本书提供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；Argtlment逻辑错误及应对策略；GRE写作评分、成绩通知和成绩评估。

本书优势：国际权威GRE研究机构授权出版；北美GRE写作专家创作；新东方GRE写作名师评讲。

读者定位：适合准备参加GRE考试的考生，以及想提高英语水平的人。

本书囊括了超过200道的GRE官方作文题库高分样文！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。

前言

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?

 Issue 195 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