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北京辅仁大学考场
Issue:
In any field of endeavor, it is impossible to make asignificant contribution without first being strongly influenced by pastachievements within that field.
Write a response in which you discuss theextent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain yourreasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting yourposition, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might nothold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
Argument:
The following appeared in a memo from a vice president ofa large, highly diversified company.
"Ten years ago our company had two new officebuildings constructed as regional headquarters for two regions. The buildingswere erected by different construction companies—Alpha and Zeta. Although thetwo buildings had identical floor plans, the building constructed by Zeta cost30 percent more to build. However, that building's expenses for maintenancelast year were only half those of Alpha's. In addition, the energy consumptionof the Zeta building has been lower than that of the Alpha building every yearsince its construction. Given these data, plus the fact that Zeta has a stableworkforce with little employee turnover, we recommend using Zeta rather thanAlpha for our new building project, even though Alpha's bid promises lowerconstruction costs."
Write a response in which you discuss whatquestions would need to be answered in order to decide whether therecommendation and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure toexplain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate therecommendation。 |