GRE作文范文(优选29篇)

GRE作文范文(优选29篇)

GRE作文范文 第1篇

_All nations should help support the development of a global university designed to engage students in the process of solving the world's most persistent social problems._

经典满分范文：

A global university, considered as absorbing foreign students and faculty, cooperating with foreign universities and facing a highly globalized view, is recently being accepted and desired by more and more countries, since it can concentrate the world's most talent intellectuals, so as to gain different perspectives and successful experiences. On the other hand, nowadays world is facing diversified social problems,including poverty, economical reform, terrorism, multi-media globalization,environmental problems and so forth, many of which are interacted between elements separated in different nations, therefore asking for a global sight to analyze and these senses, I think it will serve many nations' interests to develop a global university to engage students in the process of solving the world's most persistent social problems.

Universities are born to provide nation elite in evey field of it. From ancient GREek forums to nowadays world-top universities, these campuses have never lacked of young students who are eager for knowledge and ideals, as well as experienced and erudite teachers. In both teaching and researchin...

GRE作文范文 第2篇

GRE作文范例1

Issue

”The reputation of anyone who is subjected to media scrutiny will eventually be diminished.“

Sample Essay

The intensity of today's media coverage has been greatly magnified by the sheer number and types of media outlets that are available today. Intense competition for the most revealing photographs and the latest information on a subject has turned even minor media events into so-called ”media frenzies“. Reporters are forced by the nature of the competition to pry ever deeper for an angle on a story that no one else has been able to uncover. With this type of media coverage, it does become more and more likely that anyone who is subjected to it will have his or her reputation tarnished, as no individual is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. The advances in technology have made much information easily and instantaneously available. Technology has also made it easier to dig further than ever before into a person's past, increasing the possibility that the subject's reputation may be harmed.

The above statement is much too broad, however. ”Anyone“ covers all people all over the world. There are people whose reputations have only been enhanced by media scrutiny. There are also people whose reputations were already so poor that media scrutiny could not possibly diminish it any further. There may very well be people that have done nothing wrong in the past, at least that can be discovered by the media, whose reputations could not be diminished by media scrutiny. To broadly state that ”anyone“ subjected to media coverage will have his or her status sullied implies that everyone's reputation worldwide is susceptible to damage under any type of media scrutiny. What about children, particularly newborn children? What about those people whose past is entirely unknown?

Another problem with such a broad statement is that it does not define the particu

GRE作文范文 第3篇

The ability of a student to think clearly using reasoning and logical thinking is of paramount importance in order to ensure his or her success as an individual after graduation from a university. To be able to look at a situation and use logic and reason to analyze the facts and develop an opinion or solution is to have a solid foundation for success in all aspects of life. Exploring one s emotions is important, but it is outside of the realm of what can be learned in a university classroom. Emotional self-exploration is best done outside of a classroom situation, although there may be some opportunity for students in the classroom to learn a methodology for doing so.

The ability to survive and thrive in a society is based on the assumption that human beings act according to reason and logic. From a very early age, most people are taught that certain actions will bring about certain reactions, and that by using logic you can figure out what the response will be in most situations. Reasoning is also developed early on, although sometimes it is difficult to explain reasoning to a two-year old. Humans are probably born with a desire for reason and logic, as demonstrated by almost any child s incessant asking of the question Why? . To understand the underlying reasons why something happens is a fundamental part of human nature, proven by the exploits of explorers, scientists and mathematicians over the course of human history.

GRE作文范文 第4篇

gre是什么?

GRE，全称Graduate Record Examination，中文名称为美国研究生入学考试，适用于除法律与商业外的各专业，由美国教育考试服务处(Educational Testing Service，简称ETS)主办。GRE是世界各地的大学各类研究生院(除管理类学院，法学院)要求申请者所必须具备的一个考试成绩，也是教授对申请者是否授予奖学金所依据的最重要的标准。GRE，首次由美国哈佛，耶鲁，哥伦比亚，普林斯顿四所大学联合举办，初期由卡耐基基金会(Carnegie Foundation)承办，1948年交由新成立的教育测试中心ETS负责。之后每年在世界许多地方举行。中国国外考试协调处负责中国归口管理和承办GRE等国外考试。有些美国名牌大学把GRE专项成绩作为“推荐成绩”：即希望申请人能够提供此项成绩，无论本科专业是否与其申请研究生专业相同，但不把它作为必须要求。这时若能提供专项GRE成绩是很有利于申请奖学金资助的。因此，如果申请人有较为充足的时间，不妨参加专项考试，一个优秀的专项GRE成绩很能反映申请人的专业素质与学习潜力。GRE普通考试是申请研究生入学的必要考试，申请法律或商业学研究生以LSAT或GMAT替代GRE普通考试。目前美国大学在成绩替代上比以往要求松些。许多学校是可以提供GRE普通考试或GMAT考试成绩的任何一种作为商业类研究生应提供的成绩，法律研究生亦有以GRE普通考试成绩替代LSAT成绩的。

大陆地区

中国大陆地区、香港、澳门、韩国目前执行分开考试的形式。由机考(分析性写作)和笔试(语文、数学)组成。

其他地区

除上述以中国大陆地区为主的考区，目前执行机考(分析性写作、语文、数学)的形式。

ETS将在8月推出新的GRE考试。这次考试改革集中在三个方面

1. 考试内容

2. 考试形式

3. 算分方法

以下将从三个方面来进行讨论：

分数区间

改革后数学为130-170，语文为130-170，写作为0-6分。最低130+130+0，最高170+170+6。

满分考生

中国大陆考生在Verbal(语文)考试中，一直没有出现满分记录。这一状态一直持续到，北京大学大四学生黄笛在GRE考试中取得了Verbal170满分的成绩，引起了一时的轰动。黄笛也因此成为中国大陆自新GRE改革以来首个Verbal满分考生。

209月7日，北大物理系大三学生_又在新GRE考试中取得V170Q170的满分。

GRE作文范文 第5篇

GRE作文素材

Critical thinking is a path to intellectual adventure. Though there are dozens of possible approaches, the process can be boiled down to concrete steps. This article offers some starting points for your journey.

Be willing to say I don t know

Some of the most profound thinkers of our time have practiced the art of critical thinking by using two magic phrases: I don t know and I m not sure yet.

Those are words many people do not like to hear. We live in times when people are criticized for changing their minds. Our society rewards quick answers and quotable sound bites. We re under considerable pressure to utter the truth in 15 seconds or less.

In such a society, it is a courageous and unusual act to pause, to look, to examine, to be thoughtful, to consider many points of view and to not know. When a society embraces half-truths in a blind rush for certainty, commitment to uncertainty can move us forward.

This willingness to give up certainty can be hardest to accept when it comes to notions that seem obvious. Many things are certain, some people say. For example, it s obvious that two plus two equals four.

