GRE作文ISSUE高频题及提纲

1、7."The video camera provides such an accurate and convincing record of contemporary life that it has become a more important form of documentation than written records." Our life has gone through great changes since the video camera came into being, which provides a totally new and differe

2、nt way of recording life to the traditional written methods. Compared with written records, video documentation is much less influenced by the one who took record and the one who interprete it. Another conspicuous advantage of video records is its integrity. Yet its rash to say that video camera has

3、 already won over traditional written documents and become the new domination of documentation field since video record is limited in several aspects. We cannot say whether video camera or the written document is more important than the other in that each one has its irreplaceable merits and values.

4、 Video camera offers the accurate and convincing method of recording which can revive life in before, while traditional written document can provide a more detailed and rational record in lower cost. 8."It is often necessary, even desirable, for political leaders to withhold information from th

5、e public." Firstly, political leaders, in a democracy regime, will harm the proper right of people as they withhold information from the public. Secondly, withholding information from the public will result in corruption in the government, and therefore bring detriment to society. Admittedly, s

6、ometimes it is necessary for political leaders to keep the public from know something, such as countrys top secrete, which is indispensable and helpful for a country in defending aggression and keeping safety. 10"Governments must ensure that their major cities receive the financial support they

7、 need in order to thrive, because it is primarily in cities that a nation's cultural traditions are preserved and generated." It is always true that big cities of a country boom not only in economy but also in culture. Actually, not all the major cities of a country are bound to the respons

8、ibility of preserving a nations culture traditions. Indeed, in some major cities, where have less culture traditions, it creates a better environment for development than in those cities where long culture traditions are preserved. Nevertheless, admitted that, there are also some major cities that a

9、re characterized by their long culture traditions, Similarly, either small cities, or villages and towns, in spite of not being major cities, are the places where culture traditions generated and handed down be generations. 11"All nations should help support the development of a global universi

10、ty designed to engage students in the process of solving the world's most persistent social problems." Though each social problem appears to be different in different nations, as theft in affluent nations may be conducted more for psychological reasons rather than for the value of the issue

11、 with regard to its counterpart in poor nations, there is always a radical key lying beneath. On the other hand, though nearly all the social problems are persisting in every nation, some may be disasters in one nation while slight flaw in another. Such a global university asks for the support from

12、all nations of the world. 真的不掉线吗？、？17"There are two types of laws: just and unjust. Every individual in a society has a responsibility to obey just laws and, even more importantly, to disobey and resist unjust laws." Laws and regulations are set up along with the entrenchment of a governme

13、nt serving as a means to control the country. Since laws are built up under the power of government, which represents the public interest whereas run by a few individuals, it is quite possible that laws are constituted in the name of representing the majority while on the contrary in a few individua

14、ls favor. Facing unjust laws, every individual has the very responsibility to resist them. No matter that whether every individual could reach an agreement on unjust or not, one point is important that we should put forward our opinions toward unjust laws.26"Most people would agree that buildin

15、gs represent a valuable record of any society's past, but controversy arises when old buildings stand on ground that modern planners feel could be better used for modern purposes. In such situations, modern development should be given precedence over the preservation of historic buildings so tha

16、t contemporary needs can be served." i. Historic buildings are irrecoverable resources we should preserve not only for ourselves but for our decendants ii. Historic buildings are valuable records of a societys past, and they serve more as travel attractions, city emblems. iii. Some old building

17、s which are of less value and in bad state can be removed for contemporary needs for ground. But modern planners should avoid destroying historic buildings for modern purposes. Better approachments should be work out for the dilemma. 30"The primary goal of technological advancement should be to

18、 increase people's efficiency so that everyone has more leisure time." First of all, as we have witnessed, achievement in technology has immensely improved peoples efficiency, such as assembly-line, robots. Computer, etc.Besides, when people enjoy relative more leisure time brought by impro

19、ved efficiency, on the same time, society has encountered other problems, such as the problem of employment. As a matter of fact, increasing efficiency is merely a byproduct of the advance of technology. 36"The greatness of individuals can be decided only by those who live after them, not by th

20、eir contemporaries." The greatness of individuals cannot be appreciated by their contemporaries in large part is due to their outstanding talent and their transcendental intelligence which surpass the common cognition of general public and their peers.Besides, to test the validity of theories,

21、works and ideas of the great individuals need a long time even centuries. In a democratic society, individuals have full free to express their ideas and show their unique talents and characters. 38"In the age of television, reading books is not as important as it once was. People can learn as m

22、uch by watching television as they can by reading books." 真的不掉线吗？、？Though each has its advantages, television and books are not capable to win over each other. Reading books is an active process, where we can make choice of what, when and to which extent we want to learn.With regard to the appe

23、aling traits and easygoing nature, television can help a lot in study. 39"The intellectual benefits of attending a university or college are vastly overrated: most people could learn more by studying and reading on their own for four years than by pursuing a university or college degree."

