以下是gre考生參加2012年1月北美新gre機考作文的題目，並且附注了他所參加考試的考點信息，希望對其他新g考生有所幫助。
　　考試時間：2012年1月12日
　　考試地點：上海財經大學
　　issue:
　　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.
　　argument:
　　The following memorandum is from the business manager of Happy Pancake House restaurants.
　　"Recently, butter has been replaced by margarine in Happy Pancake House restaurants throughout the southwestern United States. This change, however, has had little impact on our customers. In fact, only about 2 percent of customers have complained, indicating that an average of 98 people out of 100 are happy with the change. Furthermore, many servers have reported that a number of customers who ask for butter do not complain when they are given margarine instead. Clearly, either these customers do not distinguish butter from margarine or they use the term 'butter' to refer to either butter or margarine."