gre写作宝典：GRE作文范文大全（142）

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是美国、加拿大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。 另有，Generic Routing Encapsulation（通用路由封装）也简称GRE。

Two additional problems involve the downtown Marston store. First, the owner impliciffy

assumes that the store has increased its profits as a result of eliminating evening operating

hours and stocking only newer movies. Yet the owner provides no evidence to support this

assumption. One cannot infer from the mere fact that the store's patrons have not complained

that the store's business, and in turn profits, have increased as a result of these changes.

A second problem with Marston is that the owner assumes this store is representative of

Armchair outlets generally. It is entirely possible that, due to its downtown location, the Marston

store attracts a daytime clientele more interested in new movies, whereas other oudets

depend on an evening clientele with different or more diverse tastes in movies. Or perhaps

downtown Marston lacks competing video stores or movie theaters, whereas Armchair's other

stores are located in areas with many competitors. Without accounting for such possibilities,

the owner cannot convince me that the profits of other Armchair oudets would increase by

following Marston's example.

In conclusion, the argument is unconvincing as it stands. To strengthen it the owner must

provide strong evidence that the cost savings of the proposed course of action would outweigh

any loss in revenue, and that no other viable means of boosting its profits is available to

Axmchak. To better evaluate the argument we would need information enabling us to compare

the Marston store's clientele and competition with that of other Armchair stores. We would also

need more information about Marston's profitability before and after it implemented the new

policies. 感谢您阅读《GRE作文范文大全（142） 》一文，查字典出国留学网()编辑部希望本文能帮助到您。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是美国、加拿大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。 另有，Generic Routing Encapsulation（通用路由封装）也简称GRE。

Argument 100

In each city in the region of Treehaven, the majority of the money spent on government-run

public school education comes from taxes that each city government collects. The region's

cities differ, however, in the value they place on public education. For example, Parson City

typically budgets twice as much money per year as Blue City does for its public schools---even

though both cities have about the same number of residents. It seems clear, therefore, that

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Parson City residents care more about public school education than do Blue City residents.

This argument concludes that Parson City residents value public-school education more

highly than Blue City residents do. To justify this conclusion the argument points out that in

both cities the majority of funds for public schools comes from taxes, and that Blue City

budgets only half as much money per year for its public schools as Parson City, even though

the population in both cities is about the same. The argument relies on a series of

unsubstantiated assumptions, which considered together render the argument wholly

unconvincing.

One such assumption is that the total budget for the two cities is about the same. It is

entirely possible that Blue City's total budget is no more than half that of Parson City. If so, then

the fact that Blue City budgets only half as much as Parson City for its public schools would

suggest at least the same degree of care about public-school education among Blue City's

residents as among Parson City's residents.

Even if Parson City devotes a greater percentage of its budget each year for its schools, the

argument relies on the additional assumption that this percentage is a reliable indicator of the

value a city's residents place on public-school education. Yet it is entirely possible, for example,

that Blue City's schools are already well funded, or that Blue City has some other, extremely

urgent problem which requires additional funding despite a high level of concern among its

residents about its public schools. Absent evidence that the two city's various needs are similar,

any comparison between the level of concern about public schools among residents in the two

dries based simply on funds spent for public schools is dubious at best. 感谢您阅读《GRE作文范文大全（142） 》一文，查字典出国留学网()编辑部希望本文能帮助到您。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是美国、加拿大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。 另有，Generic Routing Encapsulation（通用路由封装）也简称GRE。

A third assumption upon which the argument rests is that the percentage of residents who

attend public schools is about the same in both cities. The argument indicates only that the

total population of the two dries is about the same. If a comparatively small percentage of Blue

City residents attend public schools, then the comparatively small amount of money Blue City

devotes to those schools might be well justified despite an equal level of concern about the

quality of public-school education among residents in the two dries.

Finally, although the argument states that in both cities "the majority" of money spent on

public schools comes from taxes, perhaps the actual percentage is smaller in Blue City than in

Parson City, and other such funds come from residents' donations, earmarked for public

education. Compliance with tax laws is scant evidence of taxpayer support of pub lic-school

education, while voluntary giving is strong evidence. Thus it is possible that Blue City residents

donate more money per capita for public-school education than Parson City residents do. If so,

this fact would seriously weaken the argument that Blue City residents place a comparatively

low value on public-school education.

In sum, the argument is unpersuasive as it stands. To strengthen it the argument's proponent

must provide clear evidence that the percentage of the budget allotted to public

schools, as well as the percentage of money spent on public schools and derived from taxes,

is about the same in both dries. To better assess the argument I would need to compare the

neediness of Blue City's public schools with that of Parson's public schools. I would also need

more information about other urgent financial needs in each city, and about the other sources

of the money applied toward public-school education in each city.

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Argument 101

The following appeared in a letter to the Grandview City Council from a local business leader.

"During last year's severe drought, when the water supply in the Grandview city reservoir fell to

an extremely low level, the city council imposed much more rigid water-rationing rules. But just

after these rules were imposed, industrial growth in the area declined. This clearly shows that

the new rationing rules have hurt industry in Grandview. Therefore, to promote the health of

the local economy, the city council should now stop water rationing."

In this letter a Grandview City business leader concludes that in order to promote economic

health the city must abolish the water-rationing rules it implemented during last year's drought.

To support this conclusion the letter's author points out that since the city implemented these

rules industrial growth in the area has declined. However, this argument contains several

logical problems, which render it unconvincing as it stands. 感谢您阅读《GRE作文范文大全（142） 》一文，查字典出国留学网()编辑部希望本文能帮助到您。