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题目题材：保健，考古

gre argument 88题目：

The following appeared in a newsletter about health published in the country of Sauria.

"According to Sauria's leading nutritional experts, a diet high in complex carbohydrates, and low in fat is optimal for good health and longevity. Because this was the diet(3) of the people who lived in ancient Sauria, one would expect them to have had long and healthy lives. Yet the mummified remains(4) of Sauria's ruling classes(1) from two to three thousand years ago show the existence of many medical problems among the ancient Saurians, including dental problems, elevated blood pressure, obesity, heart disease, and early mortality(5). Clearly, the diet of the ancient Saurians was responsible for these problems(2). The high incidence of high blood pressure, obesity, and heart disease in Sauria today even among those who have tried low-fat, high-carbohydrate diets(6,7) further proves that Sauria's leading nutritional experts are wrong."

提纲：

(1)The health status and of Sauria’s ruling classes might not be representative of all ancient Saurians.

(2)The author unfairly assumes that ancient Sauria’s ruling classes were having the diet mentioned above.

(3)There may be some difference between the diet of ancient Sauria and the diet defined by modern experts as optimal.

(4)The study of mummified remains might be unreliable.

(5)The medical problems of Sauria’s ruling classes might result from many possible factors.

(6)The author fails to prove that medical problems of modern Sauria do result from their diets.

(7)The author fails to rule out the possibility that those modern Saurians who have tried low-fat, high-carbohydrate diets do so merely because they are aware of their existing health problems.

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。