下面是出國留學網(wǎng)整理的GRE作文題庫：社會類，歡迎參考。
    1. Such nonmainstream areas of inquiry as astrology, fortune-telling, and psychic and paranormal pursuits play a vital role in society by satisfying human needs that are not addressed by mainstream science.
    2. Society does not place enough emphasis on the intellect-that is, on reasoning and other cognitive skills.
    3. It is through the use of logic and of precise, careful measurement that we become aware of our progress. Without such tools, we have no reference points to indicate how far we have advanced or retreated.
    4. At various times in the geological past, many species have become extinct as a result of natural, rather than human, processes. Thus, there is no justification for society to make extraordinary efforts, especially at a great cost in money and jobs, to save endangered species.
    5. The absence of choices is a circumstance that is very, very rake.
    6. What society has thought to be it greatest social, political, and individual achievements have often resulted in the greatest discontent.
    7. The well-being of a society is enhanced when many of its people question authority.
    8. Tradition and modernization are incompatible. One must choose between them.
    9. The only responsibility of corporate executives, provided they stay within the law, is to make as much money as possible for their companies.
    10. Many problems of modern society cannot be solved by laws and the legal system because moral behavior cannot be legislated.
    11. Scandals—whether in politics, academia, or other areas—can be useful. They focus our attention on problems in ways that no speaker or reformer ever could.
    12. Practicality is now our great ideal, which all powers and talents must serve. Anything that is not obviously practical has little value in today’s world.
    13. It is easy to welcome innovation and accept new ideas. What most people find difficult, however, is accepting the way these new ideas are put into practice.
    14. The best way to understand the character of a society is to examine the character of the men and women that the society chooses as its heroes or its heroines.
    15. Progress is best made through discussion among people who have contrasting points of vies.
    延伸閱讀：GRE寫作審題及思路解析
    新GRE考試的兩篇作文難度不小，考生需要分別在三十分鐘內(nèi)完成兩篇文章：一篇Argue一篇Issue,其中Argue的字數(shù)在450左右，Issue的字數(shù)在550-650之間。除了字數(shù)以外，還有審題也是比較考驗考G人的。
    接下來出國留學網(wǎng)小編來舉個例子說說如何審題：
    "The concept of ’individual responsibility’ is a necessary fiction. Although societies must hold individuals accountable for their own actions， people’s behavior is largely determined by forces not of their own making."
    題目字面意思是：“個人責任的概念是一種有必要的虛構(gòu)。盡管必須讓個人對其行為負責，但是人們的行為很大程度上是由外力而不是自己決定的。”
    我們可以通過拆句子來分析審題
    論述個人責任的，采取了反對的觀點。這個題目重點放在了對于行為的責任上面。題目分為兩句，后句對于前句基本上是起到支持的作用。
    第一句：關(guān)鍵詞：responsibility，necessary，fiction. Responsibility，而necessary fiction是什么意思呢?
    Necessary：adj.
    of an inevitable nature : INESCAPABLE b (1) : logically unavoidable (2) : that cannot be denied without contradiction c : determined or produced by the previous condition of things d : COMPULSORY.
    Fiction：n.
    1: something invented by the imagination or feigned; specifically: an invented story.
    2: an assumption of a possibility as a fact irrespective of the question of its truth.
    3: the action of feigning or of creating with the imagination.
    歸納起來可以理解為：“由想象創(chuàng)造的或假的”;或者“真相的對于可能性的假設(shè)，都是可以的。”
    那么必要的虛構(gòu)為什么有必要，又為什么是虛構(gòu)呢?我們可以在文章開頭做出解釋。
    第二句：關(guān)鍵詞：actions，behavior，determine，forces從前半句的must看出了對于necessary的解釋，論述了讓個人對自己行為負責對于社會是一種必要，那么是否是一種必要呢?題目這里用了Although，顯然對于這種想法是不支持的，但是一個絕對的must還是肯定了這種現(xiàn)象的存在。我們?nèi)绻撌鰊ecessary的時候要注意到這幾點。而且要注意對于actions或者是后半句的behavior的定義，個人的行為是什么樣的行為?把這個問題具體化。
    后半句論述了fiction的問題，因為人們的行為并不是自己決定的，而是由外力決定的，那么，顯然個人對于行為的責任就沒有責任了，而個人責任的概念就是一種fiction了。這里還是有三個問題：①怎么算是determine，如果定義為心理精神的角度是不是就可以被個人自己控制，如果說是一種方向范圍的限制的話，是否就很可能是外界的環(huán)境壓力等來控制的呢?②forces是什么?是外界的社會?是政府的控制?是法規(guī)的限定?還是別的因素呢?③還有就是largely的問題，同樣給我們留出了余地，很大程度就是不是全部，那么個人在一些情況下還是可以負責的，那么是否個人責任就不是fiction了呢?論述的時候同樣要注意到這幾點。
    說完審題，我們來聊聊寫作思路：
    相對來說，這篇比較好寫一點。明確兩個問題就可以，一個是，個人責任(對于自己行為的責任)存在不存在(是不是fiction)?另一個是，對于個人責任的要求是否必要(necessary)?
    如果選擇贊同的觀點，可以否定necessary，說明個人責任不是必要的，而支持fiction，個人責任不存在(個人不能決定自己的行為，不能對自己的行為負責)。后面可以接讓步，對于largely論述，個人某些時候是可以決定自己行為的，但是主要是由社會等外力決定的。
    如果選擇反對的觀點，可以贊同necessary，說明個人責任對于社會是必要的，而反對fiction，個人責任是存在的(個人能夠決定自己的行為，能夠?qū)ψ约旱男袨樨撠?。后面可以接讓步，社會對于個人行為也是有影響的，但是個人可以自己來決定自己的行為。