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年作文范文及解析用假花还是2023GMAT真花年作文范文及解析用假花还是真花2023GMATThe followingeditorial appearedin theSouth ForkGazette.1,花枯萎了不只和浇水次数有关2,不能只从本钱考虑要用假花还是真花还要从收益角度3,最后的那个调查不可靠4,那个公司提供的本钱数据是否可靠slelIn thethird place,the surveyed bythe authorisworthless becausesome ofits detailshave notbeen provided.Without additionalinformation,such asthe totalnumberof peoplein the city orthe frameworkof whowere conducted,the resultof thesurvey maylack representative.We canpicturethat the city hasa populationof morethan5million,but thissurvey conductedonly1200people,especiallyreaders whoare easilyaffected bythe gazette1s editorial.Since the author mitslogical mistakesmentionedabove andfails toconsider thewhole situationprehensively,his ideasshould notbe adopted.Theconclusion wouldbe strengthenedif hecan obviatethesethree majorlogical msitakes.Sle2In thisargument,the authormakes aconclusion thatthe city shouldplant artificialflowers insteadof realflowersin bigdecorative poton Main Street.The author1sline ofreasoning isestablished onhis assumption that byplantingplastic flowers,thecitycan save money.Tosupport suchan assumption,the authorcites threesupportiveexleslast year,thecitycontracted withFlowerPower toplant avariety offlowers andto waterthemeach,yet bymidsummer many of the plants werewilted;although theinitial costfor plasticflowers istwice asmuchas realplants,thecitycan savemoney aftertwo years;finally,public reactionwill definitelysupport theproposal.At thefirst glance,the argumentseems tobesomewhat convincing.However,a closeand deepreflectionreveals howgroundless andproblematic itis.In thefollowing paragraphs,I shouldelaborate themainflaws inthe argument.In thefirst place,the authorfails toexplore therealunderlying reasonsfor thedeath ofthe plantsand flowers.Instead,he makesa gratuitousassumptionthatmorefrequent wateringis needed.However,the authorfails tosubstantiatehis point.In nocase canthe merefact thattheflowers arewilted helpto build up suchan assumptionflawlessly.It ispossible thatmanyofthe plantswerewilted becausethey requireddrier soilsfor survivalandthriving.Unless the author canbuildupa causalcorrelationbetween thesurvival oftheplantsand moreneededwatering,the assumptionremains questionableandopen todiscussion.In thesecond place,the authormentions thatplantingplastic flowersmeans thesaving ofmoney inthe longrun.However,the credibilityof suchan assertionhas yettobe established,especially sincethe authorignores topointout thatmost ofthe plasticplants willlast formorethan twoyears.One obviousrebuttal totheauthor1sreasoning isthat investigationsshow thata majorityofplastic plants,if plantedon theMainStreet,can onlylastfor atmost twoyears withoutthe protectionfrom directsunshine.In sucha case,theauthor1s assertionthatplanting plasticplants willsavemoneyis ofdubiousvalidity.。