2017年4月22日(上午)北京鼎钧gre作文机经.

　　考试时间：2011年4月22日 10:30

　　考试地点：北京鼎均大厦

　　issue98-"Colleges and universities should offer more courses on popular music, film, advertising, and television because contemporary culture has much greater relevance for students than do arts and literature of the past."

　　argument40-The following appeared in a memorandum from the president of Excello Food Markets.

　　"In 90 towns where Excello has food markets, natural-food stores specializing in organic food products—products containing no chemical preservatives and made with foods grown without pesticides—have opened nearby as competitors. Surveys of our own customers reveal a growing concern about foods grown using pesticides or preserved with chemicals. Recently our market in Sun City participated in a local food tasting fair, and 75 percent of the fair goers who visited the Excello booth requested free samples of organic fruit. Such evidence indicates that to increase our profits, we should begin to stock a full line of organic food products in all our markets."

　　考试时间：2011年4月22日 8:30

　　考试地点：北京鼎钧大厦

　　issue 164-"Sometimes imagination is a more valuable asset than experience. People who lack experience are free to imagine what is possible and thus can approach a task without constraints of established habits and attitudes."

　　有时候，想象力成为一种比经验更为可贵的财富。有些缺乏经验的人能够自由地发挥想象力，这样他们就可以不受固有习惯和态度的束缚来处理所要完成的任务。

　　argument 161-In a study of reading habits of Leeville citizens conducted by the University of Leeville, most respondents said they prerred literary classics as reading material. However, a follow-up study conducted by the same researchers found that the type of book most frequently checked out of each of the public libraries in Leeville was the mystery novel. Therore, it can be concluded that the respondents in the first study had misrepresented their reading habits.

　　考试时间：2011年4月22日

　　考试地点：北京鼎钧大厦

　　Issue185- Scandals-whether in politics, academia, or other areas-can be usul. They focus our attention on problems in ways that no speaker or rormer ever could.

　　argument158-The Trash-Site Safety Council has recently conducted a statewide study of possible harmful fects of garbage sites on the health of people living near the sites. A total of five sites and 300 people were examined. The study revealed, on average, only a small statistical correlation between the proximity of homes to garbage sites and the incidence of unexplained rashes among people living in these homes. Furthermore, although it is true that people living near the largest trash sites had a slightly higher incidence of the rashes, there was otherwise no correlation between the size of the garbage sites and people&aposs health. Therore, the council is pleased to announce that the current system of garbage sites does not pose a significant health hazard. We see no need to restrict the size of such sites in our state or to place any restrictions on the number of homes built near the sites.

　　考试时间：2011年4月22日

　　考试地点：北京鼎钧大厦

　　Issue146-people who are the most deeply committed to an idea or policy are the most critical of it.

　　Argument217-The following appeared in a brochure promoting the purchase of local franchises for a national chain of gyms.

　　"Now is the time to invest in a Power-Lift Gym franchise so that you can profit from opening one of our gyms in your town. Consider the current trends: Power-Lift Gyms are already popular among customers in 500 locations, and national surveys indicate increasing concern with weight loss and physical fitness. Furthermore, last year&aposs sales of books and magazines on personal health totaled more than $50 million, and purchases of home exercise equipment almost doubled. Investing now in a Power-Lift Gym franchise will guarantee a quick profit."