GRE作文范文 第6篇

GRE作文讲座

美国人在近几年发现好多中国留学生虽然GRE分数非常高，写作水平却很低，在以后的学习中遇到了许多麻烦，也造成了教授很大的困扰。所以他们开始认为GRE分数并不能完全代表一个学生的英文水平。

事实上，在国外，只有两种水平能够使你顺利的生存下去，一是听和说的水平，另一个就是写作水平。

中国学生普遍语法水平都非常高，但这只是在做语法题时。而在文章里，一句话却能犯5、6个语法错误。所以美国普林斯顿考试的改革，几乎有1/3的要点是针对外国学生，尤其是越来越多的中国大陆考生来设计的。比如，到明年5月份TOEFL考试机考之后，要把作文中的语法错误算在语法分中。外国教授不需要你到那边再练习写作能力，他要求你去之前练好写作。

GRE考试作文2篇，并且是美国所有作文考试中最长的。别的都是半个小时写完，GRE则要求45分钟，所以它在质量和长度上的要求就更高。GRE作文不只通过普林斯顿打分，而且，还可以直接送到教授的桌上。教授可以把你的作文和你的personal statement进行对照。作用是和你的personal statement进行参照，看看你的personal statement是不是自己写的，同时也评判你的写作水平，当然这也是决定你能不能得到奖学金的重要标准。

二．怎样才能切实提高写作能力。

作文的写作在美国人心目中包括几个部分。要想写好作文，需要三大能力：

1．语言能力

2．逻辑思路能力

3．修辞学的能力

1．语言能力

语言能力的提高是一个反复练习的过程。它包括听说的能力、阅读词汇和写作能力。写作能力又涉及到两个能力：用词的能力和句子结构的能力。

用词能力指的是对同一种内容，你可以有不同的表达方式。如果你在一篇文章中反复的出现同一个词，而没有可以替换的，那你的分数一定不会高。（当没有GRE作文考试时。美国教授评判你写作能力的标准就是你的书面材料。）

事实上，单词量并能不代表你的写作水平。单词就象是一块块的砖，但是如果你想建一幢大楼，只有材料是不够的，你还需要一个杰出的设计师。虽然英语的章法非常严格，但是它需要你的变化。也就是句子结构的能力更重要。普林斯顿要求你在句法上要有变化。因为GRE作文要求体现复杂性和思想性。好多同学看到一个结构都不知道是什么，更别提让他写出来了。

是不是去分析句子结构就能写出好文章呢？NO。不需要去研究句子结构，只要做到我说的两件事。下面我就讲一下对于提高用词能力和句子结构能力的两大要素：

* 背诵

练习的多了，你的笔头上就会自然流露出句子结构。语言是运载思想的工具。我在大学2年级的时候，背过新概念英语的2、3、4册。新东方有一个我唯一非常佩服的学员，他现在已经从DUKE毕业了。他也是背新概念英语的2、3、4册，但是他背得非常熟练，可以说是倒背如流，对每篇文章都非常熟悉。以他这样的水平，TOEFL高分是没问题，GRE考了2350分。

最有意思的`是，到DUKE后的第一个星期，每个中国学生都要写论文。他写了之后交给教授，教授看后对他说，你这个论文是剽窃的，因为我从事了的教学，从来没有看到中国学生能写出这么漂亮文章的。你有没有证据可以证明这是你自己写的？他说我现在不拿什么证据，但是我能背100篇文章，可以背给你听听。然后他就背了两篇文章，背了之后，他说，那个教授号啕大哭起来了。他没想到在遥远中国的一个角落里有居然有人能把那么难的文章、那么优美的文章，背的这么炉火纯青，真让人很感动。

就是这个学生的例子促使我编了现在那本英文现代文选。所以我建议大家如果是针对GRE作文，要背的话，可以选择新概念英语第三册的后30篇。如果还想背更多的，可以选择我和包凡一老师编的现代英语背诵文选，那里面的句子难度刚好相当。80篇中选你最喜欢的30篇就行了。有这30篇垫底，就足够了。剩下的就是自己写了。但是要背到怎么熟练呢，就是任意选一篇就能倒背如流。

* 模仿别人的优秀文章

写有两种方式。有些同学天天写，但是水平和一年前没有什么长进。所以光靠自己写是不行的。没有什么参照，思想越挖越空，最后就没什么可写的了。

所以要先模仿着写，模仿要有几个前提条件：

1．要有可以模仿的文章（最好是带有说理性的文章）

2．你要理解这个文章，理解它的用词、句子结构、段落结构

3．这些文章都有正确的中文翻译。同时，文章的长度不能超过500字。

怎么模仿，我给大家举个例子：首先要分析文章，分析每一句和上一句是什么关系。美国人写作文的一个特点是，通常每段的第一句都包含了整段文字的内容，也就是我们常说的topic sentence.。另一个特点是当你写完一个句子后，你要问WHY。你提出一个问题，然后给出一个圆满的回答，这就是一篇优秀的作文。

再下一步就要具体了。写作需要两大能力：1.抽象的能力（abstract）；2. 具体的能力（details/examples）。具体化并不代表要写一个完整的故事。但是任何一篇文章都要给人一个具体的意向。通过具体的东西来描述才能给人塌实的感觉。具体化只要举出几个地方、几个名字、几件小事就可以了。

为什么好多同学在TOEFL、GMAT作文中分数很低呢，就是因为，他提出了问题却没有回答。

你通过不断的模仿写作，就可以不断的纠正语法和词组错误。如何把抽象和具体结合起来是一个重点，如何在一个段落中只表达一个思想，这是另一个重点。美国人的判分特点是，如果你在一段中表达了一个以上的思想，那你的分数就不会高了。

分析完一篇文章后，怎么模仿着写呢？就是看着中文的翻译，把上面的英文一字不落的写下来，当你实在想不起来的时候，再看原文。等到写完之后，和原文对照一下，看看是谁写的漂亮。我刚刚开始模仿写作的时候，发现，模仿了几天后，写作水平的确提高了。因为根据记忆学原则，这个单词你背过、读过，它都不能写在你的文章中间。如果一个单词可以经常出现在你的脑子和文章中间，那这只证明了一件事，就是你写过这个字。但是你自己写作你不可能用到这个字，那就只有一个可能，就是你在模仿文章时写过这个字。如果一个结构别人写不出来，你能写出来，那你的分数就会高。

通过不断的模仿你的几大能力就会得到提高：1。你的语法错误会越来越少；2。句子结构能力越来越强； 3。用词能力大大增加。一篇文章模仿两次就足够了。当你模仿了10篇文章之后，你把这10篇文章再模仿一遍。等你模仿完20篇文章，你的写作能力就会大大提高了。

2．逻辑思路能力

下面我们要讲的是写作中的第二大能力：逻辑思路能力。

在美国许多的写作考试中TOEFL写作是相对容易的。因为它的作文题本身非常简单，看到一个作文题你几乎就知道该怎么写。而GRE作文就相对复杂了。GRE作文方式永远是两种态度，两种方式让你选择。它永远是有对照性的。TOEFL作文考：“吃饭是在家里吃好，还是到饭店里吃好”；GMAT考和商业有关的：“产品制造出来是延续时间很长的好，还是延续时间不太长的好”；GRE作文：“在我们这个社会中间，现在专业人士太多了，而有综合知识的人太少了。你认为我们是更需要具有专业知识的人呢，还是需要具有广博知识的人？”TOEFL考生活、学习；GMAT考商业运作和商业道德；GRE考日常学术行为。但是不管它出什么题目，总是会摆出两种态度供你选择。另外，GRE的作文题目是提前发给你的，考试时出的题目绝不会超出它事先发给你的题目。它决不会出让学生看不懂的题目。所出的题目永远是世界性的，不涉及民族、宗教、政治色彩。

