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题目题材：著作出版

GRE argument 134题目：

The following was taken from a guide for aspiring writers.

"New writers usually cannot convince large, prestigious publishers that their work is marketable, so they must first publish with smaller, less well-known presses to establish a sales record. But the editors of Mystery Writers Magazine have good news for aspiring writers: the number of mystery novels published in the last two years has grown significantly, and more people(2) read mysteries than any other type of novel. In addition, almost half of the mystery novels published last year were written by first-time novel writers(3,4). Since there is apparently an expanding market for mystery novels(1), all(5) publishers will want to increase the number of mystery novels they publish. Therefore, new writers(4) should write mystery novels to increase their chances for first-time publication with a larger, prestigious company(6,7)."

提纲：

(1)The author simply assumes that the trend of increasing number of mystery novels published will continue in the future.

(2)The author fails to inform us the actual number of people who prefer mystery novels.

(3)The author fails to provide information concerning the actual sales of mystery novels written by first-time novel writers.

(4)The argument simply equates first-time novel writers with new writers.

(5)The author's assumption that all publishers will be interested in publishing mystery novels is unwarranted.

(6)No evidence could illustrate that large, prestigious publishers would accept mystery novels written by new writers.

(7)The author ignores other possible, maybe better ways to increase the chances for first-time publication of new writers.

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，而gre写作高分最重要的得分依据就是作文的逻辑性要强。希望大家都能写出好作文。