Task 2. Complete the graph description by choosing the correct word from the box.
The pie charts show the proportion of money spent on various household expenses in Hong Kong and Britain in 2000.
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but compared with higher (x2) in contrast main indicates lower overall smallest than while
We can see that in Hong Kong the greatest proportion of expenditure (32%) was on housing, 1......................in Britain housing accounted for just 17% of the total.
2......................, in Britain the greatest single expense was other goods and services at 36%, 3......................28% in Hong Kong. Food came in second place in Britain, at 22%, while in Hong Kong the actual proportion was 4......................(27%). In Britain another major expense was transport, at 17%, but this was much 5......................in Hong Kong (9%). In both countries the 6...................... percentage of expenditure was on clothing.
7......................, the data 8......................that in both cases food, housing and other goods and services were the 9......................expenses, 10......................that in Britain, transport and other goods and services took up a 11......................proportion of total expenditure 12......................in Hong Kong.
Task 3. Look at the sentences below and number them in the best order to describe this graph. The first and last ones have been done for you.
___Although it dipped in 1985, it then rose steadily and reached 750 grams in 2000.
___By 2000 it was at the same level as the consumption of sugar.
___In 1975, the consumption of fresh fruit stood at 500 grams, then increased to 600 grams in 1980.
___However, this gradually increased throughout the period.
_1_The graph shows changes in the amount of fresh fruit, sugar and ice-cream eaten per person per week in Britain between 1975 and 2000.
_11_In addition, the consumption of ice-cream, while at a relatively low level, rose significantly during this period.
___In contrast, there was a consistent drop in sugar consumption.
___From the graph we can see that overall, the consumption of fruit rose, while the consumption of sugar fell.
___People consumed more fresh fruit than either sugar or ice-cream throughout the period.
___The amount consumed decreased steadily from almost 400 grams per person to only 100 grams by 2000.
___The amount of ice-cream consumed weekly started at about 50 grams.
Task 4. Underline the verb or verb phrase in each of the following sentences. Then match each sentence to a graph. You can use a graph more than once.
1 Sales started at $3 million in 1990.
2 From 1997 to 2000, sales fluctuated.
3 Sales reached a peak of 3 million in 2001.
4 Sales increased for two years then levelled off.
5 Sales declined between 1999 and 2003.
6 Sales dipped briefly in 2002, then recovered.
7 In 1990, sales stood at $25 million.
8 Sales overtook costs in 2003.
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Task 5. The graph shows the rates of participation in three different activities in a UK sports club between 1983 and 2003. Write a 120-150-word report comparing the rates in the activities.
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