以下是gre考生參加2011年10月北美新gre機考作文的題目，并且附注了他所參加考試的考點信息，希望對其他新g考生有所幫助。
考試時間：2011年10月13日
考試地點：Illinois州
issue：
Colleges and universities shouldrequire their students to spend at least one semester studying in a foreigncountry.
argument：
Workers in the small town of Leeville take fewer sick days than workers in the large city of Masonton, 50 miles away. Moreover, relative to population size, the diagnosis of stress-related illness is proportionally much lower in Leeville than in Masonton. According to the Leeville Chamber of Commerce, these facts can be attributed to the health benefits of the relatively relaxed pace of life in Leeville.
Write a response in which you discuss one or more alternative explanations that could rival the proposed explanation and explain how your explanation(s) can plausibly account for the facts presented in the argument.