GRE考试作文ISSUE部分124篇真题（五）

81、"The surest indicator¹ of a great nation is not the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but the general welfare of all its people."
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82、"International relations can never be completely harmonious² because many cultures do not share the same values."
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83、"People who pursue their own intellectual interests for purely³ personal reasons are more likely to benefit the rest of the world than are people who try to act for the public good."
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84、"Originality does not mean thinking something that was never thought before; it means putting old ideas together in new ways."
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85、"Laws should not be stationary⁴ and fixed⁵. Instead, they should be flexible enough to take account of various circumstances, times, and places."
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86、"It is always an individual who is the impetus⁶ for innovation; the details may be worked out by a team, but true innovation results from the enterprise and unique perception of an individual."
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87、"The function of science is to reassure⁷; the purpose of art is to upset. Therein lies the value of each."
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88、"The study of an academic discipline alters the way we perceive the world. After studying the discipline, we see the same world as before, but with different eyes."
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89、"Many problems of modern society cannot be solved by laws and the legal system because moral behavior cannot be legislated⁸."
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90、"The way students and scholars interpret the materials they work with in their academic fields is more a matter of personality than of training. Different interpretations⁹ come about when people with different personalities¹⁰ look at exactly the same objects, facts, data, or events and see different things."
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91、"We live under the illusion that we know what we want, when actually we merely want what we are supposed to want."
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92、"As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more complex and more mysterious."
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93、"It is a grave mistake to theorize before one has data."
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94、"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."
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95、"Practicality is now our great idol¹¹, which all powers and talents must serve. Anything that is not obviously practical has little value in today’s world."
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96、"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."
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97、"Success, whether academic or professional, involves an ability to survive in a new environment and--, eventually, --to change it."
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98、"The function of art is not to keep pace with science and technology but rather to provide an escape from these forces."
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99、"As long as people in a society are hungry or out of work or lack the basic skills needed to survive, the use of public resources to support the arts is inappropriate---and, perhaps, even cruel---when one considers all the potential uses of such money."
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100、"The goal of politics should not be the pursuit of an ideal, but rather the search for common ground and reasonable consensus¹²."