The table shows how these causes affected three regions ofthe world during the 1990s.Summaries the information by selecting and reporting the main features,and make comparison where rele
Trang 2The pie chart below shows the main reasons why agricultural and becomesless productive The table shows how these causes affected three regions ofthe world during the 1990s.
Summaries the information by selecting and reporting the main features,and make comparison where relevant
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Trang 3The pie chart shows that there are for main cause of farmiand becomingdegraded in the world today Globally 65% of degradation is caused by toomuch animals grazing and tree clearance consistuting 35% and 30%respectively A futher 28% of global degration is due to over – cultivation ofcrops Other causes account for only 7% collectively.
These causes affected different regions differently in the 1990s, withEurope having as much as 9,8 % of degretion due to deforestation, whilethe impact hof this on Oceania and North American was minimal, whithonly 1,7% and 0,2% of land affected respectively Europe, with the highestoverall percentage of land degraded ( 23%), also suffered from overcultivation (7,7% ) and over- grazing (5,5% ) In contrast Oceania had 13%
of degraded famland and this was mainly due to over –grazing (11,3%).North America had a lower propotion of degraded land at only 5% and themain causes of this were over-cultivation (3,3%) and, to a tesser extent,over –grazing (1,5%)
Overall, it is clear that Europe suffered more than farmland degradationthan the other regions, and the main cause there were doforestation andover – cultivation
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Trang 4Some people think that parents should teach children how to be goodmembers of society Other, however, believe that school is the place to learnthis.
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from yoursown knowledge or experience
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A child’s education has never been about learning information and basicskills only, it has always incudes teaching the next generation how to begood members of society Therefore, this cannot be the responsibility of theparents alone
In order to e a good member of any society the individual must respect andobey the roles of their community and share their value Educating children
to understand the need to obey rules and respect other always begins in thehome and is widely thought to be the responsibility of parents They willcertainly be the first to help children learn whtat is important in life howthey are expected to be have and what role they will play in their wold
Trang 5However, learning to understand and share the value system of a wholesociety cannot be achieved just tip the ome Once a child goes to school,they are enerring a wider community where teachers and peers will havejust as much influence as their parents do at home At school children willexoerience working and living with people from a whole variety ofbackgrounds from the wider society This experience should teach themhow to co-operate with each other and how to contribute bto the life oftheir community.
But to be a valuable member of any community is not like learning a simpleskill It is something that an individual goes on learning throughout life and
it is the responsibility of every member of a society to take responsibilityfor helping the younger generation to become active and able membes ofthat society
he three pie chart below show the changes in annual spending by aparticular UK school in 1981,1991 and 2001
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features,and make comparisons where relevant
Trang 6The charts show how much a UK school spent on different running costs inthree separate years 1981, 1991 and 2001.
In all three years, the greatest expenditure was on staff salaries But whileother workers salaries saw a fall from 28% in 1981 to only 15% ofspednding in 2001 teacher’s pay remained the biggest cost reaching 50%
of total spending in 1991 and ending at 45% in 2001
Exdpenditure on resources such as books had increased nv to 20% by 1991before decreasing to only 9% by the and of the period In contrast the cost
of furniture and eqiupment saw an opposite trend This cost decreased to
Trang 7only 5% of total expenditure in 1991 but rose dramatically in 2001 when itrepresented 23% of the school budget Similarly, the cost of insurance saw
a rising trend , growing from only 2% to 8% by 2001
Overall, teachers’ salaries constituted the largest cost to the school, andwhile spending increased dramatically foer equipment and insurance, therewere correspoding drops in expenditure on things such as books and onother workers’ salaries
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Nowadays the way many people interact with each other has changedbecause of technology
In what ways has technology affected the types of relationships peoplemake?
Has this become a positive or negative development?
Give reasons for yours answer and include any relevant examples from yourown knowledge or experience
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Trang 8This answer addresses both questions, but the first is not well convered interm of how actual relationships have changed Nevertheless, there is aclear opinion that the effects have been positive and relationships haveimproved, with some relevant ideas to support this There is a generalprogression to the argument, with some effective use of time markers andlinkers There is also some repetition, however Paragraphing is not alwayslogical, and ideas are not always well linked A range of vocabulary that isrelevant to the topic is used, including some precise and naturalexperssions There are quite a lot of mistakes in word form, word choice orspelling, but these do usually reduce understading A variety of sentencetypes is used, but not always accurately Errors in grammar andpunctuation are ditracting at times, but only rarely cause problems for thereader."
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Nowadays the way people interack with each other has chaged because of technogy Yes, the technology has changed the people’s interaction in veryenhanced manner
Earlier people use to jwait and try to find easy wayt to contact their friends
or relackives leaving far In past there was no quick there was no qicklytechnology to contact or to establish any communication between oneperson to another person The Drawback with past communication
Trang 9systems was that it were very slow and were time talking process such astelegrams, letter etc People used to afraid to write their personal feedbacs
or things to their love ones due to insecure medium of communication.When it comes to professional leveldfhd, the privacy and accuracy should
be maintain but, to that time there were no secure communications
Now the things have chaged around, people from far distance contact theirloves one in an easy and quick ways which improves the Interactionbetween people to people, has improved because the people are equippedwith high-tec technology which enhances the communication There aremany many medium which are available now such as Internet, CallingCards etc
The technology has provided the mobility faster which help peple to tslk or
to interack at any time anywhere in the world
People can contact their friend or relackives any time they want It hasbecome so easier and friendly to be in touch with your freriends, relackiveseven with the unknow people
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task
The diagrams below how the stages and equipment used in the making process, and how cement is used to produce concrete for buildingpurposes
Trang 10cement-Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features,and make comparisons where relevant.
