以下是gre考生参加2012年1月北美新gre机考作文的题目，并且附注了他所参加考试的考点信息，希望对其他新g考生有所帮助。
考试时间：2012年1月19日
考试地点：北美
ISSUE：
Colleges and universities should require their students to spend at least one semester studying in a foreigncountry.
ARGUMENT：
Several recent surveys indicate that home owners are increasingly eager to conserve energy. At the same time, manufacturers are now marketing many home appliances, such as refrigerators and air conditioners, that are almost twice as energy efficient as those sold a decade ago. Also, new technologies for better home insulation and passive solar heating are readily available to reduce the energy needed for home heating. Therefore, the total demand for electricity in our area will not increase—and may decline slightly. Since our three electric generating plants in operation for the past twenty years have always met our needs, construction of new generating plants will not be necessary."