我考察了普林斯顿所出的全部范文后发现，美国人百分之七八十喜欢倾向于一种模式。讨论在哪里吃的问题时，要不在家里吃，要不在饭店吃，但是你不要又想在家里，又想在饭店（A OR B）。当然他们也比较认可中间的态度（C），也就是说，我既要A又要B，我是A和B结合起来产生C。事实上，好多中国学生结合A、B写是能写出好分数的。当然也有些题目是没有C这种态度的。

C态度这种写法和A、B的写法，在段落结构上是有差异的。我先讲两种文章的段落结构。

如果是采取A或B的写法，段落结构是比较简单的。通常分为三个层次，第一个层次是第一段。说明我要采取A还是B。第二个层次可以不只一段，说明为什么选择A/B是对的。为什么要有三段呢。因为必须至少有2个理由，至多3个理由。美国人认为一个理由是不够的，4个理由绝对太多。他们最喜欢2到3个理由。最后一段就是结尾，讨论B的缺点和部分优点，同时坚决强调你要选择A。

C模式：它有两大难点。1。你要表明A和B 的必不可少性，所以你的段落就会很长；2第二段就要写A的好处、缺陷都在哪；3要写B的好处和缺点；4 要证明只有把A和B结合起来才能弘扬两者的优点，避免缺点。这样的文章是最合情合理的，优点是非常的reasonable。缺点是这种文章的长度比我们前面说到的第一种类型的文章，至少要长出1/3。而你写的越长就越容易犯句子语法和结构，以及拼写的错误。所以如果你的写作水平很一般的话，就不要用这种写法。但是如果你的写作水平很高的话，我建议你用这种写法。尤其是碰到一些我认为只有把两者结合起来才能写好的题目时。所以GRE作文难就难在它的题目比较难。这种题目有两种写作方法，这两种方法都是能拿6分的。

逻辑思维能力的第二步就是怎么写好中间这部分。开头挺好写的，好多同学直接照着题目抄，这大可不必，也挺愚蠢的。GRE作文题目也是可以抄的，但是你最好还是自己写。千篇 一律只有几种开头的方法：1。说大话开头法：开头就是一个宏伟的概括；2。幽默一点的开头法。3。从自我经历写起。

下面我们来具体讲一下中间应该怎么写。

首先来讲一下，写这三个理由要避免的几点：

* 避免观点重复；不要讲了几遍其实都是一个理由。当你一点就能说明的时候，非要讲三遍就显的有点STUPID了。你要从多个方面来讲道理，而且要尽量把问题具体化。

* 避免观点的庸俗化，并考虑

GRE作文范文 第7篇

What is the value of studying history? Some argue that it is worthless if the study of history is irrelevant to our daily lives. However, the view towards history study is too narrow and , most people find values of studying history because it provides us with inspirations to guide our daily lives. History, during which great men and women worked through real difficulties and complexities, teaches us with examples we needs.

When we look at histories, we put ourselves into different real characters and situations to test our own intellect and to learn courage, diligence and ethics. For instance, many people are attracted biographies for two reasons. One is the tales and myths they contain which appeal us a lot. But the other more important one is they serve to encourage and teach us. By learning the lifetime of Edison, we gain courage and persistence from his attitudes towards failures. From the speech of Martin Luther King, we appreciate the great value of ideal towards an equal society which we are still trying to build and complete. From this point of view, history concerns our daily lives because it inspires us with vivid examples which have values all human being want to share and learn. These values about humanities and ethics determine that history has its unique value to the extent that it is related to our daily lives.

However, sometimes history serves our daily from a broad view which may be not directly associated with our daily lives. History bring the whole society, particularly its top leaders and elites, lessons and experience which help us avoid duplicating some mistakes and consequently improve the whole society. Take the World War II as an example. After the World War I, the victorious countries imposed an severe and cruel Versailles Treaty on the Germany, and hence the cause of World War II. By learning the lessons from the tragic results, the allied countries did not repeat the mistake but help Germany realize the Democracy and economic prosper. Certainly these policies and actions did not relate to our daily directly, they indisputably guarantee us peace and more opportunities for developing economy rather than international conflicts. Without these efforts, we may still suffer a lot from war and conflicts, lose lives of our relatives and ours. History, in this perspective, has even better value than just providing individual inspiration.

In addition, history also helps cultivate our own cultural and national identity. Every country has its distinctive features which we want our children to know and to understand. That is the one significant reason nearly every modern country encourage its involvement in the education. By learning the great achievements of our ancestors,we feel proud and a commitment to our country is formed in this way. Patriotism serves a real purpose for a country to become independent and powerful. Before the collapse of the last dynasty in China, there was rare education about history and most people at that time were at a state of numbness under which they care little about politics and the future of their country. But now, the history teaching has been infused through education, from the kindergarten to the college, in order to arouse people's loyalty to not only their ancestors and families, but the whole nation. Maybe from this point history still has no relevance to our daily lives, but no one can deny its value in maintain the cultural and national identity.

GRE作文范文 第8篇

GRE作文范例2

Issue

”The study of history has value only to the extent that it is relevant to our daily lives.“

Sample Essay

To state that the study of history is only valuable if it is relevant to our daily lives is to ignore the value that history has beyond the day-to-day activities of human beings. It would seem to be a rather shallow statement that implies that humans only live just to survive rather than planning for the futures of their children and the environment.

First of all, to study history is to look at a road map of human behavior that has led us to where we are today in the world. For example, the lessons learned during all of the past wars can make for more effective wartime leadership by avoiding mistakes made by past commanders. From the ancient Chinese author Sun Tzu's book ”The Art of War“, today's military commanders and even business leaders gather valuable information that allows them to operate more efficiently and effectively. The study of this type of history has a value beyond the daily lives of people. It can lead to a military victory or the success of a business that directly affects what happens in the future, including the futures of those that are possibly not even born yet.

Another example is that by studying history, parents can help to improve the lives of their children in the future. Lessons learned by generations of their ancestors before them could help show them the way to properly raise a child. What

GRE作文范文 第9篇

This statement above put a puzzling question in front of us: Could facts be changed by observers? Some people might sincerely believe that facts are stubborn things, which would not altered by our wishes, inclinations, passions, while other people hold their opinion seriously that human are omnipotent and could change the world as a whole in the direction of their wills. In my opinion, though human beings could recognize, even alter sometimes, facts to some extent, they would not achieve with deviating from the natures of facts.

