendency to look for similarities between different things 182

Issue 230 Should colleges allow students to make their own decisions? 183

Issue 231 Is moderation in all things poor advice? 184

Issue 233 Do technologies interfere with"real"learning? 185

Issue 234 Do people prefer constraints on absolute freedom? 186

Issue 235 Is loyalty always a positive force? 187

Issue 238 Does conformity stifle creativity and energy? 188

Issue 243 The comparative value of artistic and scientific accomplishments 189

第四章 Argument范文精讲 191

Argument中的逻辑错误及应对策略 191

Argument 1 Should Nature's Way open a store in Plainesville? 196

Argument 3 Hiring new law school graduates 200

Argument 6 A jazz club for Monroe 202

Argument 7 Clearview's city-council election 205

Argument 8 Mesa Foods:a profitable investment? 208

Argument 9 Grade inflation at Omega University 210

Argument 10 The price of milk 213

Argument 11 The recycling habits of West Egg's residents 216

Argument 14 Green Thumb Gardening Center 219

Argument 18 Speed limits in Prunty County 221

Argument 19 Promoting the rock band Double Rice 224

Argument 23 A seafood restaurant for Bay City 227

Argument 26 Improving a school district's music education programs 230

Argument 28 Breakfast for students in the Mylar school district 233

Argument 141 The environmental impact of copper mining 236

Argument 142 The link between iron in the diet and heart disease 239

Argument 144 Rates of charitable donations 242

Argument 148 Monroetown's election between Brown and Greene 245

Argument 150 Yosemite's amphibian decline 247

Argument 152 Saving Tria's beach sand and its tourist industry 250

Argument 155 Learning to read by listening to books on tape 252

Argument 156 Dickens Academ's interpersonal-skills seminars 255

Argument 158 Garbage sites and the health of nearby residents 257

Argument 160 Improving learning and memory 260

Argument 161 The reading habits of Leeville citizens 262

Argument 162 Eating soy to prevent fatigue and depression 264

Argument 166 Comparing cold medications 267

Argument 167 Lavender as a cure for insomnia 268

Argument 168 Vitamin D,calcium,and bone mass in older people 272

Argument 172 The Mozart School of Music 274

Argument 173 International cover stories and magazine sales 276

Argument 174 Should Grove College adopt a coeducational policy? 278

Argument 176 The health benefits of Venadial 281

Argument 178 Employee compensation at National Brush Company 284

Argument 181 Sleep and academic performance 286

Argument 186 Automobile factory workers age and productivity 289

Argument 188 The effectiveness of pain medication 292

Argument 192 The benefits of merging two townships 295

Argument 194 Left-handed people and success in business 298

Argument 201 Have Forsythe citizens adopted healthier lifestyles? 300

Argument 202 Extinction of mammals in the Kaliko islands 303

Argument 203 Small nonprofit hospital vs.large for-profit hospitals 305

Argument 208 The need for more electric generating plants 307

Argument 210 Increasing factory efficiency by using robots 309

Argument 214 Funding public schools in Blue City and Parson City 312

Argument 217 A fitness-gym franchise opportunity 314

Argument 220 The rewards for book writers vs.television writers 317

Argument 221 Jobs for Hooper's social science majors 319

Argument 224 Governor Riedeburg's candidacy 322

Argument 236 Will business incentives help Beauville's economy? 324

第五章 Argument范文精选 328

Argument 2 Enhancing property values at Deerhaven Acres 328

Argument 4 Which real estate firm is better? 329

Argument 12 Worker safety at Alta Manufacturing 330

Argument 15 Investing in Old Dairy stock 331

Argument 16 A lottery for Impecunia 331

Argument 17 Walnut Grove's trash collection service 332

Argument 20 Restricting moped rentals on Balmer Island 333

Argument 21 The demand for alpaca overcoats 334

Argument 22 The market for new houses in Steel City 335

Argument 24 The best location for Viva-Tech's new plant 336

Argument 25 A new golf course and resort hotel for Hopewell 337

Argument 27 How Automate can retain its best workers 338

Argument 140 A salary raise and promotion for Professor Thomas 339

Argument 143 The effects of corporate downsizing 340

Argument 145 The relationship between snoring and weight gain 341

Argument 146 Encouraging students to use school libraries 342

Argument 147 The prospects for Whirlwind video-game sales 343

Argument 149 Aircraft maintenance and airline profits 344

Argument 151 Blaming the mayor for problems with River Bridge 345

Argument 153 Violent teenage crime and television programming 346

Argument 154 Exercise and longevity 346

Argument 157 Local merchants and a new ski resort 347

Argument 159 How to save money on electricity 348

Argument 163 Replacing an old town hall 349

Argument 164 New housing for Claitown University students 350

Argument 165 Promofoods'recall of its cans of tuna 350

Argument 169 Attracting new faculty to Pierce University 351

Argument 170 The price of oysters 352

Argument 171 Bargain Brand Cereal profits 353

Argument 175 Driver's education at Centerville High 354

Argument 177 Membership in Oak City's Civic Club 355

Argument 179 Selecting a food service provider for an employee cafeteria 355

Argument 180 The benefits of the Easy Read Speed-Reading Course 356

Argument 182 Should Happy Pancake House serve margarine or butter? 357

Argument 183 Outlook for new hires and layoffs 358

Argument 184 Replacing Bayhead Public Library's books 359

Argument 185 Saving water at the Sunnyside Towers 360

Argument 187 Preventing depression by eating more fish 360

Argument 189 How to increase enrollment at Foley College 361

Argument 190 Advance ticket sales for Glenville's concerts 362

Argument 191 Distance-learning courses at Xanadu College 363

Argument 193 Homework assignments and academic performance 364

Argument 195 Liber Publishing Company's waning profits 365

Argument 200 Dentists who advertise 365

Argument 204 Peanuts as a replacement for sugar crops 366

Argument 205 Reducing crime in the city of Amburg 367

Argument 206 Organized sports for Parkville's children 368

Argument 207 The ozone layer and the salamander population 369

Argument 209 A new president for the Fancy Toy Company 370

Argument 211 A job-opportunity program for Waymarsh University 370

Argument 212 Patriot car company's marketing strategy 371

Argument 213 Boosting Armchair Video's profits 372

Argument 215 Water rationing and economic growth 373

Argument 216 The benefits of retiring to Clearview 374

Argument 218 Maintaining profits at Hyper-Go Toy Company 375

Argument 219 Megamart's leisure-activity product lines 376

Argument 223 How to increase profitability at ABC Cereal Company 376

Argument 225 Meeting consumer demand for automobiles 377

Argument 226 Improving Central Plaza's attractiveness 378

Argument 227 The benefits of a newexpressway 379

Argument 229 Transopolis'urban renewal plan 380

Argument 230 Should the school board's members be reelected? 381

Argument 231 Advertising Eco-Power tools and appliances 382

Argument 232 Choosing a paving contractor 383

Argument 233 Does small-town life promote better health and greater longevity? 384

Argument 234 A change in programming format for KNOW radio station 385

Argument 235 Solano's music education programs 386

Argument 237 Mira Vista College's job-placement record 387

Argument 238 Should the city of Dalton adopt a curfew for minors? 388

Argument 239 A new dormitory for Buckingham College 389

Argument 240 Finding new jobs for laid-off XYZ company employees 390

Argument 241 Cheating at Groveton College 391