GRE写作部分将重点考察考生有针对性地对具体考题做出反应的能力，而非要求考生堆砌泛泛的文字。具体说来，这些重点关注的能力包括：1、 清楚有效地阐明复杂观点；2、 用贴切的事理和事例支撑观点；3、考察/验证他人论点及其相关论证；4、支撑一个有针对性的连贯的讨论；5、控制标准书面英语的各个要素。写作部分将联合考察逻辑推理和分析写作两种技能，并且将加大力度引进那些需要考生做出有针对性的回应的考题，降低考生依赖事前准备（如背诵）的材料的可能性。
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The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a local newspaper.
"The members of the town school board should not be reelected because they are not
concerned about promoting high-quality education in the arts in our local schools. For example,
student participation in the high school drama club has been declining steadily, and this year
the school board refused to renew the contract of the drama director, even though he had
received many awards for his original plays. Meanwhile, over $300,000 of the high school
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budget goes to athletic programs, and the head football coach is now the highest-paid member
of the teaching staff."
This editorial argues that the town's school board members are unconcerned about
promoting high-quality arts education in local schools, and therefore should not be reelected.
To support this argument the editorial's author points out that student participation in
high-school drama programs has been declining steadily, and that the board recently refused
to renew the high-school drama director's contract, despite the fact that he has written several
award-winning plays. The author also cites the fact that $300,000 of the high school budget is
allotted to athletic programs, and that the head football coach is the highest paid teacher. This
argument is unpersuasive for a variety of reasons.
First and foremost, the editorial indicates neither how long the current board members have
occupied their board positions nor the scope of their authority. Perhaps they are new members
and the facts that the editorial cites are attributable to events and decisions occurring before
the current board members assumed their positions. If so, and if the current board either has
not had adequate opportunity or does not have adequate authority to reverse these
developments, then any claim regarding their level of concern about arts education is
unjustifiable--at least based on the evidence cited.
Even assuming adequate authority and tenure on the part of the current board members,
they are not necessarily responsible for the declining student participation in drama programs.
The decline might be due to some other factor. For instance, perhaps students generally
dislike the current drama director. If so, then the board's refusal to renew his contract would
indicate that the board is attempting to reverse the decline, and that the board is in fact
concerned about facilitating arts education.
As for the fact that $300,000 is devoted to athletic programs, the editorial does not indicate
the school's total budget. It is entirely possible that $300,000 accounts for a small portion of
that budget compared to the amount budgeted for the arts. If so, and if the current school
board is at least partly responsible for the current budget, these facts would cast considerable
doubt on the editorial's claim that the board is unconcerned about promoting arts education.
Admittedly, the fact that the head football coach is the highest paid teacher provides some
support for the editorial's claim assuming that the current board members are at least
partially responsible for that salary. However, this fact in itself is insufficient to show that the
board members are unconcerned about promoting arts education. Perhaps the football coach
carries additional duties that warrant the high salary; in fact, perhaps he also teaches drama or
music. Or perhaps his salary is high simply because he has been a teaching-staff member
longer than nearly any other local school teacher.
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