In the first place, any facts could not maintain in their former situation without any alteration; in another word, facts change at any time without the limitation of observers. Throughout the whole history of human, whether one is willing or not, he or she would come through different stages in his or her life, from birth to neonate to teenager, to adult, to the age, then to death. Though during thousands of years countless people engaged in looking for medicine against death, none had ever succeeded. Therefore, we would not go very far to see that facts develop according to its own nature without interruption, unless science and technology have been advanced enough to turn one elder to a young man, or somewhat taking the river back to its origin. These possibilites would still have to obey the nature of the facts, or vice versa.

In the second place, the observers could recognize the same matter from different aspects of these facts and draw their diverse conclusions. There is a very interesting experiment which would aptly illustrate this point. Image a ball suspended by a string from the ceiling in a house. Two persons would look at this ball from the opposite directions and one person see a red ball with the other green. When they exchange their place, they would see what the other has picked up earlier. From this experiment,we could easily conclude that the recognition of the same item would differ according to the diverse standpoints of observers.

However, facts would be changed by the willingness of human sometimes. Throughout the whole history of human race, enormous amounts of achievements, from the huge pyramids to the Great Wall, from intricate internet to the space station, have illuminated this issue to some degree. We must concede that those unbelievable huge architectures manifest some kind of regulations mastered by human being and human can utilize those underlying principles to meet their demands once having discovered them.

GRE作文范文 第10篇

GRE作文范例5

”Colleges and universities should offer more courses on popular music, film, advertising and television because contemporary culture has much greater relevance for students than do arts and literature of the past.“

Sample Essay

To the extent that contemporary culture is, by definition, current, it does have a much more immediate impact on students and people in general than do the arts and literature of the past. Contemporaneous events directly affect everyone alive at the time because they are occurring at precisely the same time as the individual's existence. But to paraphrase a famous philosopher: ”Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.“ To a great extent, past arts and literature shape who we are as people at least as much as, if not more than, contemporary culture does.

Everyone alive today is affected in one way or another by the events of the past. Past events have directly led to the way that the world is shaped today. The arts and literature are one of the most well-preserved and documented resources that can give us a direct link into what actually happened in the past. Consider the religious writings of the Bible, the Koran and those of Confucius, as well as those related to Buddhism, Hinduism and all other religions. These writings directly relate to, and in some cases to a great extent control, the behavior of human beings today even though most were written hundreds if not thousands of years ago. Artworks relating to these religions also have a profound effect. Consider Michelangelo's work in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, or the vast myriad of historic Buddhist statues throughout Asia, or the ancient Muslim mosques throughout the Middle East and Central Asia. It would be difficult to argue that contemporary culture has more relevance to today's students when compared with the relevance of these examples of past arts and literature.

GRE作文范文 第11篇

GRE作文范例16

As people grow older, an enzyme known as PEP increasingly breaks down the neuropeptide chemicals involved in learning and memory. But now, researchers have found compounds that prevent PEP from breaking neuropeptides apart. In tests, these compounds almost completely restored lost memory in rats. The use of these compounds should be extended to students who have poor memory and difficulty in concentrating-and therefore serious problems in school performance. Science finally has a solution for problems neither parents nor teachers could solve.

In this argument, the arguer states that researchers have found compounds that keep an enzyme known as PEP from breaking neuropeptides apart, which are known to be involved in learning and memory. The arguer states that tests have shown that these compounds almost completely restored lost memory in rats, and that therefore, these compounds should be administered to students with poor memory and difficulty in concentrating. This argument is unconvincing because it contains several critical flaws in logic.

First of all, the arguer states that as people grow older, PEP breaks down the neuropeptide chemicals that are involved in learning and memory. It is true that generally, as people get older, they tend to have more problems with learning and memory. However, there is no direct link mentioned between the breaking down of the neuropeptide chemicals and the loss of learning ability or memory. Additionally, the arguer mentions neuropeptide chemicals that are broken down by PEP. What the researchers have found is a compound that prevents neuropeptides from breaking apart. These are two different physical actions: the breaking down of neuropeptide chemicals as opposed to the breaking apart of the neuropeptides themselves. Furthermore, it is not stated which of these physical actions is involved with the loss of learning ability and memory. It is not explicitly stated that the breaking down of chemicals

GRE作文范文 第12篇

GRE作文范例3

Issue

”People work more productively in teams than individually. Teamwork requires cooperation, which motivates people much more than individual competition does.“

Sample Essay

Teamwork as a whole can naturally produce an overall greater productivity through the concept of ”synergy“, where the total of the whole is greater than the sum of its individual parts. But the idea that people work more productively in teams rather than as individuals is going to vary greatly between the types of teams that are organized, the end reward or motivation for both the team and the individuals, as well as the individuals themselves.

Regarding individuals, some people are born with the desire to succeed, no matter what the situation or task that they are facing. These people may evolve into the classic ”Type A“ personalities that work ferociously because they are driven by an internal fire that says they must always be doing something, whether individually or as part of a team. Other people may desire to be less socially involved or are very highly competitive with other people. For these people, their work is most productive as individuals, because the very idea of cooperating with other people limits their effectiveness and efficiency because they simply do not want to be a part of the team. Whether this mindset is innate or developed over time does not matter, it is merely the state of their being and neither motivation nor rewards can generate inside them the desire to work collectively as a team.

Some people are highly motivated by social interaction and the desire to work with others towards a collective effort. Obviously these individuals are at their most productive when working as part of a team. Organizational behavioral studies have shown that Asian cultures are much more likely to develop this type of collective behavior as opposed to the more individualistic beha

GRE作文范文 第13篇

GRE作文范例13

Issue

”When we concern ourselves with the study of history, we become storytellers. Because we can never know the past directly but must construct it by interpreting evidence, exploring history is more of a creative enterprise than it is an objective pursuit. All historians are storytellers.“

Sample Essay

There would seem to be two different perspectives presented in the above statement. The first two sentences are concerned with exploring history and would seem to discuss looking at history that has already been written. People who concern themselves with the study of history are not storytellers, but rather story interpreters. The last sentence refers to the people that write about history, the historians themselves. Certainly, to a certain extent, historians must be storytellers because they have a story to tell. But the term ”storyteller“ seems to imply a greater amount of creativity than what is involved in actually explaining what has happened in history. For the purposes of this essay, I will focus on the perspective of the historian, as it would appear to be the underlying core idea.

From the perspective of the historian, most historians do not have the benefit of having lived through the period of history that they are writing about. By researching through thousands of old letters, legal documents, family heirlooms and the like, historians must look at fragments of history and somehow put these pieces together to reconstruct what actually happened. In this sense, they must be storytellers because inevitably, their personal insights become part of what others will see when they read the historian's writings. As an example, there are many differing opinions as to whether Thomas Jefferson actually fathered children with one of his slaves. Some historians have written that it is a virtual certainty, while others argue that it was his brother, rather than Thomas himself

GRE作文范文 第14篇

As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteriorate.

Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

Essay Response ― Score 6

The statement linking technology negatively with free thinking plays on recent human experience over the past century. Surely there has been no time in history where the lived lives of people have changed more dramatically. A quick reflection on a typical day reveals how technology has revolutionized the world. Most people commute to work in an automobile that runs on an internal combustion engine. During the workday, chances are high that the employee will interact with a computer that processes information on silicon bridges that are .09 microns wide. Upon leaving home, family members will be reached through wireless networks that utilize satellites orbiting the earth. Each of these common occurrences could have been inconceivable at the turn of the 19th century.

The statement attempts to bridge these dramatic changes to a reduction in the ability for humans to think for themselves. The assumption is that an increased reliance on technology negates the need for people to think creatively to solve previous quandaries. Looking back at the introduction, one could argue that without a car, computer, or mobile phone, the hypothetical worker would need to find alternate methods of transport, information processing and communication. Technology short circuits this thinking by making the problems obsolete.

However, this reliance on technology does not necessarily preclude the creativity that marks the human species. The prior examples reveal that technology allows for convenience. The car, computer and phone all release additional time for people to live more efficiently. This efficiency does not preclude the need for humans to think for themselves. In fact, technology frees humanity to not only tackle new problems, but may itself create new issues that did not exist without technology. For example, the proliferation of automobiles has introduced a need for fuel conservation on a global scale. With increasing energy demands from emerging markets, global warming becomes a concern inconceivable to the horse-and-buggy generation. Likewise dependence on oil has created nation-states that are not dependent on taxation, allowing ruling parties to oppress minority groups such as women. Solutions to these complex problems require the unfettered imaginations of maverick scientists and politicians.

In contrast to the statement, we can even see how technology frees the human imagination. Consider how the digital revolution and the advent of the internet has allowed for an unprecedented exchange of ideas. WebMD, a popular internet portal for medical information, permits patients to self research symptoms for a more informed doctor visit. This exercise opens pathways of thinking that were previously closed off to the medical layman. With increased interdisciplinary interactions, inspiration can arrive from the most surprising corners. Jeffrey Sachs, one of the architects of the UN Millenium Development Goals, based his ideas on emergency care triage techniques. The unlikely marriage of economics and medicine has healed tense, hyperinflation environments from South America to Eastern Europe.

This last example provides the most hope in how technology actually provides hope to the future of humanity. By increasing our reliance on technology, impossible goals can now be achieved. Consider how the late 20th century witnessed the complete elimination of smallpox. This disease had ravaged the human race since prehistorical days, and yet with the technology of vaccines, free thinking humans dared to imagine a world free of smallpox. Using technology, battle plans were drawn out, and smallpox was systematically targeted and eradicated.

Technology will always mark the human experience, from the discovery of fire to the implementation of nanotechnology. Given the history of the human race, there will be no limit to the number of problems, both new and old, for us to tackle. There is no need to retreat to a Luddite attitude to new things, but rather embrace a hopeful posture to the possibilities that technology provides for new avenues of human imagination.

Reader Commentary for Essay Response ― Score 6

The author of this essay stakes out a clear and insightful position on the issue and follows the specific instructions by presenting reasons to support that position. The essay cogently argues that technology does not decrease our ability to think for ourselves, but merely provides ”additional time for people to live more efficiently.“ In fact, the problems that have developed alongside the growth of technology （pollution, political unrest in oil-producing nations） actually call for more creative thinking, not less.

In further examples, the essay shows how technology allows for the linking of ideas that may never have been connected in the past （like medicine and economic models）， pushing people to think in new ways. Examples are persuasive and fully developed; reasoning is logically sound and well supported.

Ideas in the essay are connected logically, with effective transitions used both between paragraphs （”However“ or ”In contrast to the statement“） and within paragraphs. Sentence structure is varied and complex and the essay clearly demonstrates facility with the ”conventions of standard written English （., grammar, usage and mechanics），“ with only minor errors appearing. Thus, this essay meets all the requirements for receiving a top score, a 6.

GRE作文范文 第15篇

gre写作是美国所有作文考试中时刻最长而质量要求最高的一类作文考试，而在短期内提高gre写作能力不是一天两天可以完成额，所以我们在备考2025新gre写作时必然要对问题问题深切的剖析，体味以下优异范文的文章结构，以提高新gre写作的整体分数。

…,butheseemstoneglect(fail)tomention(takeintoaccount)thefactthat….

…,idoubt(wonder)(closeexamination).

(natural/reasonable)tothink(believe/taketheview)that…,butitwouldbeabsurd(wrong)toclaim(argue)that…

(careful)inspection(examination/scrutiny)(groundless/fallacious)itis.

(logical/sound/valid)thisargumentmaybe,.

(/),wemaydraw(reach/eto/arriveat)theconclusionthat…

(lay/put)great(special/consideration)(development/increase/promotion)of….

(immediate/effective)solution(approach/answer/remedy)totheproblemof…,but….mightbeuseful(helpful/beneficial).

(suggestions)(solutionto)…,.

GRE作文范文 第16篇

GRE作文范例11

Issue

”The purpose of many advertisements is to make consumers want to buy a product so that they will 'be like' the person in the ad. This practice is effective because it not only sells products but also helps people feel better about themselves.“

Sample Essay

Many advertisements do indeed use attractive models or celebrities to entice consumers into buying the products that are being promoted. Who would not like to look like the beautiful models that are depicted enjoying the product? Who would not like to be like a Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods? To a certain extent, buying products to emulate the persons shown in the advertisements can make a person feel better about him or herself. But this type of advertisement can be a double-edged sword - when the product does not make the person ”be like“ the person in the advertisement, there can be disappointment and disillusionment with the product.

Marketing departments have long known that using attractive models and celebrity endorsers can help to persuade consumers to buy a product. Some customers may actually believe that buying and using the product will make them ”be like_ the people featured in the ad. For other consumers, there is probably at least some subconscious reaction that causes them to believe that they will in fact assume some of the characteristics of the person depicted in the advertisement. Consumers with a lower sense of self-esteem are more likely to buy a product based on the motivation that they will become like someone else.

Proof of this marketing axiom can be found by simply looking at advertisements from around the world. People featured in advertisements are almost always good-looking, healthy and physically fit. Marketers are savvy enough, and enough market research has proven that, consumers are motivated to buy by advertisements featuring attractive models. Even advertisement

GRE作文范文 第17篇

GRE作文范例19

Issue

”Humanity has made little real progress over the past century or so. Technological innovations have taken place, but the overall condition of humanity is no better. War, violence and poverty are still with us. Technology cannot change the condition of humanity.“

Sample Essay

The discussion of this statement turns on what is meant by ”little real progress“ from the first sentence, ”the overall condition of humanity“ in the second sentence, and ”the condition of humanity“ from the third sentence. To be sure, war, violence and poverty are still with us and we as mankind are probably more aware of these problems worldwide than ever before thanks to advances in technology and communication. But depending upon the definition of progress and the condition of humanity, this would appear to be an incorrect statement.

