GRE作文是中国学生比较头痛的，经常准备很多时间最后还是只得到3.5。我之所以得到6分，个人认为我的文风比较淳朴扎实，有科学性，写的思路比较广(正、反、特)，字数也比较多(I800+、A700+)。
115."Itisthroughtheuseoflogicandofprecise,carefulmeasurementthatwebecomeawareofourprogress.Withoutsuchtools,wehavenoreferencepointstoindicatehowfarwehaveadvancedorretreated."

通过逻辑和精确仔细的衡量，我们得以明白自己的进步。如果没有这些手段，我们就没有参考来了解我们进步了多少或者退步了多少。

Incertainendeavors,quantitativemeasurementsandlogicalanalysisofdataareessentialforustodeterminewhetherandtowhatextentweareprogressingorregressing.However,inotherrealms,objectivedataprovideslittleguidancefordeterminingprogress.

1.Asformonitoringindividualprogress,theextenttowhichcarefulmeasurementandlogicalanalysisofdataarerequireddependsonthespecificendeavor.Intheareaofpersonalfinance,objectivemeasurementsarecritical.
2.Intheareaofone’sphysicalwell-being,however,quantitativemeasurementmightbeusefulyetinsufficient.
3.Onasocietallevel,asonapersonallevel,theextenttowhichcarefulmeasurementandlogicareneededtodetermineprogressalsodependsontheendeavor.Inmacroeconomics,asinpersonalfinance,objectivemeasurementsarecritical.
4.Incontrast,socio-politicalprogressislesssusceptibletoobjectivemeasurement.


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119."Whenresearchprioritiesarebeingsetforscience,education,oranyotherarea,themostimportantquestiontoconsideris:Howmanypeople’sliveswillbeimprovediftheresultsaresuccessful?"

当研究的重点被置于科学、教育或者其他领域中时，最重要的问题就是要考虑如果研究获得成功会有多少人的生活得以改善。

Iagreeinsofarasareasofresearchcertaintoresultinimmediateandsignificantbenefitsforsocietyshouldcontinuetobeapriority.Yet,strictlyfollowed,thespeaker’srecommendationwouldhaveaharmfulchillingeffectonresearchandnewknowledge.

1.Admittedly,scientificresearchwhosesocietalbenefitsareimmediate,predictable,andprofoundshouldcontinuetobeahighpriority.
2.However,thisisnottosaythatresearchwhosebenefitsarelessimmediateorclearshouldbegivenlowerpriority.Firstofall,ifwestrictlyfollowthespeaker’ssuggestion,whowoulddecidewhichareasofresearcharemoreworthwhilethanothers?Researcherscannotbelefttodecide.
3.Secondly,tocompelallresearcherstofocusonlyoncertainareaswouldbetoforcemanytowastetheirtruetalents. 感谢您阅读《历年GRE考试Issue题库分析与提纲五十一 》一文，出国留学网(liuxue86.com)编辑部希望本文能帮助到您。