GMAT写作题库范文(七十六)-智课教育.pdf

智 课 网 G M A T 备 考 资 料 GMAT写作题库范文（七十六）-智课教育 写作是个厚积薄发的考试，同学们在备考GMAT写作时，不仅要多 练习，也要去掌握一些重点语句。有些题库范文是需要大家掌握并且熟 练记忆的，熟记于心才能运用自如，才能举一反三。接下来小编就给大 家介绍一下GMAT写作范文，希望对大家备考GMAT写作考试有帮助。 76. The following appeared in the editorial section of a local newspaper. “This city should be able to improve existing services and provide new ones without periodically raising the taxes of the residents. Instead, the city should require that the costs of services be paid for by developers who seek approval for their large new building projects. After all, these projects can be highly profitable to the developers, but they can also raise a city’s expenses and increase the demand for its services.” Discuss how well reasoned... etc. 地方报纸的编者按： 这个城市应该不必周期性地提高居民税收就能提高现有的服务，提 供新的服务。相反，城市应该要求为大型新建筑项目申请许可的发展商 支付服务的成本。毕竟这些项目给发展商带来的利润是很高的，但是他 们也可能提高城市消费并增加对服务的需求。 In this editorial the author argues that improvements to existing city services as well as new services should be paid for by developers rather than by taxpayers. In support of this opinion the author points out that developers can make large profits from building projects and that these projects increase the demand for city services and raise the city’s expenses, I disagree with the author’s opinion for two reasons. First, the fact that developers stand to make profits from their projects is not a good reason to require them to pay more than their fair share of the costs of services. In fact, to require them to do this in order to win approval of their projects is tantamount to robbery. City officials would find it difficult to justify a policy that endorsed this practice. Moreover, the adoption of such a practice would discourage the development of new buildings in the city. Second, the increase in demand for city services as well as the increase in the city’s expenses will be most likely offset by the tax revenue