GMAT作文机经整理：减少选课提供是否会有收益.

　　GMAT作文机经整体来说受换库影响不是很大，但是还是会有一些新题的，考生朋友可以将最近两三个月的GMAT作文机经都拿出来看看，为此澳际小编特收集整理GMAT作文机经分享给大家，希望对大家有所帮助。

　　【原始】

　　一个叫Consolidated High school的公立学校开设了200多门课，而当地的一个私立学校只有80多门课。经过数据显示呢~私立高中的毕业生升大学的比重比公立学校要高。因此作者就认为，应该cutting公立学校的课程，这样的话有几点好处~~1 是可以提高学生们的performance，2来可以更合理利用纳税人的钱 好像还有一点?

　　【考古】11月JJ13

　　101 The following appeared in an editorial from a newspaper serving the town of Saluda:

　　“The Saluda Consolidated High School offers more than 200 different courses from which its students can choose. A much smaller private school down the street offers a basic curriculum of only 80 different courses, but it consistently sends a higher proportion of its graduating seniors on to college than Consolidated does. By eliminating at least half of the courses offered there and focusing on a basic curriculum, we could improve student performance at Consolidated and also save many tax dollars.”

　　【参考思路】

　　1、无因果联系：course的数量和入学率没有因果关系

　　2、Gratuitous assumption：错误假设是因为小学校course少入学率才高，而直接与入学率有关的只有考试分数而已，拿入学率作为衡量 students’ performance 是不是恰当，升学率不是衡量学校教学质量的唯一标准。 the proportion of students who go on to college is an overall measure of student performance.

　　3、他因攻击：两所学校的比较，只是看到了课程和入学率的不同，是不是有其他的原因造成了入学率的不同。小学校学生更努力，师资力量更好等原因同样可以使入学率更高;因为他们的生源和教育资源不一样。 courses offered by each.

　　difference in the proportion

　　4、Insufficient example:只是一个小学校的例子并不能说明只要course少入学率就高

　　5、课程的减少会不会真的降低学校的运行费用，从而减少税负。

　　6、可以攻击这家报纸有既得利益，不中立。

　　【参考范文】

　　In this editorial the author recommends that Saluda’s Consolidated High School eliminate half of its 200 courses and focus primarily on basic curriculum in order to improve student performance and save tax revenues. The author’s recommendation is problematic for several reasons.

　　To begin with, the author assumes that the only relevant difference between Consolidated and the private school is the number of courses offered by each. However, other relevant differences between the schools might account for the difference in the proportion of their graduates who go on to college. For example, the private school’s students might be selected from a pool of gifted or exceptional students, or might have to meet rigorous admission standards whereas Consolidated’s students might be drawn from the community at large with little or no qualification for admission.

　　Next, the author assumes that the proportion of students who go on to college is an overall measure of student performance. While this is a tempting assumption, its truth is by no means obvious. If student excellence is narrowly dined in terms of the student’s ability to gain access to college, this assumption is somewhat reasonable. However, given a broader conception of student excellence that takes into account student’s ability to learn and apply their knowledge to new situations, its is not obvious that college admission is reliable indicator of performance. For example, students in non-academic disciplines could conceivably perform at high levels within these disciplines but nevertheless be unable to meet college admission standards.

　　Finally, the author assumes that savings in tax revenues will result from the reduced costs of funding the paired-down curriculum. This is not necessarily true. For example, it could turn out that both programs serve the same number of students and require the same number of classrooms and teacher.

　　In conclusion, the author has not made a convincing case for the recommendation to eliminate courses at Consolidated and focus on a basic curriculum. To strengthen the conclusion the author would have to provide evidence that Consolidated and the private school were sufficiently similar to warrant the analogy between them. Moreover, the relationship between student performance and college admission and the mechanism whereby savings in tax revenues would be accomplished would have to be clarified.

　　以上就是2月份的GMAT作文机经部分，考生朋友可以根据文中的意思自己选择性练习，看自己拿到题目后是否会做，最后祝大家都能考出好成绩。