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1、GREArgument思路解析 突破GRE考试难点,GRE Argument思路解析,我们来看看吧,下面就和大家分享，来欣赏一下吧。突破GRE考试难点：GRE Argument思路解析3. The following appeared as a letter to the editor from a Central Plaza store owner.Over the past two years, the number of shoppers in Central Plaza has been steadily decreasing while the popularity of skate
2、boarding has increased dramatically. Many Central Plaza store owners believe that the decrease in their business is due to the number of skateboard users in the plaza. There has also been a dramatic increase in the amount of litter and vandalism throughout the plaza. Thus, we recommend that the city
3、 prohibit skateboarding in Central Plaza. If skateboarding is prohibited here, we predict that business in Central Plaza will return to its previously high levels.Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the recommendation is likely to
4、 have the predicted result. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation.步骤：滑板增多之后生意下降;店主的话 滑板导致生意下降假设：没有它因;店主的话可靠反例：店主经营不善;经济危机;网购增多补充证据：商店策略的变化;社会经济环境的变化;消费习惯的变化步骤：滑板增多之后垃圾和破坏公物增多滑板导致假设：没有它因反例：管理不善补充证据：调查plaza对于环境维护的投入的变化步骤：滑板导致生意下降禁止滑板可以使生意恢复假设：滑
5、板没有造成plaza声誉的毁灭性打击反例：滑板彻底使得消费者对plaza失去兴趣，并在其它地方形成了新的商业区，形成了固定的消费行为补充证据：消费者目前有没有形成新的消费区域突破GRE考试难点：GRE Argument思路解析5, 159 1735. The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Balmer Island Gazette.北京新东方 万炜On Balmer Island, where mopeds serve as a popular form of transportation, the population
6、 increases to 100,000 during the summer months. To reduce the number of accidents involving mopeds and pedestrians, the town council of Balmer Island should limit the number of mopeds rented by the islands moped rental companies from 50 per day to 25 per day during the summer season. By limiting the
7、 number of rentals, the town council will attain the 50 percent annual reduction in moped accidents that was achieved last year on the neighboring island of Seaville, when Seavilles town council enforced similar limits on moped rentals.Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need
8、to be answered in order to decide whether the recommendation is likely to have the predicted result. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation.步骤：夏天人口增多 + 摩托车是主要交通工具 到了夏天摩托车引起的事故会增多假设：夏天增多的人口会造成严重的摩托车问题反例：城市交通秩序好，摩托车司机都很职业，很守规矩，历年来都没出什么事故补充证据：往年夏
9、天的摩托车事故率步骤：SV执行了摩托车禁令 + 之后SV的事故减少50% 是禁令减少的事故假设：没有它因反例：道路拓宽;司机培训更严格;交通法规更严格;警察多了补充证据：步骤：SV成功 BI成功假设：两城的租赁摩托车都是主要摩托车的*;过去两城摩托车都能够租出去反例：SV的摩托车都是租的，但是BI的摩托车都是私家的;SV的都租出去了，但是BI的本来就租不到每天25辆补充证据：两城摩托车的主要*;既往摩托车每天实际租赁量步骤：BI成功减少夏天的事故全年事故的减少假设：夏天的事故是全年事故的主要*反例：夏天路况好，人多不是事故的*。全年事故主要*于冬天路面结冰。而冬天车辆没减少，所以事故不会减少5
10、0%证据：全年的事故数量变化表。突破GRE考试难点：GRE Argument思路解析159. The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Balmer Island Gazette.The population on Balmer Island increases to 100,000 during the summer months. To reduce the number of accidents involving mopeds and pedestrians, the town council of Balmer I
11、sland plans to limit the number of mopeds rented by each of the islands six moped rental companies from 50 per day to 30 per day during the summer season. Last year, the neighboring island of Torseau enforced similar limits on moped rentals and saw a 50 percent reduction in moped accidents. We predi
12、ct that putting these limits into effect on Balmer Island will result in the same reduction in moped accidents.Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the prediction and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to exp
13、lain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the prediction.173. The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Balmer Island Gazette.The population on Balmer Island doubles during the summer months. During the summer, then, the town council of Balmer Island should decreas
