7月5日换题库了——7月GMAT作文新题汇总AA(1-11题)

underbab

1.argument是一篇editorial   说一个地区decades以来Citrus的价格涨了非常多，给出了一个柠檬涨价多少的数据。然后这里11年来只有过一次的unfavorable weather，然后好像没啥重要的了，就得出结论这样橘子的涨价要归咎于 growers。
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题库原题：89. The following is taken from an editorial in a local newspaper.

“Over the past decade, the price per pound of citrus fruit has increased substantially. Eleven years ago, Megamart charged 5 cents apiece for lemons, but today it commonly charges over 30 cents apiece. In only one of these last eleven years was the weather unfavorable for growing citrus crops. Evidently, then, citrus growers have been responsible for the excessive increase in the price of citrus fruit, and strict pricing regulations are needed to prevent them from continuing to inflate prices.”

范文：In this editorial the author argues for the imposition of strict pricing regulations in order to prevent citrus growers from continued inflation of prices of citrus fruit. The need for such regulation is supported by the author’s contention that citrus growers have been unnecessarily raising prices of citrus fruit in the past. The evidence for this allegation is the fact that the price of lemons at Megamart has increased from 15 cents per pound to over a dollar a pound during the preceding 11-year period. The author maintains that this increase is unjustifiable because weather conditions have been favorable to citrus production in all but one of those years. This argument is flawed for several reasons.

First and foremost, the author assumes that the only factor that influences the price of citrus fruit is the weather. Other factors such as monetary inflation, increased distribution and labor costs, or alterations in supply and demand conditions are completely ignored as possible sources for the increase. The charge that citrus growers have unnecessarily raised prices can be sustained only if these and other possible factors can be completely ruled out as contributing to the price increases. Since the author fails to address these factors, the recommendation calling for strict pricing regulations can be dismissed out of hand (adv. 无法控制, 脱手, 告终, 立即)
as frivolous.

Second, the author assumes that the only way to combat increased prices is through government intervention. In a free enterprise system many other means of affecting the pricing of goods are available. For example, boycotting a product and thereby influencing supply and demand conditions of the commodity is an effective means of influencing the price of the product. In a free market economy the call for price regulation by the government should occur only when all other means to rectify the problem have been exhausted.

In conclusion, the author’s argument is unconvincing. To strengthen the argument it would be necessary to show that the only factor influencing the price increases is the growers’ desire for increased profits.

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underbab

11. 公司认为现在的培训员工费用太高了，于是提出一个新的学徒计划，让有资历的员工来训练新来的员工。学徒通过观察senior employees的做事方法学习。公司认为这样可以省很多钱。
感谢dawnie

没有原题，找到六月JJ考古（6次）
Fun Toy Company采取了一个职工培训计划program，让senior employees volunteer to take an new employees as their apprentice, 这样的话，new employees 就可以follow the pattern sets by the senior employees. 用这种方法， 可以减少培训成本，也不会time-consuming。因此，我们公司也应该仿效该公司，采取同样的方法来培训员工。
偶写的错误是：false analogy& gratuitous assumption

V2.FUN TOY公司采用'apprentice'的员工培训策略，新晋员工向senior员工学习，同时senior员工可以得到一笔奖金，这样可以节省时间和成本。因此我们Tire manufacturing公司也可以使用这一策略。

V3. HR director of Excellent, a tire manufacturing company, suggests to apply the training program in the Toys Fun Company to reduse the training cost.
V4.说是公司的 cost of training new employees 非常高,因此就有个什么 Training Program ,  是说让 senior employees 去帮助新来的，这些senior employees can get a salary of bonus if volunteer     然后又说这个program 在JOY 什么公司惯用，因此我公司也要imitate

underbab

10. AA：说的是一个卖车的厂商把在六月重点展示和广告奢侈产品线，二月展示了不贵的产品线，结果利润在六月达到最高，所以他家打算以后就重点搞奢侈品了啥的
感谢出方告

上月JJ考古：
说是一个汽车分销商6月在当地报纸上打了luxury models的广告，并且把luxury models挪到展厅最显著的位置，结果6月总的sales大涨。2月展厅显著位置放的是不太贵的models，结果sales比较低。然后一个销售经理就说可见人们看到luxury models了就能选了什么variety of models，然后就建议常年把luxury models放在展厅中间。
V2. 一间车行6月份报纸广告和展示厅都主推豪华车，结果当月各档车销量都有上升。2月广告和展示厅都主推便宜的车款，结果销量较低。因此应该全年广告主打豪华车，并将豪华车放在展示厅的主要位置来吸引过客，从而增加潜在客户并提高各款车的销量。

提供思路：
1，6月份的广告是报纸形式，而2月份的广告形式未说明。所以需要讨论不同广告形式的效果。
2，2月份和6月份人们的消费习惯和可支配收入情况有可能不同，例如2月可能消费者刚刚经过圣诞节的购买热（shopping spree）因此可支配收入有限，具体情况需要进一步分析。
3，纵然展示豪华车款可能可以吸引更多目光驻足店内，但并不一定可以转换为潜在客户。且即使有受豪华车款吸引的潜在客户，其购买非豪华车款的可能性也不是必然，所以很难说全线各车款都可以销售增长。

