GRE出国考试写作素材汇总.

　　艺术类

　　1. Imaginative works such as novels, plays, films, fairytales, and legends present a more accurate and meaningful picture of human experience than do factual accounts. Because the creators of fiction shape and focus on reality rather than report it literally, their creations have a more lasting significance.

　　2. The arts (painting, music, literature, etc.) reveal the otherwise hidden ideas and impulses of a society.

　　3. ‘It is the artist, not the critic,’ who gives society something of lasting value. A person who evaluates works of art, such as novels, films music, paintings, etc.

　　4. As long as people in a society are hungry or out of work or lack the basic skills needed to survive, the use of public resources to support the arts is inappropriate—and, perhaps, even cruel—when one considers all the potential uses of such money.

　　5. In order for any work of art—whether film, literature, sculpture, or a song—to have merit, it must be understandable to most people.

　　文化类

　　1. Governments must ensure that their major cities receive the financial support they need in order to thrive, because it is primarily in cities that a nation’s cultural traditions are preserved and generated.

　　2. Rituals and ceremonies help dine a culture. Without them, societies or groups of people have a diminished sense of who they are.

　　3. The way people look, dress, and act reveals their attitudes and interests. You can tell much about a society’s ideas and values by observing the appearance and behavior of its people.

　　4. The true value of a civilization is rlected in its artistic creations rather than in its scientific accomplishments.

　　国际类

　　1. All nations should help support the development of a global university designed to engage students in the process of solving the world’s most persistent social problems.

　　2. Many of the world’s lesser-known languages are being lost as fewer and fewer people speak them. The government of countries in which these languages are spoken should act to prevent such languages from becoming extinct.

　　3. With the growth of global networks in such areas as economics and communication, there is no doubt that every aspect of society—including education, politics, the arts, and the sciences—will benit greatly from international influences.

　　4. The surest indicator of a great nation is not the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but the general welfare of all its people.

　　5. The material progress and well-being of one country are necessarily connected to the material progress and well-being of all other countries.