2022年2月份GMAT作文真題AA匯總

1.題庫66.ThefollowingappearedinamemorandumfromtheCEOofaconsumerelectronicsmanufacturingfirmtotheheadofthecompany’shumanresourcesdepartment,whoisresponsibleforhiringnewemployees:

“Eightyearsago,ourfirm’sprofitswereincreasingwitheachnewemployeeweadded.Wediscoveredthateachemployeehadtheskillsandmotivationtogeneratemorerevenueforthefirmthanhisorhersalarycostus.However,forthepasttwoyears,ourprofitmarginhasbeenfalling,eventhoughwehavecontinuedtoaddemployees.Thus,ourneweremployeesarenotgeneratingenoughrevenuetojustifytheirsalaries.Wemustnotbehiringnewemployeeswiththesamelevelofskillsandmotivationasthoseweusedtoattract.Clearly,then,failuresinthehumanresourcesdepartmentaccountforourfallingprofits.”

Discusshowwellreasoned...etc.

lAfterthis,becauseofthis;failtofigureoutthereasonwhytheprofitswereincreasingeightyearsago.

lCommitsthefallacyof“allthingsareequal”.Thesituationtwoyearsagomightnotbeexactlythesameasthesituationtoday.

2.題庫36.ThefollowingappearedaspartofaplanproposedbyanexecutiveoftheEasyCreditCompanytothepresident:

“TheEasyCreditCompanywouldgainanadvantageovercompetingcreditcardservicesifweweretodonateaportionoftheproceedsfromtheuseofourcardstoawell-knownenvironmentalorganizationinexchangefortheuseofitssymbolorlogoonourcard.Sincearecentpollshowsthatalargepercentageofthepublicisconcernedaboutenvironmentalissues,thispolicywouldattractnewcustomers,increaseuseamongexistingcustomers,andenableustochargeinterestratesthatarehigherthanthelowestonesavailable.”

Discusshowwellreasoned...etc.(2次)

lOtherfactors:e.g.whetherinterestratechargedforoverdueiscompetitiveintheindustry

lNocausalrelationshipbetweendonatingtotheenvironmentalorganizationandcharginghigherinterestrates.

3.題庫40.Thefollowingappearedintheeditorialsectionofacampusnewspaper:

“Becauseoccupancyratesforcampushousingfellduringthelastacademicyear,sodidhousingrevenues.Tosolvetheproblem,campushousingofficialsshouldreducethenumberofavailablehousingunits,therebyincreasingtheoccupancyrates.Also,tokeepstudentsfromchoosingtoliveoff-campus,housingofficialsshouldlowertherents,therebyincreasingdemand.”

Discusshowwellreasoned...etc.

lUnfairlyassumesthatincreasingoccupancyratesandloweringrentswillensureimprovedrevenues.

lIgnoreotherfactorsleadtolowoccupancyrates(e.g.poorequipmentprovided)

4.“Onaverage,middle-agedconsumersdevote39percentoftheirretailexpendituretodepartmentstoreproductsandservices,whileforyoungerconsumerstheaverageisonly25percent.Sincethenumberofmiddle-agedpeoplewillincreasedramaticallywithinthenextdecade,departmentstorescanexpectretailsalestoincreasesignificantlyduringthatperiod.Furthermore,totakeadvantageofthetrend,thesestoresshouldbegintoreplacesomeofthoseproductsintendedtoattracttheyoungerconsumerwithproductsintendedtoattractthemiddle-agedconsumer.”

l首先從肯定值與百分?jǐn)?shù)的差異入手攻擊

lYoungerconsumersmightpreferthedepartmentstorestoothertypesofstores,andmiddle-agedconsumerswillturntheirinterestsinotherstoresratherthandepartmentstores.

5.ThefollowingappearedinamemorandumtoateamdevelopingaccountingsoftwareforSmartProSoftware,Inc.:

“Currently,moreprofessionalaccountantsuseSmartProaccountingsoftwarethananyotherbrand.However,inthemarketforpersonalaccountingsoftwarefornon-professionalstouseinpreparingtheirincometaxreturns,manyofourcompetitorsareoutsellingus.Insurveys,ourprofessionalcustomersrepeatedlysaythattheyhavechosenSmartProSoftwarebecauseourmostsophisticatedsoftwareproductsincludemoreadvancedspecialfeaturesthancompetingbrands.Therefore,themosteffectivewayforustoincreasesalesofourpersonalaccountingsoftwareforhomeuserswouldclearlybetoaddtheadvancedspecialfeaturesthatourprofessionalsoftwareproductscurrentlyoffer.”

Discusshowwellreasoned...etc.

這個(gè)題目真是長(zhǎng)盛不衰,

lNotfigureouttherealreasonsthatleadtothe“outselling”situation

l文中提到survey,有模板的TX可以套，傳統(tǒng)的7宗罪攻擊

lProfessionalcustomers和generalcustomers無法類比

6.題庫128.ThefollowingappearedinamemorandumfromtheownerofCarlo’sClothingtothestaff:

“SinceDiscDepot,themusicstoreonthenextblock,begananewradioadvertisingcampaignlastyear,itsbusinesshasgrowndramatically,asevidencedbythelargeincreaseinfoottrafficintothestore.WhiletheDiscDepot’sownershaveapparentlybecomewealthyenoughtoretire,profitsat