以下是gre考生參加2011年10月成都新gre機(jī)考作文的題目，并且附注了他所參加考試的考點(diǎn)信息，希望對(duì)其他新g考生有所幫助。
考試時(shí)間：2011年10月23日
考試地點(diǎn)：成都信息工程學(xué)院
Issue：
In any field of endeavor, it is impossible to make a significant contribution without first being strongly influenced by past achievements within that field
Argument：
The following appeared in a memo from a vice president of a large, highly diversified company.
"Ten years ago our company had two new office buildings constructed as regional headquarters for two regions. The buildings were erected by different construction companies—Alpha and Zeta. Although the two buildings had identical floor plans, the building constructed by Zeta cost 30 percent more to build. However, that building's expenses for maintenance last year were only half those of Alpha's. In addition, the energy consumption of the Zeta building has been lower than that of the Alpha building every year since its construction. Given these data, plus the fact that Zeta has a stable workforce with little employee turnover, we recommend using Zeta rather than Alpha for our new building project, even though Alpha's bid promises lower construction costs."