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题目题材：人事
gre argument 140题目：
The following appeared in a report of the Committee on Faculty Promotions and Salaries at Elm City University.
"During her seventeen years as a professor of botany, Professor Thomas has proved herself to be well worth her annual salary of $50,000. Her classes are among the largest at the university(1), demonstrating her popularity among students. Moreover, the money she has brought to the university in research grants(2) has exceeded her salary in each of the last two years(3). Therefore, in consideration of Professor Thomas' demonstrated teaching and research abilities, we recommend that she receive a $10,000 raise and a promotion to Department Chairperson(4); without such a raise and promotion(7), we fear that Professor Thomas will leave Elm City University for another college(5,6,8)."
提纲：
(1)The size of the classes could hardly be a good indication of the popularity of a professor among students.
(2)The amount of research grants brought by a professor could not indicate the research abilities of that professor.
(3)The committee simply assumes that research grants brought by Prof. Thomas will continue to exceed her salary in the future.
(4)Granted that Prof. Thomas has demonstrated excellent teaching and research abilities, we cannot guarantee that she will also be highly competent as a chairperson.
(5)The committee fails to demonstrate that Prof. Thomas has other choices currently, and that she is willing to teach at another university.
(6)The committee unfairly assumes that Prof. Thomas will leave for sure if we do not provide such a raise and promotion.
(7)Other measures could also be used to keep Prof. Thomas staying at Elm City University.
(8)The committee fails to illustrate that the proposed promotion and salary raise are sufficiently attractive for Prof. Thomas.
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