First of all, the phrase ”little real progress“ from the first sentence must be defined. If the author defines progress as elimination of death, war, violence and poverty, then perhaps it could be stated that humankind has not made much improvement over the past one hundred years. People are still dying, wars are still being fought, violence is present almost everywhere and there are most likely people in every country in the world living in poverty. However, if the term ”progress“ is defined not as elimination of these problems but rather a reduction in them, then great progress has been made over the past century. Life expectancies are up in nearly every country of the world due to improvements in medicine and the scientific study of the human body. War and violence, although still present, has been reduced and to a large part confined to certain areas of the world rather than the global wars of the past such was World Wars I and II. Poverty has also been reduced as international trade has lead to economic improvements in

GRE作文范文 第18篇

GRE作文范例8

The following is from an editorial in the Midvale Observer, a local newspaper.

”Ever since the 1950's, when television sets began to appear in the average home, the rate of crimes committed by teenagers in the country of Alta has steadily increased. This increase in teenage crime parallels the increase in violence shown on television. According to several national studies, even very young children who watch a great number of television shows featuring violent scenes display more violent behavior within their home environment than do children who do not watch violent shows. Furthermore, in a survey conducted by the Observer, over 90 percent of the respondents were parents who indicated that prime-time television--programs that are shown between 7 . and 9 show less violence. Therefore, in order to lower the rate of teenage crime in Alta, television viewers should demand that television programmers reduce the amount of violence shown during prime time.“

The author of this editorial states that the rate of teenage crime in the country of Alta has increased along with the increase in violence shown on television, beginning with the 1950's when television was introduced in the average home. In addition, the author states that several national surveys have shown that young children watching violent television programs are more prone to violence than children who do not. The write also says that a survey indicated that ninety percent of parents responding said that prime-time programs should show less violence. Finally, the author comes to the conclusion that to lower the rate of teenage crime in Alta, television watchers should demand a reduction in violence shown during prime time. This argument suffers from several critical fallacies.

Firstly, the writer equates the rate of increase in teenage crime in Alta to the increase in violence shown on television but gives no causal linkage other than the s

GRE作文范文 第19篇

GRE作文范例12

The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a local newspaper.

”Too much emphasis is placed on the development of reading skills in elementary school. Many students who are discouraged by the lonely activity of reading turn away from schoolwork merely because they are poor readers. But books recorded on audiocassette tape provide an important alternative for students at this crucial stage in their education, one the school board should not reject merely because of the expense involved. After all, many studies attest to the value of allowing students to hear books read aloud; there is even evidence that students whose parents read to them are even more likely to become able readers. Thus, hearing books on tape can only make students more eager to read and to learn. Therefore, the school board should encourage schools to buy books on tape and to use them in elementary education.“

In this argument, the writer claims that elementary schools place too much emphasis on the development of reading skills; therefore books on audiocassette should be provided as an alternative method of learning. The arguer attempts to substantiate the conclusion by citing studies that show the value of allowing students to hear books read aloud; including evidence that students whose parents read to them are even more likely to become better readers. This argument ultimately fails as it suffers from several critical fallacies.

First of all, the writer flatly states, without any supporting evidence whatsoever, that many students are discouraged by the ”lonely“ activity of reading, then continues on in the same sentence to state that students turn away from schoolwork solely because they are poor readers. S

GRE作文范文 第20篇

但是范文是别人的，千万不要背套范文，考官的眼睛是雪亮的，套用不可行。

打草稿

不太熟练的同学可以先写中文，然后再想办法翻译成英文，这个方法虽然看起来很不好，但是实际上英语的学习就是一个翻译的过程，因为英文思路和中文思路是不一样的，很多很好的思路如果用英语表达不出来，就先写成中文。但是缺点就是浪费时间，但是还是建议大家写个详细的提纲，这样也可以起到好的效果。

专门练习句子提高写作水平

写一篇整个的文章一开始是很难的，大家可以专门写一些句子，等到自己造句的功力增强了不少的时候，就可以写整篇的文章了。模板的使用要看个人爱好，看看适合不适合自己。

利用好机经

按照机经写，也是不错的，大家在一开始练习的时候可以这么做。机经都是这些年来考试形式的总结，万变不离其宗，知道这些形式套路了，还是很有益的。

GRE写作实用句式总结

1、使用否定的时候，比如：什么什么对个人不好，对社会也不好。为什么不来个倒装?Never/neither/nor/seldom/rarely/on no account + is…

2、想表达“如果怎么怎么样，就是另外一种情况”—虚拟语气。为什么不来个虚拟倒装?Were(Had) it…，something would......

3、强调句的使用：It is people who…/ It is something that…

4、让步句式的使用：“无论什么样的情况下”however/no matter how; whatever/no matter what 等等……

还有一种Cogent as this response is, it has some minor errors. Somewhat reasonable as the issue presents, it does not experience a case-by-case examination.

还有比较常用的although... It should be admittedly that…，however it does not follow that

5、疑问句。用于开头，来个设问句，在自问自答，提出自己观点;用于段中，比如举设想的例子：Can you imagine that…?/ How can one imagine…?

6、定语从句(这个大家一般用的比较熟练，但是注意不要太罗嗦…society where(in which)…，/ something on which we depend (on which…based)

7、The more…the more…句式的使用。人们越幸福，社会越稳定啦，等等。

8、Not only…but also的使用。很好用的，ETS经典的6分范文：专才VS通才不就用了两个嘛?

9、without的使用。从反面说，很是能够增加字数。

10、还有一些比较常用的：There is no denying that…/ there is no doubt that…

11、还有so...that...的句型：So powerful the scandal is that Watergate became the talk of the world.(如此……以至于……)

GRE作文范例参考

Mending A Broken Heart

Heartbreak happens to all of us and can wash over us like a heavy rain. When experiencing a broken heart, our ethereal selves are saturated with grief, and the overflow is channeled into the physical body. Loss becomes a physical emptiness, and longing is transmuted into a feeling that often cannot be put into words. Mending a broken heart can seem a task so monumental that we dare not attempt it for fear of damaging ourselves further. But heartbreak, like all emotions, falls under the spell of our conscious influence.

Often the pain that wounds us most deeply also leaves the most enduring mark upon us. The shock that becomes the tender, throbbing ache of the heart eventually leads us down the path of enlightenment, blessing our lives with a new depth and richness.

Acknowledging heartbreak's impermanence by no means dulls its sting for it is the sting itself that stimulates healing. The pain is letting us know that we need to pay attention to our emotional selves, to sit with our feelings and be in them fully before we can begin to heal. It is said that time heals all wounds. Time may dull the pain of a broken heart, but it is fully feeling your pain and acknowledging it that will truly help you heal. Dealing with your heartache in a healthy way rather than putting it off for tomorrow is the key to repair. Gentleness more than anything else is called for. Most important, open yourself to the possibility of loving, trusting, and believing again. When, someday soon, you emerge from the cushion of your grief, you will see that the universe did not cease to be as you nursed your broken heart. You emerge on the other side of the mending, stronger for all you have experienced.

GRE作文范例参考

Consciously Reconnecting

There may be times when we feel like our connection to the universe is closed. Maybe things don’t seem to be going well in our day, or our lives, or we may feel out of our element. The truth is, the universe is always there for us. We know that we create our experience with our thoughts, and this is another way we need to make a conscious decision about how we want to experience life. It is up to us to do the work of making the connection, because nobody can do it for us, though sometimes the universe may send us wake-up calls.

