严崴老师的新GRE流程和部分考题

考场：
上海中学314房（肿么有点像开房。。）
工序：
先进109教室（容量100人左右）签保密协议
存包（密码纸、扫描取包那一种，考试期间存包箱统一断电，因此不能取物）
吃的拿出来，放在教室任意位置，供Section 3之后休息的10分钟来补充能量
约9点15开始安检（用探金棒扫，还分男女）
在计算机考场外等到9点半左右进去
在教师讲台的电脑上一个个核对身份，拍照（当然可以修改寄分地址，也有同学在这一步发现进错考场的。。）
完了就给你指定个座位坐下
机房是两台两台机子一靠，液晶显示器，后方有三面挡板，一般一人占这两台的其中一台，一般旁边无人（也不排除由于某考生机器故障，被安排和别人挤一块儿考的）
屏幕上有你刚才拍的挫照，旁边有考场序号（像杀人犯的mugshot...，而且，我的考场号儿素54B。。。立即石化。。。）
等监考老师过来给你输入一个Administrative Password之后，考试就开始了，从此，一切和POWERPREP一样......

题目：

Issue

#28 The surest indicator of a great nation is represented not by the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but by the general welfare of its people.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

Argument
#41 The following appeared in a health newsletter.

"A ten-year nationwide study of the effectiveness of wearing a helmet while bicycling indicates that ten years ago, approximately 35 percent of all bicyclists reported wearing helmets, whereas today that number is nearly 80 percent. Another study, however, suggests that during the same ten-year period, the number of bicycle-related accidents has increased 200 percent. These results demonstrate that bicyclists feel safer because they are wearing helmets, and they take more risks as a result. Thus, to reduce the number of serious injuries from bicycle accidents, the government should concentrate more on educating people about bicycle safety and less on encouraging or requiring bicyclists to wear helmets."

Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.