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University Merger
University merger, which is a hot topic both on and off cam pus, has received much public attention. People' s attitudes to wards it differ very greatly.
Some people favor it as an important step that universities take towards the goal of first - rate world universities. They argue that, only through mergers can universities give full play to their own ad vantages and make up for their disadvantages. The merger between Wuhan University and Hubei Chinese Medicine University is a sound example. They also point out that university mergers will in crease the competitive power of Chinese universities in the world. In spite of these arguments, there are those who see it as a hasty decision which has some potential problems. They claim, for instance, located far away from each other, the universities involved in a merger are usually faced with the tough problem of management.
In my opinion, university merger has more advantages than disadvantages, but universities should take into account the potential dangers resulting from mergers.

【答案解析】[考题分析] 要求写作的短文提纲已用中文给出，这让考生写起来更有的放矢。但需要指出决不能花大量的篇幅来罗列对大学合并的种种不同看法，最好一笔带过。重点是依据指导给出的两个发展句来展开。两个方面要注意条理清楚，分开论述，可以用“on the one hand…on the other hand”或“while”等连接词，避免两种看法混在一起，让人不知所云。最后的结论当然要态度明确——大学合并利大于弊。如果要给出某建议，不可作太多描述，越简单越好。(针对本话题，笔者认为无须象其它议论文，非要表明自己的观点。)