gre机考

　　以下是gre考生参加2011年12月北美新gre机考作文的题目，并且附注了他所参加考试的考点信息，希望对其他新g考生有所帮助。

　　考试时间：2011年12月29日

　　考试地点：北美西雅图

　　issue：

　　Claim: The surest indicator of a great nation is not the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists.

　　Reason: The surest indicator of a great nation is actually the welfare of all its people.

　　argument：

　　collectors prize the ancient life-size clay statues of human figures made on Kali Island but have long wondered how the Kalinese artists were able to depict bodies with such realistic precision. Since archeologists have recently discovered molds of human heads and hands on Kali, we can now conclude that the ancient Kalinese artists used molds of actual bodies, not sculpting tools and techniques, to create these statues. This discovery explains why Kalinese miniature statues were abstract and entirely different in style: molds could only be used for life-size sculptures. It also explains why few ancient Kalinese sculpting tools have been found. In light of this development, collectors should expect the life-size sculptures to decrease in value and the miniatures to increase in value.

　　以下是gre考生参加2012年1月北美新gre机考作文的题目，并且附注了他所参加考试的考点信息，希望对其他新g考生有所帮助。

　　考试时间：2012年1月19日

　　考试地点：北美

　　ISSUE：

　　Colleges and universities should require their students to spend at least one semester studying in a foreigncountry.

　　ARGUMENT：

　　Several recent surveys indicate that home owners are increasingly eager to conserve energy. At the same time, manufacturers are now marketing many home appliances, such as refrigerators and air conditioners, that are almost twice as energy efficient as those sold a decade ago. Also, new technologies for better home insulation and passive solar heating are readily available to reduce the energy needed for home heating. Therefore, the total demand for electricity in our area will not increase—and may decline slightly. Since our three electric generating plants in operation for the past twenty years have always met our needs, construction of new generating plants will not be necessary."

　　以下是gre考生参加2012年1月北美新gre机考作文的题目，并且附注了他所参加考试的考点信息，希望对其他新g考生有所帮助。

　　考试时间：2012年1月18日

　　考试地点：北美

　　ISSUE：

　　It is no longer possible for a society to regard any living man or woman as a hero.

　　ARGUMENT:

　　Salicylates are members of the same chemical family as aspirin, a medicine used to treat headaches. Although many foods are naturally rich in salicylates, for the past several decades, food-processing companies have also been adding salicylates to foods as preservatives. This rise in the commercial use of salicylates has been found to correlate with a steady decline in the average number of headaches reported by participants in our twenty-year study. Recently, food-processing companies have found that salicylates can also be used as flavor additives for foods. With this new use for salicylates, we can expect a continued steady decline in the number of headaches suffered by the average citizen of Mentia

　　以下是gre考生参加2012年1月广州新gre机考作文的题目，并且附注了他所参加考试的考点信息，希望对其他新g考生有所帮助。

　　考试时间：2012年1月12日

　　考试地点：广州

　　issue：

　　The main benefit of the study of history is to dispel the illusion that people living now are significantly different from people who lived in earlier times.

　　argument：

　　Collectors prize the ancient life-size clay statues of human figures made on Kali Island but have long wondered how Kalinese artists were able to depict bodies with such realistic precision. Since archaeologists have recently discovered molds of human heads and hands on Kali, we can now conclude that the ancient Kalinese artists used molds of actual bodies, not sculpting tools and techniques, to create these statues. This discovery explains why Kalinese miniature statues were abstract and entirely different in style: molds could be used only for life-size sculptures. It also explains why few ancient Kalinese sculpting tools have been found. In light of this discovery, collectors predict that the life-size sculptures will decrease in value while the miniatures increase in value.

　　以下是gre考生参加2011年12月武汉新gre机考作文的题目，并且附注了他所参加考试的考点信息，希望对其他新g考生有所帮助。

　　考试时间：2011年12月17日

　　考试地点：武汉大学

　　Issue：

　　Government officials should rely on their own judgment rather than unquestioningly carry out the will of the people they serve.

　　Argument:

　　The following appeared in a memo to the board of directors of a company that specializes in the delivery of heating oil.

　　"Most homes in the northeastern United States, where winters are typically cold, have traditionally used oil as their major fuel for heating. Last heating season, that region experienced 90 days with below-normal temperatures, and climate forecasters predict that this weather pattern will continue for several more years. Furthermore, many new homes are being built in the region in response to recent population growth. Because of these trends, we can safely predict that this region will experience an increased demand for heating oil during the next five years

　　以下是gre考生参加2012年1月北美新gre机考作文的题目，并且附注了他所参加考试的考点信息，希望对其他新g考生有所帮助。

　　考试时间：2012年1月17日

　　考试地点：北美

　　issue：

　　The surest indicator of a great nation is represented not by the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but by the general welfare of its people.

　　argument：

　　The following appeared in a memo from the vice president of a food distribution company with food storage warehouses in several cities.

　　"Recently, we signed a contract with the Fly-Away Pest Control Company to provide pest control services at our fast-food warehouse in Palm City, but last month we discovered that over $20,000 worth of food there had been destroyed by pest damage. Meanwhile, the Buzzoff Pest Control Company, which we have used for many years, continued to service our warehouse in Wintervale, and last month only $10,000 worth of the food stored there had been destroyed by pest damage. Even though the price charged by Fly-Away is considerably lower, our best means of saving money is to return to Buzzoff for all our pest control services."

　　以下是gre考生参加2012年1月北美新gre机考作文的题目，并且附注了他所参加考试的考点信息，希望对其他新g考生有所帮助。

　　考试时间：2012年1月19日

　　考试地点：北美

　　ISSUE：

　　Colleges and universities should require their students to spend at least one semester studying in a foreigncountry.

　　ARGUMENT：

　　Several recent surveys indicate that home owners are increasingly eager to conserve energy. At the same time, manufacturers are now marketing many home appliances, such as refrigerators and air conditioners, that are almost twice as energy efficient as those sold a decade ago. Also, new technologies for better home insulation and passive solar heating are readily available to reduce the energy needed for home heating. Therefore, the total demand for electricity in our area will not increase—and may decline slightly. Since our three electric generating plants in operation for the past twenty years have always met our needs, construction of new generating plants will not be necessary."