GRE作文分类题库ISSUE（）1. Imaginative works such as novels, plays, films, fairytales, and legendspresent a more accurate and meaningful picture of human experience than dofactual accounts. Because the creators of fiction shape and focus onreality rather than report it literally, their creations have a morelasting significance. 2. The arts (painting, music, literature, etc.) reveal the otherwise hidden ideas and impulses of a society. 3. It is the artist, not the critic, who gives society something of lasting value. A person who evaluates works of art, such as novels, filmsmusic, paintings, etc. 4. 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 thearts is inappropriateand, perhaps, even cruelwhen one considers all thepotential uses of such money. 5. In order for any work of artwhether film, literature, sculpture, or a songto have merit, it must be understandable to most people. 十 文化类 1. Governments must ensure that their major cities receive the financialsupport they need in order to thrive, because it is primarily in citiesthat a nations cultural traditions are preserved and generated. 2. Rituals and ceremonies help define a culture. Without them, societies or groups of people have a diminished sense of who they are. 3. The way people look, dress, and act reveals their attitudes and interests. You can tell much about a societys ideas and values byobserving the appearance and behavior of its people. 4. The true value of a civilization is reflected in its artistic creations rather than in its scientific accomplishments. 十一 国际类 1. All nations should help support the development of a global universitydesigned to engage students in the process of solving the worlds mostpersistent social problems. 2. Many of the worlds lesser-known languages are being lost as fewer and fewer people speak them. The government of countries in which theselanguages are spoken should act to prevent such languages from becomingextinct. 3. With the growth of global networks in such areas as economics and communication, there is no doubt that every aspect of societyincludingeducation, politics, the arts, and the scienceswill benefit greatly frominternational influences. 4. The surest indicator of a great nation is not the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but the general welfare of all its people. 5. The material progress and well-being of one country are necessarily connected to the material progress and well-being of all other countries.