14、e the maximum number of moped rentals allowed at each of the islands six moped and bicycle rental companies from 50 per day to 30 per day. This will significantly reduce the number of summertime accidents involving mopeds and pedestrians. The neighboring island of Torseau actually saw a 50 percent r
15、eduction in moped accidents last year when Torseaus town council enforced similar limits on moped rentals. To help reduce moped accidents, therefore, we should also enforce these limitations during the summer months.Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the
16、argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.11. The council of Maple County, concerned about the countys becoming overdeveloped, is debating a proposed measure that would prevent the de
17、velopment of existing farmland in the county. But the council is also concerned that such a restriction, by limiting the supply of new housing, could lead to significant increases in the price of housing in the county. Proponents of the measure note that Chestnut County established a similar measure
18、 ten years ago, and its housing prices have increased only modestly since. However, opponents of the measure note that Pine County adopted restrictions on the development of new residential housing fifteen years ago, and its housing prices have since more than doubled. The council currently predicts
19、 that the proposed measure, if passed, will result in a significant increase in housing prices in Maple County.Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the prediction and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to exp
20、lain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the prediction.步骤：CC执行政策之后房价没有升高 CC的政策没有影响房价假设：没有它因抵消政策的效果反例：经济萧条;环境严重污染补充证据：步骤：PC执行政策之后房价升高 PC的政策导致了房价升高假设：没有它因反例：降商业税;开发旅游业;人口增长补充证据：步骤：MC房价会增假设：MC和PC更相似而和CC不相似反例：和CC更相似补充证据：MC和PC与CC各方面情况的对比突破GRE考试难点：GRE Argument思路解析12. Fifteen years a
21、go, Omega University implemented a new procedure that encouraged students to evaluate the teaching effectiveness of all their professors. Since that time, Omega professors have begun to assign higher grades in their classes, and overall student grade averages at Omega have risen by 30 percent. Poten
22、tial employers, looking at this dramatic rise in grades, believe that grades at Omega are inflated and do not accurately reflect student achievement; as a result, Omega graduates have not been as successful at getting jobs as have graduates from nearby Alpha University. To enable its graduates to se
23、cure better jobs, Omega University should terminate student evaluation of professors.Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.步骤：执行评分系统之后教授给的成绩更高-评分导致了教授给虚高成绩假设：没有它因反例：很可能这个制度恰
24、恰督促教师们好好教课，带来了学生水平的提高证据：调查学生实际学术能力的变化步骤：教授给了虚高的成绩-雇主就因为虚高的成绩而不录用O的学生假设：雇主了解这个事实反例：什么都不知道，就是教学质量下降，学生水平不行证据：调查学生实际能力步骤：O比A找工作难-O找工作比以前更难了假设：以前不比A找工作难反例：一直都不如A，可能因为专业方向证据：过去的找工作情况对比突破GRE考试难点：GRE Argument思路解析13. In an attempt to improve highway safety, Prunty County last year lowered its speed limit fr
25、om 55 to 45 miles per hour on all county highways. But this effort has failed: the number of accidents has not decreased, and, based on reports by the highway patrol, many drivers are exceeding the speed limit. Prunty County should instead undertake the same kind of road improvement project that But
26、ler County completed five years ago: increasing lane widths, resurfacing rough highways, and improving visibility at dangerous intersections. Today, major Butler County roads still have a 55 mph speed limit, yet there were 25 percent fewer reported accidents in Butler County this past year than ther
27、e were five years ago.Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.步骤：事故数量没减少 限速没用假设：事故的严重性没变反例：以前撞死人，现在撞伤人证据：严重事故的变化步骤：根据report很多人在超速 限速没用假设：超速的人没减少;超速的人速度没降低反例：超速的人已经大幅减少;以前超速超在80，现在超速超在65证据：超速人数的对比;平均车速的对比步骤：BC采取了一系列措施之后报告的事故少了25% BC的措施起了作用假设：没有它因反例：人口少了;私家车少了证据：调查实际车辆数量变化步骤：BC的措施起作用了 PC模仿可以一样有效假设：两城的交通状况，路面条件相似反例：我们的路已经很宽很平了，十字路口都很开阔;真正导致我们事故多的是超速，酒驾证据：根据我们的实际事故*分析决定合理的应对方式GRE Argument思路解析