24、Bill Gates, who quitted from university and did not complete his degree while establish his business of Microsoft which ranks in the top of Fortune, may serve as a good example that people could learn more by studying and reading on their own rather than pursuing a university or college degree. As f

25、or people who have strong ability of self-management and definite purpose of learning, they may obtain more knowledge from self-studying than attending university or college. While, many people still would like to learning by attending university or college, because the formal education system not o

26、nly provide students a perfect studying atmosphere but also instruct students study more efficiently and effectively. In addition, studying in university or college other than studying on their own, conduce to shape a sound personality 41"Such non-mainstream areas of inquiry as astrology, fortu

27、ne-telling, and psychic and paranormal pursuits play a vital role in society by satisfying human needs that are not addressed by mainstream science." We may find out that, people who resort to fortune-telling, astrology and such non-mainstream area of inquiry unusually are ill educated and unde

28、rclass of the society.Indeed, the main reason that why non-mainstream area of inquiry is favored by a few people is that it comforts people who worry about their destiny. Besides, non-mainstream area of inquiry also plays an important role to satisfy peoples curiosity about the unknown world. 46&quo

29、t;While some leaders in government, sports, industry, and other areas attribute their success to a well-developed sense of competition, a society can better prepare its young people for leadership by instilling in them a sense of cooperation." Through competition, one makes himself/herself beco

30、me eminent, so do the leaders entrench their successful position. The sense of competition is indispensable for a leader no matter what areas he/her belongs to. More specifically, cooperation is a kind of responsibility bestowed to one who wants to be a leader. 47"Society does not place enough

31、emphasis on the intellect-that is, on reasoning and other cognitive skills”. In a sense, intellectual skills and non-intellectual skills are somewhat like skeleton and flesh of a body. A society cannot advance without cognitive skills, yet it cannot keep well-being without non-cognitive 真的不掉线吗？、？one

32、s. Both crucial to individual and society, intellectual and non-intellectural skills, however, receive unfair attention at present.48"The study of history places too much emphasis on individuals. The most significant events and trends in history were made possible not by the famous few, but by

33、groups of people whose identities have long been forgotten." In most historical documents, those significant figures were described as the only decision makers. It is natural, however, for historians to do so, or from another aspect, they have to. Lacking of sufficient materials is another prob

34、lem. 50"In order to improve the quality of instruction at the college and university level, all faculty should be required to spend time working outside the academic world in professions relevant to the courses they teach." 1. to faculty members of some academic area, working outside the a

35、cademic world will do little help to their academic ability while distracting them from the research and instruction work they should concentrate on 2. compulsory working in professions outside academic world may cause the college and university to lose their outstanding faculty member 3. to some ac

36、ademic area such as engineering, faculty members should be encouraged to work outside for some time in order to better orient instruction to students for future career 51"Education will be truly effective only when it is specifically designed to meet the individual needs and interests of each s

37、tudent." 1. the efficiency of education lies in its generalization ( teacher, student ) 2. over-specified education will narrow down students ken and capability of acclimation to future career 3. in order to cater individual needs and to enhance interests of students, schools can offer some spe

38、cifically designed programs to students 54"History teaches us only one thing: knowing about the past cannot help people to make important decisions today." History is a part of our development, and provides relevant information of present problems. History also serves as a source of preced

39、ent and predication, which guide us to avoid or less making false decisions when in face of hard task in present.Admittedly, there are entirely new problems that we have to cope with on our own without any precedents in history to refer to, but this does not prevent us from making right choices, sin

40、ce learning history has taught us to perceive and analyse the problems with historic perspective. 56"Governments should focus more on solving the immediate problems of today rather than trying to solve the anticipated problems of the future." Undoubtedly, immediate problems that agonize an

41、d afflict people mostly, such as crimes, wars, drag abuse, unemployment and so on, actually need to be addressed by government as soon as possible 真的不掉线吗？、？since their existence extremely danger the normal living of public. However, it is misconception that governments can ignore the anticipated pro

