The Pool of Issue Topics When you take the analytical writing section of the GRE General Test, you will be presented with two Issue topics from this pool. Because the wording of some topics in the test might vary slightly from what is presented here, you should read your test topics carefully and respond to the wording as it appears in the actual test. Present your perspective on the Issue below, using relevant reasons and/or examples to support your views.
| Issue 1 "We can usually learn much more from people whose views we share than from people whose views contradict our own; disagreement can cause stress and inhibit learning." | "一般而言，从那些我们能认同其观点的人那里，我们所能学到的东西远多于那些观点与我们相悖的人；意见分歧会导致压抑并阻碍我们的学习。" |
| Issue 2 "Competition is ultimately more beneficial than detrimental to society." | "最终而言，竞争将对社会利大于弊。" |
| Issue 3 "It is more important to allocate money for immediate, existing social problems than to spend it on long-term research that might help future generations." | "将经费用来解决直接的、现存的社会问题，要比将它花费在那些可能造福人类下一代的长远研究上来得更为重要。" |
| Issue 4 "No field of study can advance significantly unless outsiders bring their knowledge and experience to that field of study." | "除非有局外人将其知识和经验带入某一特定研究领域，否则，任何研究领域均无法获得重大进展。" |
| Issue 5 "A nation should require all its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college rather than allow schools in different parts of the nation to determine which academic courses to offer." | "一个国家应该要求它的所有学生学习相同的全国性课程，直到他们进入大学，而不应该允许全国不同地区的学校来自行决定向学生提供何种课程。" |
| Issue6 "The most effective way to understand contemporary culture is to analyze the trends of its youth." | "理解当代文化最有效的方法是去分析其年轻一代人身上的各种趋势。" |
| Issue 7 "The video camera provides such an accurate and convincing record of contemporary life that it has become a more important form of documentation than written records." | "录像机能提供如此精确和令人信服的有关当代生活的记录，以致于它与书面记载相比已成为一种更为重要的记载方式。" |
| Issue 8 "It is often necessary, even desirable, for political leaders to withhold information from the public." | "对于政治领袖们来说，向公众隐藏某些信息常常是必要的，甚至是可取的。" |
| Issue 9 "Academic disciplines have become so specialized in recent years that scholars' ideas reach only a narrow audience. Until scholars can reach a wider audience, their ideas will have little use." | "在最近几年中，学术性学科已变得如此专业化，以致于学者们的思想只能抵达一群非常狭窄的受众。除非学者们的思想能抵达一群更为广泛的受众，否则，他们的思想将几乎毫无用处。" |
| Issue 10 "Governments must ensure that their major cities receive the financial support they need in order to thrive, because it is primarily in cities that a nation's cultural traditions are preserved and generated." | "政府必须确保大城市能获得它们所需的财政支持以便保持繁荣，因为一个国家的文化传统主要是在都市里才能得到保护并得以产生。" |