GMAT写作题库范文(二十二)-智课教育.pdf

智 课 网 G M A T 备 考 资 料 GMAT写作题库范文（二十二）-智课教育 写作是个厚积薄发的考试，同学们在备考GMAT写作时，不仅要多 练习，也要去掌握一些重点语句。有些题库范文是需要大家掌握并且熟 练记忆的，熟记于心才能运用自如，才能举一反三。接下来小编就给大 家介绍一下GMAT写作范文，希望对大家备考GMAT写作考试有帮助。 22. The following appeared in the editorial section of a newspaper. “As public concern over drug abuse has increased, authorities have become more vigilant in their efforts to prevent illegal drugs from entering the country. Many drug traffickers have consequently switched from marijuana, which is bulky, or heroin, which has a market too small to justify the risk of severe punishment, to cocaine. Thus enforcement efforts have ironically resulted in an observed increase in the illegal use of cocaine.” Discuss how well reasoned... etc. 报纸的社论： 由于公众对滥用药物的情况越来越关注，权威人士更警惕地防止非 法药物进入国内。许多毒贩子已经从大体积的大麻和市场太小因而风险 很高的海洛因转向了可卡因。监管的努力讽刺性的导致了可见的非法使 用可卡因的增长。 The conclusion in this argument is that increased vigilance by drug enforcement authorities has resulted in an increase in the illegal use of cocaine. The author reaches this conclusion on the grounds that drug traffickers have responded to increased enforcement efforts by switching from bulkier and riskier drugs to cocaine. Presumably, the author’s reasoning is that the increased enforcement efforts inadvertently brought about an increase in the supply of cocaine which, in turn, brought about the observed increase in the illegal use of cocaine. This line of reasoning is problematic in two important respects. In the first place, the author has engaged in “after this, therefore because of this” reasoning. The only reason offered for believing that the increased vigilance caused the increase in cocaine use is the fact that the former preceded the latter. No additional evidence linking the two events is offered in the argument, thus leaving open the possibility that the two events are not causally related but merely correlated. This in tu