2017年8月23日厦门大学gre作文机经.

　　考试时间：(用来统计分月度机经)2010.8.23

　　考试地点：(用来统计分地区机经)厦门

　　Issue：207："Rituals and ceremonies help dine a culture. Without them, societies or groups of people have a diminished sense of who they are."

　　Issue：235："Most people are taught that loyalty is a virtue. But loyalty—whether to one&aposs friends, to one&aposs school or place of employment, or to any institution—is all too often a destructive rather than a positive force."

　　Argument：51：The following appeared in a medical newsletter.

　　"Doctors have long suspected that secondary infections may keep some patients from healing quickly after severe muscle strain. This hypothesis has now been proved by preliminary results of a study of two groups of patients. The first group of patients, all being treated for muscle injuries by Dr. Newland, a doctor who specializes in sports medicine, took antibiotics regularly throughout their treatment. Their recuperation time was, on average, 40 percent quicker than typically expected. Patients in the second group, all being treated by Dr. Alton, a general physician, were given sugar pills, although the patients believed they were taking antibiotics. Their average recuperation time was not significantly reduced. Therore, all patients who are diagnosed with muscle strain would be well advised to take antibiotics as part of their treatment."

　　考试时间：8.23

　　考试地点：厦门

　　Issue：13、33

　　Argument：99

　　ISSUE13：

　　13"Many of the world&aposs lesser-known languages are being lost as fewer and fewer people speak them. The governments of countries in which these languages are spoken should act to prevent such languages from becoming extinct."

　　ISSUE33：

　　33"Creating an appealing image has become more important in contemporary society than is the reality or truth behind that image."

　　Argument：99

　　99The following appeared in a memo from the economic minister of the small country Paucia.

　　"Using a newly developed variety of seed, farmers in our neighboring country Abundia produced 80 percent more rice last year than in any previous year. To increase the income of farmers in our own country, we should encourage them to cultivate this new variety of rice rather than some of their traditional crops. Such high yields of rice will also improve our country&aposs balance of trade by enabling us to begin exporting it."