本书是为帮助广大GRE考生更好地准备GRE作文考试所特编写的，旨在为备考GRE写作的考生提供切实有效的帮助。

全书所选取的习作原文是中上等水平考生的习作，这些习作真实地再现了考生GRE写作中所出现的问题，因此本书侧重习作修改，并借此说明和解决写作中常出现的问题。此外，本书不仅提供了习作原文语言方面的修改，使读者看后能写得地道，写得顺畅，还在文章结构和内容把握方面给出了一些建议。最后，针对各种题目，文章还列举了多种多样的例证和搜寻积累例证的办法，以拓展考生的思维空间。通过阅读本书中的实例和修改，帮助考生掌握一些GRE作文考试的方法技巧，更好地准备考试。另外，还重点分析了Issue写作。

该书可供各大专院校作为教材使用，也可供从事相关工作的人员作为参考用书使用。

第一部分 GRE写作总论

 GRE 作文考试概述

 GRE 作文评分标准

 GRE 作文考试复习策略

 中国考生Issue写作存在的问题

 Issue写作备考策略

 Argument写作建议和备考策略

第二部分 Issue写作和语言修改

 Issue 1: Nonmainstream Areas and Human Needs

 Issue 2: Attitudes Towards Two Types of Laws

 Issue 3: Should Teachers Be Equally Paid?

 Issue 4: Greater Emphasis on the Intellect?

 Issue 5: Rely on Themselves or People They Serve?

 Issue 6: Should All Faculty Work Outsides the Academic World?

 Issue 7: Necessary to Withhold Information from the Public?--No

 Issue 8: Education Does Little to Promote Social Harmony?

 Issue 9: Different Regions, Different Academic Courses?

 Issue 10: Are Luxuries and Conveniences Harmful?

 Issue 11: Society and Individual Citizens

 Issue 12 Way to Understand Contemporary Culture

第三部分 Argument写作和语言修改

 Argument 1: A Sales Study on the Consumption of the Seafood

 Argument 2: A Letter to the Editor on the Establishment of Lottery

 Argument 3: A Letter to the Editor on Switch of Trash Collector

 Argument 4: A Letter on the Ticket Sales of a Rock Band

 Argument 5: A Memo from a Food-distribution Company

 Argument 6: A Memorandum from Strategic Development of Mesa

 Argument 7: A Memo form a Vice President of Alta Manufacturing

 Argument 8: An Article on the Effectiveness of Luxess

 Argument 9: An Article on Choices of Law Finn Sizes

第四部分 GRE写作语汇