本文例举了一些GRE Argument题型的题目的提纲,希望通过这些范例,帮助大家在平时自己复习过程中也学着列作文提纲。
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题目题材:食品
gre argument35题目:
The following appeared in the summary of a study on headaches suffered by the residents of Mentia.
"Salicylates are members of the same chemical family as aspirin, a medicine used to treat headaches(1). 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(2). Recently, food-processing companies have found that salicylates can also be used as flavor additives for foods(3). 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.(4,5)"
提纲:
(1)Salicylates may not have the same effect as aspirin in treating headaches although they are of the same chemical family.
(2)Other factors may also lead to the decline in the number of headaches in the study mentioned above.
(3)The author does not inform us what fraction of foods consumed by citizens of Mentia contains salicylates, and how many of the citizens prefer such kind of foods.
(4)The author fails to consider factors other than food, such as environment, lifestyle, etc. that may result in the increase in the number of headaches suffered by citizens of Mentia would increase.
(5)Granted that salicylates are effective in treating headaches, we cannot hastily infer that they would also be effective in preventing headaches.
注:题目中括号里的数字表明这句话体现的是提纲中第几号缺陷。
无论是GRE Issue还是GRE Argument,考生都应该养成写提纲的习惯。这种提纲式的GRE写作练习可以帮助考生锻炼写作的逻辑性。