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Increasing the price of petrol is the best way to solve growing traffic andpollution problems
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
What other measures do you think might be effective?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from yourown knowledge or experience
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There is no doubt that traffic and pollution from vehicles have become hugeproblems, both in cities and on motorways everywhere Solving theseproblems is likely to need more than a simple rise in the price of petrol.While it is undeniable that private car use is one of the main causes of theincrease in traffic and pollution higher fuel costs are unlikely to limit thenumber of drivers for long As this policy would also affect the cost of publictransport, it would be very unpopular with everyone who needs to travel onthe roads But there are various other measures that could be implementedthat would have a huge effect on these problems
I think to tackle the problem of pollution, cleaner fuels need to bedeveloped The technology is already available to produce electric cars thatwould be both quieter and cleaner to use Persuading manufactures andtravelers to adopt this new technology would be a more effective strategyfor improving air quality, especially in cities
However traffic congestion will not be solved by changing the type ofprivate vehicle people can use to do this We need to improve the choice ofpublic transport services available to travelers For example, if sufficient
Trang 12sky frains and underground trains systems were built and effectivelymaintained in our major cities, then traffic on the road would bedramatically reduced Long distance train and coach services should bemade attractive and affordable alternatives to driving your own car for longjourneys.
In conclusion, I think that long term traffic and pollution reductions woulddepend on educating the public to use public transport more and ongovernments using public money to construct and run efficient system
The pie charts compare home ownership and renting for 1991 and 2007 inpercentage terms In 1991, home owner were the most popular type ofhousing, accounting for 60%, or more than over half of all homes The nextlargest sector was social rented homes, amounting to 23% or nearly one-
Trang 13third of homes The remaining homes were mostly privately rented (11%)with a tiny fraction being social housing (6%).
Sixteen years later, in 2007, the number of home owners had risen to 70%,
or almost three quarters of all homes This was an increase of 10%compared with 1991 Much of the increase in home ownership can beexplained by the decrease in social rented homes, which had dropped from23% to 17%
The percentage of privately rented homes had remained unchanged at 11%.However, there were 5 million more homes in 2007 compared with 1991 sothe number of rented homes had increased despite the same percentage.Social housing has decreased three-fold from 6% in 1991 to 2% in 2007,and it remains the least popular type of housing
TOPIC: Some people believe that media should be allowed to publishinformation about the private lives of famous people Others say thateverybody has a right to privacy and this practice must be controlled oreven stopped Discuss both views
We are living in a celebrity obsessed world where everything that famouspeople do or say makes headlines If media publishes stories about theprivate lives of the rich and the famous, that is because there is an audiencefor them People want to know what celebrities do, say, wear, eat and drink
Trang 14Media merely satisfies this need because it makes sound business sense forthem.
Public personalities also have a private life that they want to shield fromothers Just because they are famous, the media doesn’t have the right topublish all sorts of personal information about them It has now becomefashionable to publish photos and stories that are demeaning to famouspeople This trend must be condemned Everybody has flaws; however,when a celebrity exhibits them it becomes news People get some weirdpleasure from knowing that these famous men and women that theyadmire are not perfect
On the flip side, there is a symbiotic relationship between celebrities andthe media One depends on the other for their existence Celebrities needmedia exposure to remain celebrities They are desperate to stay in thenews They need media attention to build their career They becomeconscious of their right to privacy only after they have establishedthemselves in the industry At that stage, however, they can’t expect themedia, which fuelled their growth, to stop writing about them
Trang 15To conclude, as long as people want to know about the private lives offamous personalities, media will oblige them with photos and stories.However, I believe that public personalities also have a right to privacy.Although I wouldn’t say that media should stop writing about famouspeople, I do believe that they should draw a line Media must resist thetemptation to publish
stories that can destroy lives and careers
The graph gives information about drinking habits of the US population byage Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the mainfeatures, and make comparisons where relevant
Trang 16The bar chart shows information about people’s drinking behavior by agegroup in the US Several trends are evident.
The highest proportion of those who never drink (nearly two-thirds) was inthe 16 to 24 years group The proportion tended to decrease with age Only
40 per cent of people aged 65 to 74 had never drink
On the other hand, the percentage of those who had quit drinking tended toincrease with age Only 5 per cent of those in the youngest age group (16 to24) were ex-drinkers, as opposed to roughly 40 per cent of those aged 65 to75
The percentage of those classed as heavy drinkers also showed a distinctpattern People in middle age (35 to 54) tended to be the heaviest drinkers– approximately 13 per cent of the total A relatively small proportion ofthose in the youngest age group, and an even smaller percentage of those inthe oldest group (roughly 3 per cent) drink heavily
Overall, age appears to be a significant factor in patterns of drinkingbehavior
TOPIC: Scientists and the news media are presenting ever more evidence ofclimate change Governments cannot be expected to solve this problem It isthe responsibility of individuals to change their lifestyle to prevent further