GMAT范文-23-智课网.pdf

智课网GMAT 备考资料 GMAT 官方写作题库范文赏析 23. The following appeared in a speech delivered by a member of the city council. “Twenty years ago, only half of the students who graduated from Einstein High School went on to attend a college or university. Today, two thirds of the students who graduate from Einstein do so. Clearly, Einstein has improved its educational effectiveness over the past two decades. This improvement has occurred despite the fact that the school’s funding, when adjusted for inflation, is about the same as it was twenty years ago. Therefore, we do not need to make any substantial increase in the school’s funding at this time.” 范文 In this passage, the speaker draws the conclusion that an increase in funding for Einstein High School is not necessary. To support this assertion, the speaker claims that educational efficiency has increased at Einstein High over the past 20 years, despite a relatively constant level of funding. The evidence for this assertion is that two-thirds of Einstein’s graduates pursue high education in comparison to 20 years ago when only half of its students did so. This argument is victim of several logical problems. To begin with, the vague concept of “educational efficie ncy” must be established clearly. If it is synonymous with the percentage of students who attend college, then the statistics cited would support the argument. However, we are normally interested in something more than simply the numbers of students who go to college from high school; it is also important to gauge the quality of secondary education provided by high schools. Thereofre, for the speaker the term “educational efficiency” should carry the same meaning as “educational quality.” Given this lexical clarification, one of the assumptions of the speaker is