GRE高頻Argument題庫提綱.doc

以前考過的共有60個題目，所以後面至少把這60個題目的提綱複習一遍。 24次 60/145/146/150/154/155 (8) The following appeared in a letter from a firm providing investment advice to a client. Homes in the northeastern United States, where winters are typically cold, have traditionally used oil as their major fuel for heating. Last year that region experienced twenty days with below-average temperatures, and local weather forecasters throughout the region predict that this weather pattern will continue for several more years. Furthermore, many new homes have been built in this region during the past year. Because of these developments, we predict an increased demand for heating oil and recommend investment in Consolidated Industries, one of whose major business operations is the retail sale of home heating oil. 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. 在冬季非常寒冷的美國東北部的房屋，一直都使用傳統的油料作為採暖的主要燃料。去年該地區經歷了90天低於往年平均氣溫的嚴寒，並且氣象預測家們預測這種天氣會持續未來數年。而且，去年本地建造了很多的房屋。按此趨勢，我們預測對於油料的需求將會增加. 所以我們建議對CI公司投資，該公司的主要業務之一就是家用採暖油料的零售。 1 90多天的冬季看似很久，可以以前的天氣情況沒有提，要是一般的冬季都比這個時間長的話，那麼這個冬天就是暖冬了，自然油料的使用量可能就不會提高，相反還會下降，而且泛泛的指出是在零下，沒有說零下多少度，要是很冷的溫度只持續了一小段時間，而大多數的時間都是比零度低一點點的話，那麼溫度總體上還是提高的，油料也是沒有用處的 2 很多的住宅新建起來，不見得很多人都會立刻搬進去居住，可能是房子的品質不好，也可能是人們的工資負擔不起那裡昂貴的房價 又或者交通不便利，環境不好等因素。。。。 3 這個公司是零售的，而那裡的人們，社區什麼的都是承包給大的集團公司，他們這樣的小公司可能沒有市場 18次 41/123/125 41 The following appeared in a health newsletter. A ten-year nationwide study of the effectiveness of wearing a helmet while bicycling indicates that ten years ago, approximately 35 percent of all bicyclists reported wearing helmets, whereas today that number is nearly 80 percent. Another study, however, suggests that during the same ten-year period, the number of bicycle-related accidents has increased 200 percent. These results demonstrate that bicyclists feel safer because they are wearing helmets, and they take more risks as a result. Thus, to reduce the number of serious i