GRE寫作模擬題(5)Argument

1、GRE 寫作模擬題（ 5 ）Argument 要求： Task Direction You will have 30 minutes to plan and write a critique of an argument presented in the form of a short passage. A critique of any other argument will receive a score of zero. Analyze the line of reasoning in the argument. Be sure to consider what, if any, que

2、stionable assumptions underlie the thinking and, if evidence is cited, how well it supports the conclusion. You can also discuss what sort of evidence would strengthen or refute the argument, what changes in the argument would make it more logically sound, and what additional information might help

3、you better evaluate its conclusion. Note that you are NOT being asked to present your views on the subject. GRE readers who are college and university faculty will read your critique and evaluate its overall quality, based on how well you identify and analyze important features of the argument organ

4、ize, develop, and express your critique of the argument support your critique with relevant reasons and examples control the elements of standard written English. Before you begin writing, you may want to take a few minutes to evaluate the argument and to plan a response. Be sure to develop your ide

5、as fully and organize them coherently, but leave time to read what you have written and make any revisions that you think are necessary. Section Direction Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. Questiion The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Walnut Grove town newspaper.

6、Walnut Groves town council has advocated switching from EZ Disposal (which has had the contract for trash collection services in Walnut Grove for the past ten years) to ABC Waste, because EZ recently raised its monthly fee from $2,000 to $2,500 a month, whereas ABCs fee is still $2,000. But the town

7、 council is mistaken; we should continue using EZ. EZ collects trash twice a week, while ABC collects only once. Moreover, EZ-which, like ABC, currently has a fleet of 20 trucks-has ordered additional trucks. Finally, EZ provides exceptional service ： 80 percent of respondents to last years town sur

8、vey agreed that they were satisfied with EZs performance. 題目講解 本題要求從題目中找出主要的邏輯錯(cuò)誤，也就是 Argume nt題目的 提綱,同時(shí)每一個(gè)邏輯錯(cuò)誤準(zhǔn)備一套語言套路去反駁。 Walnut Grove的市委提議選擇 ABC Waste而不是EZ Disposal（ 它是過去十年中和 Walnut Grove 簽約提供垃圾收集服務(wù)的 機(jī)構(gòu)），因?yàn)镋Z最近把他們每月的收費(fèi)從$2000提升到了 $2500,而 ABC仍然是$2000。但市委是錯(cuò)誤的，我們應(yīng)該繼續(xù)使用E乙EZ每周收 集兩次垃圾，而ABC只收集一次。而且，EZ當(dāng)前的卡

9、車擁有量和 ABC 一樣都是20輛，但它已定購了更多的車輛。最后，EZ還提供優(yōu)越的服 務(wù)：去年市鎮(zhèn)調(diào)查中80%勺回應(yīng)者同意他們對(duì)于 EZ的表現(xiàn)是滿意的。 觀點(diǎn)提示 1、作者認(rèn)為EZ比ABC更值得，基于EZ一周收集兩次垃圾而 ABC 只有一次。但并沒有提出詳細(xì)的信息證明一個(gè)月清理兩次垃圾對(duì)于 Walnut Grove 是必要的。 2、此外，作者還指出EZ正在訂購額外的卡車并提供很多額外服 務(wù)，但并沒有提供 ABC的情況。首先，沒必要，其次說不準(zhǔn) ABC也有。 3、卡車作為固定資產(chǎn)的購入可能會(huì)增加收費(fèi)。 范文： The argument is not well reasoned at all, a

10、nd it might be wise for Walnut Groves town council to turn to ABC Disposal. To begin with, despite EZs weekly working frequency is as twice as ABCs, yet no sign has been displayed to prove that the advantage is necessary and fictional. For instance, if the towns garbage amount is under a particularl

11、y lower scale, which merely reaches the quantity of once disposal from ABC and hence the relatively once more from EZ is just a futile plethora. Also, even if twice disposal is applicable, it still deserves to doubt whether most citizens would like usual to choose EZ when taking into account the pri

12、ce of its service has been increased by $500 a month. Most citizens is highly possible to pick up a company that can offer best services while calling for relatively little money, for saving the extra $500, which to some extent is dispensable, I think, most citizens can cope with some easily handled

13、 trash with their own methods instead of singly relying on the disposal company. And another crucial point I cast great discretion on is whether the survey made last year is the persuasive reflection of the whole citizens actual attitudes. The major deniable spot is the surveys sampling size and acc

14、ordingly the ultimate respondents echoing the questions. Visualize the citizens of Walnut town are no less than 500 thousands, but ironically only the 5 hundred ones have the fortune to be asked the question and in the end the real available records making some senses are less than the 10% of the in

15、terviewers, namely the upper limit is only 50 people. Let alone whether these answers have the widely applicable representative, just judging about the number of respondents we can have justifiable rights to disregard the validity of this survey. Almost to forget to point out, that the freshly order

16、ed 20 trucks of EZ cannot add another ponderous stake onto the balance, on the contrary, it might exacerbate the impressions of EZ in peoples mind. Buying new trucks would ineluctably consume the companys property, and to take this disburse back the company must put some additional measures for compensation, thereby increasing the fees can lead the citizens to obtain the most strong conviction of loading the economic debt onto their shoulders, which finally ruins the tiny fantasy prone to the EZ. So the arguers recommendation is just nothing but a cheap propaganda to throw to the vast resid