ETS6分GRE写作Issue部分范文欣赏

 　　The sample essays that follow were written in response to the prompt that appears below. The rater commentary that follows each sample essay explains how the response meets the criteria 1 for that score. For a more complete understanding of the criteria for each score point, see the?"Analyze 2 an Issue" Scoring Guide <http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/analytical_writing/issue/scoring_guide>.

　　As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely?deteriorate 3.
　　Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your?position.
　　Note:?All responses are reproduced exactly as written, including errors, misspellings, etc., if?any.
　　Essay Response — Score 6
　　The statement linking technology negatively with free thinking plays on recent human experience over the past century. Surely there has been no time in history where the lived lives of people have changed more dramatically. A quick reflection on a typical day reveals how technology has revolutionized the world. Most people commute 4 to work in an automobile 5 that runs on an internal combustion 6 engine. During the workday, chances are high that the employee will interact with a computer that processes information on silicon 7 bridges that are .09 microns wide. Upon leaving home, family members will be reached through wireless 8 networks that utilize 9 satellites orbiting the earth. Each of these common occurrences could have been inconceivable at the turn of the 19th?century.
　　The statement attempts to bridge these dramatic changes to a reduction in the ability for humans to think for themselves. The assumption is that an increased reliance on technology negates 10 the need for people to think creatively to solve previous quandaries 11. Looking back at the introduction, one could argue that without a car, computer, or mobile phone, the hypothetical worker would need to find alternate methods of transport, information processing and communication. Technology short circuits this thinking by making the problems?obsolete 12.
　　However, this reliance on technology does not necessarily preclude 13 the creativity that marks the human species. The prior examples reveal that technology allows for convenience. The car, computer and phone all release additional time for people to live more efficiently 14. This efficiency does not preclude the need for humans to think for themselves. In fact, technology frees humanity to not only tackle new problems, but may itself create new issues that did not exist without technology. For example, the proliferation of automobiles 15 has introduced a need for fuel conservation on a global scale. With increasing energy demands from emerging markets, global warming becomes a concern inconceivable to the horse-and-buggy generation. Likewise dependence 16 on oil has created nation-states that are not dependent on taxation 17, allowing ruling parties to oppress minority groups such as women. Solutions to these complex problems require the unfettered imaginations of maverick 19 scientists and?politicians.
　　In contrast to the statement, we can even see how technology frees the human imagination. ?Consider how the digital revolution and the advent 20 of the internet has allowed for an unprecedented 21 exchange of ideas. WebMD, a popular internet portal for medical information, permits patients to self research symptoms for a more informed doctor visit. This exercise opens pathways of thinking that were previously 22 closed off to the medical layman 23. With increased interdisciplinary interactions, inspiration can arrive from the most surprising corners. Jeffrey Sachs, one of the architects of the UN Millenium Development Goals, based his ideas on emergency care triage techniques. The unlikely marriage of economics and medicine has healed tense, hyperinflation environments from South America to Eastern?Europe.
　　This last example provides the most hope in how technology actually provides hope to the future of humanity. By increasing our reliance on technology, impossible goals can now be achieved.? Consider how the late 20th century witnessed the complete elimination 24 of smallpox 25. This disease had ravaged 26 the human race since prehistorical days, and yet with the technology of vaccines 27, free thinking humans dared to imagine a world free of smallpox.? Using technology, battle plans were drawn 28 out, and smallpox was systematically 29 targeted and?eradicated 30.
　　Technology will always mark the human experience, from the discovery of fire to the implementation 31 of nanotechnology. Given the history of the human race, there will be no limit to the number of problems, both new and old, for us to tackle. There is no need to retreat to a Luddite attitude to new things, but rather embrace a hopeful posture 32 to the possibilities that technology provides for new avenues of human?imagination.
　　Reader Commentary for Essay Response — Score 6The author of this essay stakes out a clear and insightful position on the issue and follows the specific instructions by presenting reasons to support that position. The essay cogently 33 argues that technology does not decrease our ability to think for ourselves, but merely provides "additional time for people to live more efficiently." In fact, the problems that have developed alongside the growth of technology (pollution, political unrest in oil-producing nations) actually call for more creative thinking, not?less.
　　In further examples, the essay shows how technology allows for the linking of ideas that may never have been connected in the past (like medicine and economic models), pushing people to think in new ways. Examples are persuasive 34 and fully 35 developed; reasoning is logically sound and well?supported.
　　Ideas in the essay are connected logically, with effective transitions used both between paragraphs ("However" or "In contrast to the statement") and within paragraphs. Sentence structure is varied 36 and complex and the essay clearly demonstrates facility with the "conventions of standard written English (i.e., grammar, usage and mechanics)," with only minor 18 errors appearing. Thus, this essay meets all the requirements for receiving a top score, a?6.