2017年7月21日北京gre作文机经.

　　Issue:

　　topic 1 : 114.Humanity has made little real progress over the past century or so. Technological innovations have taken place, but the overall condition of humanity is no better. War, violence, and poverty are still with us. Technology cannot change the condition of humanity.

　　topic 2: 157.There is no such thing as purely objective observation. All observation is subjective; it is always guided by the observer&aposs expectations or desires!

　　Argument:

　　36.The following appeared in an article written by Dr. Karp, an anthropologist.

　　Twenty years ago Dr. Field, a noted anthropologist, visited the island of Tertia and concluded from his observations that children in Tertia were reared by an entire village rather than by their own biological parents. However, my recent interviews with children living in the group of islands that includes Tertia show that these children spend much more time talking about their biological parents than about other adults in the village. This research proves that Dr. Field&aposs conclusion about Tertian village culture is false, and thus that the observation-centered approach to studying cultures is invalid. Because they are using the interview-centered method, my team of graduate students working in Tertia will establish a much more accurate understanding of child-rearing traditions there and in other island cultures.