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poolofissuetopics

PoolofIssueTopics

ThispagecontainstheIssuetopicsfortheAnalyticalWritingsectionoftheGRE®revisedGeneralTest.Whenyoutakethetest,youwillbepresentedwithoneIssuetopicfromthispool.

EachIssuetopicconsistsofanissuestatementorstatementsfollowedbyspecifictaskinstructionsthattellyouhowtorespondtotheissue.Thewordingofsometopicsinthetestmightvaryslightlyfromwhatispresentedhere.Also,becausetheremaybemultipleversionsofsometopicswithsimilaroridenticalwordingbutwithdifferenttaskinstructions,itisveryimportanttoreadyourtesttopicanditsspecifictaskdirectionscarefullyandrespondtothewordingasitappearsintheactualtest.

Aspeoplerelymoreandmoreontechnologytosolveproblems,theabilityofhumanstothinkforthemselveswillsurelydeteriorate.

Writearesponseinwhichyoudiscusstheextenttowhichyouagreeordisagreewiththestatementandexplainyourreasoningforthepositionyoutake.Indevelopingandsupportingyourposition,youshouldconsiderwaysinwhichthestatementmightormightnotholdtrueandexplainhowtheseconsiderationsshapeyourposition.

Whenaskedaboutpeople’srelianceontechnologyinsolvingproblems,thevastmajorityofpeoplesaythattheabilityofhumanbeingsthinkingwillbedeteriorated.ButIthinkabitdifferentlyastechnologyreallydoeswelltoourlife.

Whytechnologywon’tdeteriorateourabilityinthinking?

Foronething,technologyhasprovidedussomuchinformationwhichenablesustothinkdeeperandreasonable.Supposethatevenifwethinkindependentlyandcomeupwithasolutionindividually,butwhenwelookbacktothedatathatwegathered,itturnsouttobewrong,andtheproblemisstillnotsolved,alltheindependentandindividualthinkingturnsouttobeuseless.Whilewiththehelpoftechnology,wecangetthelatestresultofresearchesatatimeanderadicatethetraditionalfalseopinionsonsomeproblems.Thatistosay,technologyhelpsustothinkmoreaccuratelyandefficiently.

Foranother,theabilityofthinkingofhumanbeingisnotdeterminedbythedevelopmentoftechnology.Itisgenerallyacknowledgedthathumanbeing’sthinkingdevelopswithgrowingup.Themoreapersonlearnsfromhislife,thebetteranddeeperunderstandinghewillget.Andtechnologyjustcanbetakenasonewaythatpeoplesolveproblems.Therearemanyotherwaysthatpeoplesolveproblems,forexample,books,museums,TVs,etc.Technologydevelopsfastrecently,andhasitsadvantagesinpeople’sproblemsolving.What’smore,differentpeoplefavorvariouskindsofwaysofsolvingaproblem.Technologymayworkwellonone,butnottheother.

Allinall,humanbeingshaveasuperbbrainwhichcannotbesubstitutedbytechnology.Eventhoughpeoplerefertointernetinsolvingproblemsmoreoften,individualsstillneedtojudgeandbalanceissueswellandproperly.Technologyisinventedbyandonlyatoolofhumanbeings,wearenotsupposedtobetheslavesofit.Itissupposedthatweusethetechnologytoenhanceourabilityofthinking,ratherthanletourthinkingabilitydeteriorated.

Tounderstandthemostimportantcharacteristicsofasociety,onemuststudyitsmajorcities.

Whenitcomestounderstandthemostsignificantcharacteristicsofasociety,somepeoplebelievethatmajorcitiesmustbestudied.Othersarguethattheoppositeistrue.Thereisprobablysometruthinbotharguments,butItendtopreferthelatter.

Theanswertothisprobleminvolvesmanyfactors.Foronething,notonlymajorcitiesreflectthemostsignificantcharacteristicsofasociety,butalsominorones.WhenChinaissupposedtoentertheWTO,manysaythatChinashouldenterinthepositionofadevelopedcountry.Butourpresidentinvitedthedirectorstoourmiddleandwesternareas.TheywitnessedthepoorandmiserablelifethatChinesepeoplearestillsufferingfrom.ThentheydecidedChinaenterWTOinthepositionofan“under-developedcountry”.Hereisthequestion,whenweviewthecountrysituationofChina,shouldweviewthemajorcitiesorminorones?

ItisapparentlythattheminoronesoccupythemajorityanditistrulytherepresentationofChina.Thatistosay,nomatterthemajoronesorminorones,themajorityonesshouldbetakenintoconsideration.

Foranother,citiesarechangingastimepasses......Stillanother...

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.Indevelopingandsupportingyourposition,youshouldconsiderthepossibleconsequencesofimplementingthepolicyandexplainhowtheseconsequencesshapeyourposition.

People'sbehaviorislargelydeterminedbyforcesnotoftheirownmaking.

Writearesponseinwhichyoudiscusstheextenttowhichyouagreeordisagreewiththestatementandexplainyourreasoningforthepositionyoutake.Indevelopingandsupportingyourposition,youshouldconsiderwaysinwhichthestatementmightormightnotholdtrueandexplainhowtheseconsiderationsshapeyourposition.

Governmentsshouldofferafreeuniversityeducationtoanystudentwhohasbeenadmittedtoauniversitybutwhocannotaffordthetuition.

Writearesponseinwhichyoudiscussyourviewsonthepolicyandexplainyourreasoningforthepositionyoutake.Indevelopingandsupportingyourposition,youshouldconsiderthepossibleconsequencesofimplementingthepolicyandexplainhowtheseconsequencesshapeyourposition.

Universitiesshouldrequireeverystudenttotakeavarietyofcoursesoutsidethestudent'sfieldofstudy.

Writearesponseinwhichyoudiscusstheextenttowhichyouagreeordisagreewiththeclaim.Indevelopingandsupportingyourposition,besuretoaddressthemostcompellingreasonsand/orexamplesthatcouldbeusedtochallengeyourposition.

Anationshouldrequireallofitsstudentstostudythesamenationalcurriculumuntiltheyentercollege.

Writearesponseinwhichyoudiscussyourviewsonthepolicyandexplainyourreasoningforthepositionyoutake.Indevelopingandsupportingyourposition,youshouldconsiderthepossibleconsequencesofimplementingthepolicyandexplainhowtheseconsequencesshapeyourposition.

Educationalinstitutionsshouldactivelyencouragetheirstudentstochoosefieldsofstudythatwillpreparethemforlucrativecareers.

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