[外语类试卷]GRE(ANALYTICAL WRITING)模拟试卷2及答案与解析.doc
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1、GRE( ANALYTICAL WRITING)模拟试卷 2及答案与解析 一、 Analyze an Issue 1 Some people believe that corporations have a responsibility to promote the well-being of the societies and environments in which they operate. Others believe that the only responsibility of corporations, provided they operate within the law,
2、 is to make as much money as possible. Write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented. 二、 Analyze an Argument
3、2 You will be given a short passage that presents an argument and specific instructions on how to respond to that passage. You will then have 30 minutes to plan and compose a response in which you evaluate the passage according to the specific instructions. A response to any other argument will rece
4、ive a score of zero. Note that you are NOT being asked to present your own views on the subject. Make sure that you respond according to the specific instructions and support your evaluation with relevant reasons and/or examples. Trained GRE readers will evaluate your response for its overall qualit
5、y, based on how well you: Respond to the specific task instructions Identify and analyze features of the argument relevant to the assigned task Organize, develop, and express your ideas Support your analysis with relevant reasons and/or examples Control the elements of standard written English Befor
6、e you begin writing, you may want to think for a few minutes about the argument passage and the specific task instructions and then plan your response. Be sure to develop your response fully and organize it coherently, but leave time to reread what you have written and make any revisions that you th
7、ink are necessary. Argument Topic The following appeared in an article written by Dr. Karp, an anthropologist. “Twenty years ago, Dr. Field, a noted anthropologist, visited the island of Tertia and concluded from his observations that children in Tertia were reared by an entire village rather than b
8、y their own biological parents. However, my recent interviews with children living in the group of islands that includes Tertia show that these children spend much more time talking about their biological parents than about other adults in the village. This research of mine proves that Dr. Fields co
9、nclusion about Tertian village culture is invalid and thus that the observation-centered approach to studying cultures is invalid as well. The interview-centered method that my team of graduate students is currently using in Tertia will establish a much more accurate understanding of child-rearing t
10、raditions there and in other island cultures.“ Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument. GRE( ANALYTICAL WRITING)模拟试卷 2答案与解析 一、 Analyze an Issue 1 【正确答案】 It is not uncommon for
11、 some to argue that, in the world in which we live, corporations have a responsibility to society and to the environment in which they operate. Proponents of this view would argue that major environmental catastrophes(e.g., the oil spill in the Gulf)are key examples of the damage that can be wrought
12、 when corporations are allowed to operate unchecked. Yet within that very statement lies a contradiction that undermines this kind of thinking it is necessary for outside forces to check the behavior of corporations, because we do not expect corporations to behave in such a manner. In fact, the expe
13、ctation is simply that corporations will follow the law, and in the course of doing so, engage in every possible tactic to their advantage in the pursuit of more and greater profit. To expect otherwise from corporations is to fail to understand their puropose and their very structure. The corporatio
14、n arose as a model of business in which capital could be raised through the contributions of stockholders; investors purchases shares in a company, and their money is then used as the operating capital for the company. Shareholders buy stock not because they are hoping to better make the world a bet
15、ter place or because they have a desire to improve the quality of life but because they expect to see a return in their investment in this company. The company may itself have generally altruistic goals(perhaps it is a think tank that advises the government on how to improve relations with the Middl
16、e East, or perhaps it is a company built around finding alternative forms of energy), but the immediate expectation of the investor is that he himself will see dividends, or profits, from the investment he has made. This is even more true in the case of companies that are purely profit driven and wh
17、ich do not have goals that are particularly directed toward social improvement a description that applies to the vast majority of corporations. Is it a bad thing to have a corporation negatively affect the environment(and by extentsion, its inhabitants)? To pump noxious fumes into the atmosphere as
18、a by-product of its manufacturing processes? Of course, and this is why agencies such as the EPA were established and why governments federal, state, and local are expected to monitor such companies to ensure that such practices fall within the boundaries of legal expectations. Any and all corporati
19、ons should be expected to temper their pursuit of profit with the necessity of following those safeguards that have been legislated as protections. But the assumption that corporations have an inherent obligation or responsibility to go above and beyond that to actively PROMOTE the environment and t
20、he well-being of society is absurd. Engaging in practices to adhere to legal expectations to protect society and the environment is costly to corporations. If the very purpose of a corporation is to generate profits, and the obligation to adhere to safety expectations established by law cuts into th
21、ose profits, then to expect corporations to embrace such practices beyond what is required is to presume that they willingly engage in an inherently self-destructive process: the unnecessary lowering of profits. This is antithetical to the very concept of the corporation. Treehuggers everywhere shou
22、ld be pleased that environmental protections exist, but to expect corporations to “make the world a better place“ is to embrace altruism to the point that it becomes delusion. This is not to say that we should reject efforts to hold corporations accountable. In fact, the opposite is true we should b
23、e vigilant with the business world and maintain our expectations that corporations do not make their profits at the EXPENSE of the well-being of society. But that role must be fulfilled by a watchdog, not the corporation itself, and those expectations must be imposed UPON the corporations, not expec
24、ted FROM them. 【试题解析】 This response receives a 6 for developing an insightful position on the issue in accordance with the assigned task, skillfully weaving a position that takes into consideration both of the statements in the prompt. Beginning in the first paragraph, the writer rejects the idea th
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