GRE范文及赏析-Argument22-智课网.pdf

智课网 GRE备考资料 GRE 官方写作题库 Argument 22 According to a recent report, cheating among college and university students is on the rise. However, Groveton College has successfully reduced student cheating by adopting an honor code, which calls for students to agree not to cheat in their academic endeavors and to notify a faculty member if they suspect that others have cheated. Grovetons honor code replaced a system in which teachers closely monitored students; under that system, teachers reported an average of thirty cases of cheating per year. In the first year the honor code was in place, students reported twenty-one cases of cheating; five years later, this figure had dropped to fourteen. Moreover, in a recent survey, a majority of Groveton students said that they would be less likely to cheat with an honor code in place than without. Thus, all colleges and universities should adopt honor codes similar to Grovetons in order to decrease cheating among students. 【满分范文赏析】 In this report the author concludes that colleges should adopt an honor code in order to reduce the frequency of cheating. To support this conclusion the author points out that the first year after switching from a monitoring system to an honor system the annual number of reported cheating incidents at Groveton College decreased from 30 (as reported by teachers) to 21 (as reported by students following the honor code) and that five years later the number decreased to 14. The author also cites a survey in which most students indicated they would be less likely to cheat under an honor system than if they are closely monitored. This argument is unconvincing for several reasons. 【本段结构】 本文采用了标准的 Argument 开头段结构，即 C—A—F 的开头结构。本段首先概括原文的 Conclusion，之后简要提及原文为支持其结论所引用的一系列 Assumption 及细节，最后给出 开头段到正文段的过渡句，指出原文的 Flaw，即这些 Assumption 无法让原文的结论具有说服 力。 【本段功能】 作为 Argument 开头段，本段具体功能就在于发起攻击并概括原文的结论，即大学应该采取和 Groveton College相同的 Honor code制度以用来避免学生们考试作弊的情况。本段接下来提到 了原文中为支持之前的 Conclusion 所提供的证据，即在采用这种