You can think of it as getting some fresh air. We are always breathing and the air is always around us, surrounding us, moving through us. But we may need to step outside of where we are in the moment—physically, mentally, or emotionally—and make the conscious choice to take a deep breath in order to feel the air coming in and going out. Whether this means stepping outside physically or merely shifting our thoughts, it is only our perception that changes; the air remains the same.

It is just as easy to reconnect with the universe. Using the same technique as a breath of fresh air, a deep breath can bring us back to our center. As we inhale, we fill our bodies with the oxygen needed to replenish our most basic physical needs, allowing the air to circulate within us. Exhaling, we release the stale, the used, the potentially toxic air, removing any blocks that may keep us from going deeper into the stillness that lies at our center where we connect to the universe. Feeling closed off does not need to be a negative experience. When we become conscious of it, we can think of the wholeness of a closed circuit, which allows electricity to connect and flow properly. Our bodies work the same way, and when we make that connection in our minds, it can help bring us back to the connection we seek.

GRE作文范文 第21篇

GRE作文范例10

The following appeared in the editorial section of a health and fitness magazine.

”In a study of the effects of exercise on longevity, medical researchers tracked 500 middle-aged men over a 20-year period. The subjects represented a variety of occupations in several different parts of the country and responded to an annual survey in which they were asked: How often and how strenuously do you exercise? Of those who responded, the men who reported that they engaged in vigorous outdoor exercise nearly every day lived longer than the men who reported that they exercised mildly only once or twice a week. Given the clear link that this study establishes between longevity and exercise, doctors should not recommend moderate exercise to their patients but should instead encourage vigorous outdoor exercise on a daily basis.“

It is natural to assume that exercise would have a positive effect on the length of life for middle-aged men given all of the medical literature that has been published in the past showing a positive correlation between exercise and longevity. In this particular argument, the writer puts forth a study purporting to track five hundred middle-aged men with different occupations in different parts of the country. The survey was apparently conducted on the basis of an annual survey asking how often and how strenuously these men exercised. The writer not only concludes that there is a clear link between longevity and exercise, but that doctors should not recommend moderate exercise, rather vigorous outdoor exercise on a daily basis to all their patients. This writer's argument fails to convince in a number of areas due to several lapses in logical thinking.

The first and most glaring error in logic lies in the fact that the results of only two types of exercising men are reported: those that exercise strenuously outdoors almost every day and those that only had mild exercise once or twice per week. There are n

GRE作文范文 第22篇

GRE作文范例20

A recent study shows that people living on the continent of North America suffer 9 times more chronic fatigue and 31 times more chronic depression than do people living on the continent of Asia. Interestingly, Asians, on average, eat 20 grams of soy per day, whereas North Americans eat virtually none. It turns out that soy contains phytochemicals called isoflavones, which have been found to possess disease-preventing properties. Thus, North Americans should consider eating soy on a regular basis as a way of preventing fatigue and depression.

In this argument, the arguer cites a study showing that North Americans suffer from an amazingly higher rate of chronic fatigue and chronic depression than people living in Asia. From an unknown source, the arguer states that Asians eat much more soy than North Americans, who eat almost none, and that soy contains disease-preventing properties. The arguer then concludes his or her argument by stating that North Americans should consider regularly eating soy as a means of battling fatigue and depression. This argument suffers from at least four critical fallacies.

For the sake of this argument, we will assume that the studies and the statistics about North Americans' and Asians' soy eating habits are correct, and that isoflavones have been found to have disease-fighting properties. Given that, there is still a problem with the arguer directly correlating the eating of soy with the prevention of disease and depression. First of all, simply because soy may have disease-preventing properties, that does not mean that it can therefore fight chronic fatigue and chronic depression. Fatigue and depression may not actually even be considered as ”diseases“, therefore even given the fact that soy has disease-fighting properties, it would have no effect on the ”nondiseases“ of fatigue and depression. Secondly, even assuming that fatigue and depression are diseases, they are not specifi

GRE作文范文 第23篇

GRE作文范例7

Issue

”The study of history has value only to the extent that it is relevant to our daily lives.“

Sample Essay

To state that the study of history is only valuable if it is relevant to our daily lives is to ignore the value that history has beyond the day-to-day activities of human beings. It would seem to be a rather shallow statement that implies that humans only live just to survive rather than planning for the futures of their children and the environment.

First of all, to study history is to look at a road map of human behavior that has led us to where we are today in the world. For example, the lessons learned during all of the past wars can make for more effective wartime leadership by avoiding mistakes made by past commanders. From the ancient Chinese author Sun Tzu's book ”The Art of War“, today's military commanders and even business leaders gather valuable information that allows them to operate more efficiently and effectively. The study of this type of history has a value beyond the daily lives of people. It can lead to a military victory or the success of a business that directly affects what happens in the future, including the futures of those that are possibly not even born yet.

Another example is that by studying history, parents can help to improve the lives of their children in the future. Lessons learned by generations of their ancestors before them could help show them the way to properly raise a child. What worked for others can give guidance to the parents of today and tomorrow to make sure that children are prepared for their own futures beyond their daily lives.

Additionally, the study of medical advances made throughout history can be the foundation to build upon to make the medical advances of today and tomorrow to make people live longer and healthier lives. A researcher's daily life may not be enhanced by the study of the his

GRE作文范文 第24篇

GRE作文范例14

Topic

The Trash-Site Safety Council has recently conducted a statewide study of possible harmful effects of garbage sites on the health of people living near the sites. A total of five sites and 300 people were examined. The study revealed, on average, only a small statistical correlation between the proximity of homes to garbage sites and the incidence of unexplained rashes among people living in these homes. Furthermore, although it is true that people living near the largest trash sites had a slightly higher incidence of the rashes, there was otherwise no correlation between the size of the garbage sites and people's health. Therefore, the council is pleased to announce that the current system of garbage sites does not pose a significant health hazard. We see no need to restrict the size of such sites in our state or to place any restrictions on the number of homes built near the sites.

Sample Essay

In this argument, the council comes to the conclusion that the current system of garbage sites does not pose a significant health hazard and that therefore, there is no need to restrict the size of the garbage sites or the number of homes built near the site. To support this conclusion, the council cites a study of five garbage sites and three hundred people that showed only a small correlation between the closeness of the homes to the sites and the incidence of unexplained rashes among those people living there. Additionally, the council came to this conclusion despite the fact that people living near the largest such site had a slightly higher incidence of the rashes. This argument suffers from several critical weaknesses in logic and information presented.