42、blems of the future in favor of the immediate ones, even though the latter may be more urgent. Furthermore, narrowly concentrating on solving the immediate problems rather than trying to solve the anticipated problems of the future, is an expression of irresponsible for the future generations.59&quo

43、t;Too much emphasis is placed on role models. Instead of copying others, people should learn to think and act independently and thus make the choices that are best for them." We have been brought up with the tales and legends of kinds of heroes and heroines, no matter whether these characters a

44、re real persons or fictional ones, these stories serve as our primary enlightened materials that instill us virtues and values the society cherishes commonly in which we are living.Merely imitating role models may result in laziness and dependence since one does not suffer himself/herself of thinkin

45、g and analyzing. Learning to think and act independently does not naturally conflict with learning form role models.61"High-profile awards such as the Nobel Prize are actually damaging to society because they suggest that only a few people deserve such recognition." Most of these children

46、farewell these dreams when they grow up for their capability, personal interests and other factors. The remained few, however, by persistently pursuing their original aim, attain it in the end.Admittedly not every one has the opportunity to get any high-profile award. There are many realistical limi

47、tations such as capability, intellecture, aggression and, of course, opportunity. Actually any adult is well aware that those few deserve the great awards they win since they have done great contribution in their area, which are often relatively not well profitable.64"Many people know how to at

48、tain success, but few know how to make the best use of it." 许多人知道如何获得成功，但很少人懂得充分利用成功；it指“success" 强调成功后如何利用1. The conception of "success", relatively, is one of narrow sense, not wide-sense.2. Limited personal ability result in failing to make best use of the success furtherly. 3

49、. Further success is related to how to make the use of other concerning resource. 许多人知道如何获得成功，但很少人懂得充分利用“如何获得成功”it指how to attain success（成功过程方法） 1.Many people know how to attain success; But those who are successfuly should have learned to make the best use of all kinds of factors. Main factor resul

50、t in success are listed as followed: 2. The ability of personal, first: intelligence,special knowlege in the concerning field; Second, emotion and other socail ability,how to make all the factors into a system group. 3. Dificiency of resource. 74"The most effective way to communicate an idea or

51、 value to large groups of people is through the use of images, not language." 1. it is much easier for people to understand an idea by vision than by abstract language ( deep 真的不掉线吗？、？impression, straight presentation, etc. ) 2. when large groups of people are addressed, language cannot achieve

52、 relatively even effect to all, while images can be effective to average, or even those not quick at understanding 3. when it comes to some abstract ideological ideas or values, or to the necessity to attain further understanding, language is indispensible 80"All students should be required to

53、take courses in the sciences, even if they have no interest in science." 1.Science as an important comment of modern education, all the student should be required to study it at some suitable level. 2. The skill of science would be a stepping-stone to other subject. 3. The interest of science n

54、eed to be raised and inspired, different way would be encouraged to be used in the education. 83"Government should preserve publicly owned wilderness areas in their natural state, even though these areas are often extremely remote and thus accessible to only a few people." 1)to the environ

55、ment's sake, it is necessary to do so . leaving some pristine not polluted surrounding to the posterity, and remain the last resident to the prosecuted and protected animals. (2)for the economics sake, reserving the wildness can conserve some of the race that it may perhaps porfitive in the use

56、beyond nowadays our research's ability for the future. (3)in order to preserve the wilderness not to dig out to be a place of interest, there is no need to be convenient to access. On the other hand, the more remote and inaccessible it is, the more significance effect it can attain. (4)so the go

57、vernment should keep an eye on the protection on the wildness85"Government funding of the arts threatens the integrity of the arts." 1.artists, producers of the arts, are mundane beings who can only use objective things as brushes, canvas and museums to foster and propaganda their products

58、. All of those things need money. 2.the integrity of the arts requires the populaces understanding of them, without propaganda the proclaimed integrity merely a hollow husk. It also need money to achieve the aim. 3.another fundamental essence of the integrity of arts is its sustenance. If had depriv

59、ed of a series of successive artists, how could, not only the integrity of the arts, but the existence of it, be possible?87."In any field of inquiry, the beginner is more likely than the expert to make important discoveries." A. Beginners have intense curiosity about the unknown and great courage to try new things, while experienced experts tend to be more conservative. B. Furthermore, beginners are highly motivated and enthusiastic people who are eager to establish their career and fame.88"Technologies not only influence but actually