大家都知道GRE写作部分一直都是“公开题库”，也就是说我们考场碰到的写作题一定是在ETS官方题库里可以找到的。
但是！2021年12月17日的一场GRE线上考试当中竟然出了一道在GRE官方题库当中没有出现的Argument！
题目如下：
According to a new report from the federal government, overall donations of money to nonprofit groups increased last year. Most notably, donations to international aid groups increased by 30 percent, followed by donations to environmental groups, which increased by 23 percent. In contrast, donations to educational institutions did not fare so well, actually decreasing by 3 percent. All of the major economic indicators suggest that consumer spending is higher than average this year. In particular, spending has risen considerably for luxury items, such as high-end automobiles, electronics, and fashion, showing that potential donors have ample disposable income. Therefore, the clearest explanation for the decline in donations to educational institutions is that people actually value education less than they did in the past.
思路分析
According to an independent poll of 200 charitable organizations, overall donations of money to nonprofit groups increased last year, but educational institutions did not fare as well as other organizations. Donations to international aid groups increased the most (30 percent), followed by donations to environmental groups (23 percent), whereas donations to educational institutions actually decreased slightly (3 percent). Meanwhile, all of the major economic indicators suggest that consumer spending is higher than average this year, showing that potential donors have ample disposable income. Therefore, the clearest explanation for the decline in donations to educational institutions is that people actually value education less than they did in the past.
总的来说，这道新题作为一道要求alternative explanations的题目，我们最重要的就是要脑洞大开，但同时保持逻辑严谨，寻找文章所提供信息的其它可能解释。
nonprofit donation增多了，尤其是对international aid group和environmental group，然而给educational institution的捐助却减少了（也许他们也双减）。
其他可能的解释1
人们是否给教育机构捐钱的原因并不只取决于人们对教育的重视程度，人们是否会捐钱，很多时候取决于人们是否意识到需要给这些机构捐钱，而这很大程度上取决于他们是否知道哪些机构需要他们捐钱。Nonprofit组织是会通过各种方式拉募捐的，比如写email，比如打电话，但如果几个重要的educational group在过去一年没有展开有效的宣传，导致人们不知道他们的需求，而相反其它groups做了很多类似的工作，那么是可以产生文中所涉及的变化的。
其他可能的解释2
与前一年相比，人们也许真实意识到教育机构没有之前那么缺钱，而相比之下，人们可能意识到international aid和environmental group可能格外需要捐助。因为可能与前一年相比，一些社会重要事件的类型产生了巨大的变化。过去一年，可能非洲某地发生了战争，导致灾民流离失所；可能某地发生了山林大火，造成了严重的生态危机。这些突发现象会导致international group和environmental group获得更多的存在感。相比而言，由于教育方面没有出现什么特殊灾害性事件，所以尽管人们对教育本身并没有更轻视，但因为对其它问题的突然重视，给教育机构的钱就少了。
其他可能的解释3
人们是否给某些教育机构捐钱，也取决于人们是否相信这些教育机构能够好好用这些钱。也许过去一年爆发了某些丑闻，让人们意识到之前捐给这些机构的钱白瞎了，被贪掉了，或者反而加剧了教育不平等。于是，虽然人们仍然在乎教育，但人们已经拉黑了几个主要的nonprofit教育机构，所以他们收到的钱少了。
