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题目题材:考古
gre argument 58题目:
The following appeared in an article from a popular newsmagazine.
"In 1888 a stone was unearthed in northern Wisconsin with an inscription in an old Scandinavian alphabet and bearing the date 1362. Scandinavians were not, however, exploring or emigrating to northern Wisconsin in the fourteenth century(1). Recent analysis proves, in fact, that the stone had been buried in the spot where it was found for no more than 100 years(2). Moreover, the community near the discovery site was home to a group of people who had formed a club to study medieval Scandinavian culture—a period that includes the fourteenth century. The stone, therefore, is not a genuine artifact of medieval Scandinavian culture inscribed in the fourteenth century but most likely a hoax perpetrated by the group(3)."
提纲:
(1)The fact that Scandinavians did not emigrate to northern Wisconsin does not necessarily illustrate that this stone was not produced by Scandinavians, the stone could be brought here by some other people.
(2)The time when the stone was buried is not necessarily identical with the time it was produced.
(3)No evidence could actually demonstrate that the stone was forged by the group.
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。