LZ一点点思路：1.二月和六月的情况不完全一样，其他原因导致六月利润高。错误类比
2.重点搞奢侈品会失去很多客户和市场份额，对企业的发展不利，也使其在竞争中难以生存
3.全部搞奢侈品的投资和成本很高，可能导致流动资金不足，对其发展不利

underbab

9.organic food, 健身房卖organic food八股文
感谢TorresHu   （这样的JJ让LZ内牛满面啊。。。）

从六月JJ摘来的~~~~ 上个月4次
一个在中等大小的城市开a chain of gyms的公司经理认为：A survey of the customers 显示了a high level of interest on eating healthier, 有一种eating healthier 的方式是吃organic food，这种食品没有农药和？（我忘了…）。而且这个地方还没有卖organic food的。然后好像是说这个城市有这个方面的市场，而且还没有其他公司进来（又或者是防止其他外地公司进来），这个公司就打算在include an organic section at each location， 这样他们一定能够提高盈利
说有个调查发现人们越来越喜欢吃健康的食物，于是某fitness gyms决定要在三个section售卖有机食品以期提高利润。

V2.是说一个manager写给Health Fitness还是啥的一个好像是健身连锁公司的建议的
根据 a recent survey,发现这个公司的customers大多是organic grocery的潜在顾客吧【这完全是我自己的表达，我记不得原材料了，我理解就是它是说这个survey显示organic grocery在这个company的顾客群中是很有市场的】，然后这个organic grocery要求所在城市有机、未使用农药杀虫剂的蔬菜供应，好像还有一个条件不记得了然后就直接说所以这个company所在的城市显然很适合开organic grocery。建议公司在national organic grocery chains进驻这个city前赶紧建，而且是expand all three fitness gyms to include a organic grocery.说通过此可以增加公司的利润。
V3对一个fitness gym顾客的调查发现他们对吃的健康很感兴趣，所以政府会支持建卖有机食品的店。所以这个gym为了扭转利润长久的不增长因该在所有门店增设利润很高的有机食品店。
V4 一个survey表明人们越来越注重饮食健康，喜欢吃organic food, 所以得出结论当地的fitness gyms应该有grocery store，而且要赶在别的商家进来之前
V5 People are interested in eating healthier, one way is to eat organic food which is grown without chemical and pesticide. Government is supportive for organic food. One grocery manager is recommending expanding their 3 out of 4 existing store to sell organic food.
V6 大概是讲一个调查说这个城市的人开始想健康饮食了，然后一种有机食品商店是健康饮食的一个因素，然后么一个GYM说要在里面也建那个商店，给出理由是什么大的连锁还没进来，要快点建，然后要在其三家GYM都扩展这个业务什么的，这样一来会增加利润之类的。  有心的人去考古一下吧，不过我没找到...
V7 就是最近的一个survey得出结论，现在的人更喜欢吃的营养，而吃的营养的一种方法就是吃有机食品。所以作者就建议说在那个市里开有机食品店，在这种有机食品还没有普遍的情况下打开市场。而且这个店要开在体育馆里，还是三个体育馆每个都设立这样一个grocery food store(类似)这样可以增加体育馆的收入。
主要有的问题是 survey本身的问题，recently太模糊，还有无因果，无端假设，我觉得还有错误类比，过去推将来这样的trend
V8from a customer survey, people like to buy organic food.and the government is ready to support organic stores. therefore, business manager recommended to establish organic food section in the company's three gyms.那个

underbab

8.上月JJ5次
AA: 两个store,一个叫Disc 神马的,是music store, 打了radio advertisement之后, foot traffic 增加了很多. 而另一个叫Carol's 的clothing store, 没有提打没打广告, business profit比music store差很多. 所以结论是radio advertisement 一定比newspaper advertisement能boost business.
我觉得逻辑谬误挺明显的, foot traffic 增加不代表business grow,有人可能只看不买啊...还有没有充分的理由证明,是广告吸引了customer,而不是customer的intrinsic preference....
感谢VickyloveCD

从六月JJ借来的：No.124 The following appeared in a memorandum from the owner of Carlo’s Clothing to the staff:
“Since Disc Depot, the music store on the next block, began a new radio advertising campaign last year, its business has grown dramatically, as evidenced by the large increase in foot traffic into the store. While the Disc Depot’s owners have apparently become wealthy enough to retire, profits at Carlo’s Clothing have remained stagnant for the past three years. In order to boost our sales and profits, we should therefore switch from newspaper advertising to frequent radio advertisements like those for Disc Depot.”(124)
124. Carlo's服饰老板给员工的备忘录：
由于Disc Depot，相邻街区的音像店从去年开始新的电台广告，它的业务显著增长，从商店人流量的大量增加就可以看出。当Disc Depot的老板显然已经足够富有可以退休时，Carlo's服饰的利润3年来一直停滞不变。为了促进我们的销售和利润，我们应该像DiscDepot一样从报纸广告转向经常的电台广告
思路参考：
1. 错误类比。Depot Disc是music/entertainment industry而Carol’s Clothing是fashion，之类的。
2. 错误结论。increase of foot traffic可以说是有更多的顾客来或者是顾客在店里呆了更长时间，但是不一定是profit增加了。
3. Clothing store的profit少也许有别的原因，而不是marketing不够。