ThispagecontainstheIssuetopicsfortheAnalyticalWritingsectionoftheGRE®revisedGeneralTest.Whenyoutakethetest,youwillbepresentedwithoneIssuetopicfromthispool.EachIssuetopicconsistsofanissuestatementorstatementsfollowedbyspecifictaskinstructionsthattellyouhowtorespondtotheissue.Thewordingofsometopicsinthetestmightvaryslightlyfromwhatispresentedhere.Also,becausetheremaybemultipleversionsofsometopicswithsimilaroridenticalwordingbutwithdifferenttaskinstructions,itisveryimportanttoreadyourtesttopicanditsspecifictaskdirectionscarefullyandrespondtothewordingasitappearsintheactualtest.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1Aspeoplerelymoreandmoreontechnologytosolveproblems,theabilityofhumanstothinkforthemselveswillsurelydeteriorate.Writearesponseinwhichyoudiscusstheextenttowhichyouagreeordisagreewiththestatementandexplainyourreasoningforthepositionyoutake.Indevelopingandsupportingyourposition,youshouldconsiderwaysinwhichthestatementmightormightnotholdtrueandexplainhowtheseconsiderationsshapeyourposition.Attitude:小正·Anincreasingrelianceontechnologynegatestheneedforpeopletothinkcreativelytosolvepreviousquandaries……..Technologytransfersthisthinkingtoobsoleteforever.Itcannotdenythatthedevelopmentoftechnologyhasemancipatedhumanfromarduousphysicalworkandgreatlyimproveworkingefficiency.·However,notonlydoestechnologyimprovelivingstandardandtheoveralldevelopmentofsociety,butalsoitenablesushavemoretimetothinkandmorepowerfultoolstoassisttheirthinking.·Byincreasingontechnology,manyimpossiblegoalscanbeachievedPosition:Technologyisadouble-edgedswordthatmayeitherserveorharmhumaninterests.A.Ontheonehand,itispossiblethatpeoplemaybecometheslavesoftechnology.B.Ontheotherhand,technologymaysavepeople'stimeandenergysothattheycoulddevotethemselvestomorecreativeandmeaningfulwork.C.Moreover,technologyprovidespeoplewitheffectiveinstrumentsforintellectualwork.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------2Tounderstandthemostimportantcharacteristicsofasociety,onemuststudyitsmajorcities.1Writearesponseinwhichyoudiscusstheextenttowhichyouagreeordisagreewiththestatementandexplainyourreasoningforthepositionyoutake.Indevelopingandsupportingyourposition,youshouldconsiderwaysinwhichthestatementmightormightnotholdtrueandexplainhowtheseconsiderationsshapeyourposition.·Attitude:赞同观点，完善观点·城市是一个社会的发展的中心，在社会特征方面，主要城市具有很强的代表性，如经济领域、文化领域。纽约代表了美国的经济贸易特征；北京代表了中国的古老文明的特征。·受全球化的影响，很多城市正逐渐失去自己的特征，向着全球化方向发展。在很多领域，如文化传统、民间艺术等保存最好的往往不在城市而是乡村。因此，研究社会特点还要看其他小城市或是偏远的地区，那里保存了这个社会主原始的特征，也相对来说保存地较好。·研究社会特点除了研究城市特征之外，还有很多领域需要研究。例如：舆论焦点，社会模范，时尚潮流等等。Position:Itisnolongertruethatmajorcitiesarecharacteristicofasociety.A.Majorcitiesusedtobetheculturalcentersofasociety.B.Nowadays,however,duetotheinfluenceofglobalization,majorcitiesthroughouttheworldlookmoreorlessthesame.C.Bycontrast,theruralareasofasocietymaintainmoreofitsculturaltradition.范文Majorcitieshaveaparticularadministrative,culturalandhistoricalstatusinacountry.However,itdoesnotnecessarilymeanthatstudyingmajorcitiesisalwaysthebestwaytounderstandevery...