First of all, the members of the ”Trash-Site Safety Council“ are not listed, which could make a big difference in the believability of the study. A truly independent council could produce results that could be considered much more reliable than on

GRE作文范文 第25篇

GRE作文经典语句分享

1、媒体、历史、政治

媒体和历史，都是用反抗的面貌来充当政治的婢女。

Media and history, appeared to be discontented, are the chambermaid of politics。

2、选择、人民与政治自由

选择意味着迷茫，而没有选择则是丧失自由。故而，自由的前提是一个理性的头脑和一个允许理性公开使用的外在环境。

Choice is puzzlement; without choice, freedom is lost. Thus, a rational mind and a circumstance allowing rationality be exercised publicly, are the prerequisite of freedom。

3、理想与现实

吃饱饭之后的理想探讨是现实派;吃饱饭不谈理想是无耻之徒;不吃饱饭谈理想是理想主义者;不吃饱饭也不谈理想的人，永远吃不饱饭。

Idealism without starvation are realists; lacking idealism without starvation, the barbarians; starvation with idealism, idealists; starvation without idealism, those always in hunger。

4、知识与信仰

信仰的前提是理性。

Rationality is the prerequisite of faith。

5、科技与环保、人类与自然

人类中心主义是狭隘的把人与自然予以割裂。自然可以为友，自然可以为师。

Human-centralism narrowly separates humans from nature. Nature can be a friend, and a teacher。

6、衣着时尚、习惯、身份认同

人的心理最为复杂，不能用其外在表现予以判断;但人的内心却有耐不住寂寞，总想通过外在表现让别人了解自己。

The mind of a man is so complex that it can never be judged by its out appearance. However, the mind never satisfies with solitude and always leaks some clues for others to explore。

GRE作文范文 第26篇

GRE作文范例18

In a study of reading habits of Leeville citizens conducted by the University of Leeville, most respondents said they preferred literary classics as reading material. However, a follow-up study conducted by the same researchers found that the type of book most frequently checked out of each of the public libraries in Leeville was the mystery novel. Therefore, it can be concluded that the respondents in the first study had misrepresented their reading habits.

This argument is based on two separate surveys of the citizens of Leeville, conducted by the University of Leeville. In the first survey, most respondents said that their preferred reading material was literary classics. A follow-up study by the same researchers found that mystery novels were the most frequently checked out books from each of the public libraries in Leeville. The arguer concludes that the respondents in the first study therefore misrepresented their own reading habits. This argument does not follow the facts and is therefore unconvincing due to several flaws in logic.

First of all, it is possible that none of the citizens who responded to the first survey were participants in the second survey. Statistically speaking, it is entirely possible that the first survey contained a greater majority of literary classics readers than are present in the general population of Leeville. The difference in the first study and the study of the books that were actually checked out from the library may purely be that the respondents had different interests in literature, therefore disallowing the arguer's conclusion that the first group misrepresented its preferred reading material.

Secondly, it is possible that the difference in the survey results could be attributed to the lack of availability of literary classics in the Leeville public libraries. Simply put, the library may have thousands of mystery novels available for checkout but very few literary classics in

GRE作文范文 第27篇

GRE作文范例17

Issue

”It is primarily through identification through social groups that we define ourselves.“

Sample Essay

As primarily social animals, human beings naturally seek out different groups to which they feel they have a certain sense of belonging. But there are two different aspects of this issue involved: identifying oneself with a social group for its social implications and identifying oneself with a social group for internal needs. A person can have two different identities, one that involves an individual's self-perception and the way that others see that particular individual. There is a natural dichotomy between the two sides of one's personality that is usually displayed between the different types of social groups with which an individual may identify oneself.

Self-definition can either be honest or dishonest. A person may join a social group because he or she thinks that the people that belong to this type of group are the same as he or she, whether it is true or not. The important detail to the individual is that he or she would like to be the same as the people that belong to this particular social group. As one example, consider a person who grew up poor and poorly educated, but became wealthy through the luck of the lottery or an inheritance from an unknown but wealthy relative. This individual then joins a wine-tasting club and buys season tickets to the local Philharmonic Orchestra and opera house. Although this individual knows nothing about wine, orchestras or opera, he or she is seeking to identify him or herself as a culturally literate person simply because the person is now wealthy. Through joining these social groups, the individual is seeking to define him or herself as socially elite, although the only difference now is that the person has great wealth and in reality probably does not fit in with the other members of the groups. In this case, one's self-definition by

GRE作文范文 第28篇

Taking a brief glance at history of human existence, it is not difficult to draw the conclusion that technology, defined as the application of science and knowledge, has played an important role in bringing transformation and improvement to society. I agree with the above saying in the topic that technology should be regarded as a determinative factor which not only influences but also, and more importantly,determines the social custom and ethics.

People, generally speaking, would not doubt the perspective that technology exercises enormous influence on the custom and ethics of mankind. Before the Industrial Revolution, women in Britain were not allowed to work outside apart from some comparatively enlightened places; yet waves of women went into spinneries as cotton spinner after the jenny were universally utilized around Europe. The reason why factories preferred women rather than men in the Industrial Revolution lies in the development of technology, which decreased the physical weakness of women, raised the social awareness of the advantage of women worker such as more carefulness and patience, changed the traditional industrial configuration in the proportion of females and males, therefore transformed the cliche ban of women's outside working. Same analysis could be applied on feminism campaign. With the purpose of sexual equality and personality liberation, feminism campaign is based on the development and betterment of the equipment from this point of view. In a word, all these changes in social custom and ethics owe to the development of technology.

But why, someone may ask, should technology be mentioned as the determinate factor,not merely an infective ingredient? The answer comes from the difference between quantity of effects that influence and determination separately raise. As dictionary refers, the effect of influence is indirect and comparatively weaker; while that of determination is direct, basic and strong. From the examples given in the above paragraph, agreement may not be difficult to reach that the impact of technology on social custom is direct and enormous. Without technology in medical, people today might still hold the belief that spread of plague is the punishment from God and the sick are unforgivable sinners; in industry, the popular concept of global village and the social consciousness of racial equality might never exist; in sociology, women cannot get the opportunity to realize their own values as an independent individual through working. To sum up, technology is the determinative factor to change the social custom and ethics.

GRE作文范文 第29篇

GRE作文范例6

Topic

The following is a letter to the editor of the Atticus City newspaper

”Former Mayor Durant owes an apology to the city of Atticus. Both the damage to the River Bridge, which connects Atticus to Hartley, and the traffic problems we have long experienced on the bridge were actually caused 20 years ago by Durant. After all, he is the one who approved the construction of the bridge. If he had approved a wider and better-designed bridge, on which approximately the same amount of public money would have been spent, none of the damage or problems would have occurred. Instead, the River Bridge has deteriorated far more rapidly over the past 20 years than has the much longer Derby Bridge up the river. Even though the winters have been severe in the past several years, this is no excuse for the negligence and wastefulness of Durant.“

Sample Essay

The author of this letter concludes in his or her argument that former Mayor Durant should apologize to the city of Atticus because he is at fault for damage that has occurred over a twenty-year time span to the River Bridge. The author also blames Mayor Durant for long-time traffic problems on the bridge, stating that Durant actually caused these problems twenty years before because he approved the construction of the bridge and did not approve a wider and better-designed bridge. The arguer may have a personal vendetta against Mayor Durant but the elements stated in the argument do not support such an accusation.

First of all, the author squarely places blame on Mayor Durant for the simple act of approving the construction of the bridge. There is no evidence presented that merely appr