GRE_Issue_官方范文全新整理版.doc

Issue 官方范文全新整理版 说明：本版主要基于iq28的“ETS官方Issue范文”，删除了其中的重复题目，根据原始来源修订了部分错误，并制作了目录。 致谢：iq28, 红蝎子, imong, blackdoor@; Steven Jiang@上海新东方 ——————————————— /Media/Products/Criterion/topics/topics-gre.htm 1. Both the development of technological tools and the uses to which humanity has put them have created modern civilizations in which loneliness is ever increasing. (From Practice Book PP3) 2. ?The media (books, film, music, television, for example) tend to create rather than reflect the values of a society. (From PP3) 3. Our declining environment may bring the people of the world together as no politician, philosopher, or war ever could. Environmental problems are global in scope and respect no nations boundaries. Therefore, people are faced with the choice of unity and cooperation on the one hand or disunity and a common tragedy on the other. (From Practice Book PP3) 4. In our time, specialists of all kinds are highly over-rated. We need more generalists — people who can provide broad perspectives. (From Practice Book ETS website PP3) 5. It is unfortunate that todays educators place so much emphasis on finding out what students want to include in the curriculum and then giving it to them. It is the educators duty to determine the curriculum and the students duty to study what is presented to them. (From PP3) 6. The best ideas arise from a passionate interest in commonplace things. (From PP3) 7. Wisdom is rightfully attributed not to people who know what to look for in life but to people who know what to overlook. (From PP3) 8. “It is important for higher education to challenge established traditions and values.” (From imong)  Contents Issue test 1: Technology and Loneliness 2 Issue test 2: Media and Social Values 9 Issue test 3: Declining Environment 17 Issue test 4: Generalists vs. Specialists 25 Issue test 5: Duty of Educators 34 Issue test 6: Best Ideas 44 Issue test 7: Wisdom 51 Issue test 8: Higher Education 58 Issue test 1: Technology and Loneliness Both the d