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新issue题库

PoolofIssueTopics

∙Introduction

∙UnderstandingtheContextforWriting

∙PreparingfortheIssueTask

∙TipsforthisSection

∙SampleIssueTask

∙SampleEssayResponses

∙PoolofIssueTopics

∙ScoringGuide

ThispagecontainstheIssuetopicsfortheAnalyticalWritingsectionoftheGRE®revisedGeneralTest.Whenyoutakethetest,youwillbepresentedwithoneIssuetopicfromthispool.

EachIssuetopicconsistsofanissuestatementorstatementsfollowedbyspecifictaskinstructionsthattellyouhowtorespondtotheissue.Thewordingofsometopicsinthetestmightvaryslightlyfromwhatispresentedhere.Also,becausetheremaybemultipleversionsofsometopicswithsimilaroridenticalwordingbutwithdifferenttaskinstructions,itisveryimportanttoreadyourtesttopicanditsspecifictaskdirectionscarefullyandrespondtothewordingasitappearsintheactualtest.

Aspeoplerelymoreandmoreontechnologytosolveproblems,theabilityofhumanstothinkforthemselveswillsurelydeteriorate.

Writearesponseinwhichyoudiscusstheextenttowhichyouagreeordisagreewiththestatementandexplainyourreasoningforthepositionyoutake.Indevelopingandsupportingyourposition,youshouldconsiderwaysinwhichthestatementmightormightnotholdtrueandexplainhowtheseconsiderationsshapeyourposition.

Tounderstandthemostimportantcharacteristicsofasociety,onemuststudyitsmajorcities.

Writearesponseinwhichyoudiscusstheextenttowhichyouagreeordisagreewiththestatementandexplainyourreasoningforthepositionyoutake.Indevelopingandsupportingyourposition,youshouldconsiderwaysinwhichthestatementmightormightnotholdtrueandexplainhowtheseconsiderationsshapeyourposition.

Educationalinstitutionshavearesponsibilitytodissuadestudentsfrompursuingfieldsofstudyinwhichtheyareunlikelytosucceed.

Writearesponseinwhichyoudiscusstheextenttowhichyouagreeordisagreewiththeclaim.Indevelopingandsupportingyourposition,besuretoaddressthemostcompellingreasonsand/orexamplesthatcouldbeusedtochallengeyourposition.

Scandalsareusefulbecausetheyfocusourattentiononproblemsinwaysthatnospeakerorreformerevercould.

Writearesponseinwhichyoudiscusstheextenttowhichyouagreeordisagreewiththeclaim.Indevelopingandsupportingyourposition,besuretoaddressthemostcompellingreasonsand/orexamplesthatcouldbeusedtochallengeyourposition.

Claim:

Governmentsmustensurethattheirmajorcitiesreceivethefinancialsupporttheyneedinordertothrive.

Reason:

Itisprimarilyincitiesthatanation'sculturaltraditionsarepreservedandgenerated.

Writearesponseinwhichyoudiscusstheextenttowhichyouagreeordisagreewiththeclaimandthereasononwhichthatclaimisbased.

Anationshouldrequireallofitsstudentstostudythesamenationalcurriculumuntiltheyentercollege.

Writearesponseinwhichyoudiscusstheextenttowhichyouagreeordisagreewiththerecommendationandexplainyourreasoningforthepositionyoutake.Indevelopingandsupportingyourposition,describespecificcircumstancesinwhichadoptingtherecommendationwouldorwouldnotbeadvantageousandexplainhowtheseexamplesshapeyourposition.

Somepeoplebelievethatgovernmentfundingoftheartsisnecessarytoensurethattheartscanflourishandbeavailabletoallpeople.Othersbelievethatgovernmentfundingoftheartsthreatenstheintegrityofthearts.

Writearesponseinwhichyoudiscusswhichviewmorecloselyalignswithyourownpositionandexplainyourreasoningforthepositionyoutake.Indevelopingandsupportingyourposition,youshouldaddressbothoftheviewspresented.

Claim:

Inanyfield—business,politics,education,government—thoseinpowershouldstepdownafterfiveyears.

Reason:

Thesurestpathtosuccessforanyenterpriseisrevitalizationthroughnewleadership.

Writearesponseinwhichyoudiscusstheextenttowhichyouagreeordisagreewiththeclaimandthereasononwhichthatclaimisbased.

Inanyfieldofendeavor,itisimpossibletomakeasignificantcontributionwithoutfirstbeingstronglyinfluencedbypastachievementswithinthatfield.

Writearesponseinwhichyoudiscusstheextenttowhichyouagreeordisagreewiththestatementandexplainyourreasoningforthepositionyoutake.Indevelopingandsupportingyourposition,youshouldconsiderwaysinwhichthestatementmightormightnotholdtrueandexplainhowtheseconsiderationsshapeyourposition.

Nationsshouldpasslawstopreserveanyremainingwildernessareasintheirnaturalstate,eveniftheseareascouldbedevelopedforeconomicgain.

Writearesponseinwhichyoudiscussyourviewsonthepolicyandexplainyourreasoningforthepositionyoutake.In