下面是出国留学网整理的GRE作文题库：社会类，欢迎参考。
1. Such nonmainstream areas of inquiry as astrology, fortune-telling, and psychic and paranormal pursuits play a vital role in society by satisfying human needs that are not addressed by mainstream science.
2. Society does not place enough emphasis on the intellect-that is, on reasoning and other cognitive skills.
3. It is through the use of logic and of precise, careful measurement that we become aware of our progress. Without such tools, we have no reference points to indicate how far we have advanced or retreated.
4. At various times in the geological past, many species have become extinct as a result of natural, rather than human, processes. Thus, there is no justification for society to make extraordinary efforts, especially at a great cost in money and jobs, to save endangered species.
5. The absence of choices is a circumstance that is very, very rake.
6. What society has thought to be it greatest social, political, and individual achievements have often resulted in the greatest discontent.
7. The well-being of a society is enhanced when many of its people question authority.
8. Tradition and modernization are incompatible. One must choose between them.
9. The only responsibility of corporate executives, provided they stay within the law, is to make as much money as possible for their companies.
10. Many problems of modern society cannot be solved by laws and the legal system because moral behavior cannot be legislated.
11. Scandals—whether in politics, academia, or other areas—can be useful. They focus our attention on problems in ways that no speaker or reformer ever could.
12. Practicality is now our great ideal, which all powers and talents must serve. Anything that is not obviously practical has little value in today’s world.
13. It is easy to welcome innovation and accept new ideas. What most people find difficult, however, is accepting the way these new ideas are put into practice.
14. The best way to understand the character of a society is to examine the character of the men and women that the society chooses as its heroes or its heroines.
15. Progress is best made through discussion among people who have contrasting points of vies.
延伸阅读：GRE写作审题及思路解析
新GRE考试的两篇作文难度不小，考生需要分别在三十分钟内完成两篇文章：一篇Argue一篇Issue,其中Argue的字数在450左右，Issue的字数在550-650之间。除了字数以外，还有审题也是比较考验考G人的。
接下来出国留学网小编来举个例子说说如何审题：
"The concept of ’individual responsibility’ is a necessary fiction. Although societies must hold individuals accountable for their own actions， people’s behavior is largely determined by forces not of their own making."
题目字面意思是：“个人责任的概念是一种有必要的虚构。尽管必须让个人对其行为负责，但是人们的行为很大程度上是由外力而不是自己决定的。”
我们可以通过拆句子来分析审题
论述个人责任的，采取了反对的观点。这个题目重点放在了对于行为的责任上面。题目分为两句，后句对于前句基本上是起到支持的作用。
第一句：关键词：responsibility，necessary，fiction. Responsibility，而necessary fiction是什么意思呢?
Necessary：adj.
of an inevitable nature : INESCAPABLE b (1) : logically unavoidable (2) : that cannot be denied without contradiction c : determined or produced by the previous condition of things d : COMPULSORY.
Fiction：n.
1: something invented by the imagination or feigned; specifically: an invented story.
2: an assumption of a possibility as a fact irrespective of the question of its truth.
3: the action of feigning or of creating with the imagination.
归纳起来可以理解为：“由想象创造的或假的”;或者“真相的对于可能性的假设，都是可以的。”
那么必要的虚构为什么有必要，又为什么是虚构呢?我们可以在文章开头做出解释。
第二句：关键词：actions，behavior，determine，forces从前半句的must看出了对于necessary的解释，论述了让个人对自己行为负责对于社会是一种必要，那么是否是一种必要呢?题目这里用了Although，显然对于这种想法是不支持的，但是一个绝对的must还是肯定了这种现象的存在。我们如果论述necessary的时候要注意到这几点。而且要注意对于actions或者是后半句的behavior的定义，个人的行为是什么样的行为?把这个问题具体化。
后半句论述了fiction的问题，因为人们的行为并不是自己决定的，而是由外力决定的，那么，显然个人对于行为的责任就没有责任了，而个人责任的概念就是一种fiction了。这里还是有三个问题：①怎么算是determine，如果定义为心理精神的角度是不是就可以被个人自己控制，如果说是一种方向范围的限制的话，是否就很可能是外界的环境压力等来控制的呢?②forces是什么?是外界的社会?是政府的控制?是法规的限定?还是别的因素呢?③还有就是largely的问题，同样给我们留出了余地，很大程度就是不是全部，那么个人在一些情况下还是可以负责的，那么是否个人责任就不是fiction了呢?论述的时候同样要注意到这几点。
说完审题，我们来聊聊写作思路：
相对来说，这篇比较好写一点。明确两个问题就可以，一个是，个人责任(对于自己行为的责任)存在不存在(是不是fiction)?另一个是，对于个人责任的要求是否必要(necessary)?
如果选择赞同的观点，可以否定necessary，说明个人责任不是必要的，而支持fiction，个人责任不存在(个人不能决定自己的行为，不能对自己的行为负责)。后面可以接让步，对于largely论述，个人某些时候是可以决定自己行为的，但是主要是由社会等外力决定的。
如果选择反对的观点，可以赞同necessary，说明个人责任对于社会是必要的，而反对fiction，个人责任是存在的(个人能够决定自己的行为，能够对自己的行为负责)。后面可以接让步，社会对于个人行为也是有影响的，但是个人可以自己来决定自己的行为。
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