题型4——Pie Chart（饼图）

Cambridge IELTS 7

TEST 4:

The pie charts below show units of electricity production by fuel source in Australia and France in 1980 and 2000.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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The charts compare the sources of electricity in Australia and France in the years1980 and 2000. Between these years electricity production almost doubled , rising from 100 units to 170 in Australia , and from 90 to 180 units in France.

In 1980 Australia used coal as the main electricity source(50 units) and the remainder was produced from natural gas , hydro power(each producing 20 units) and oil (which produced only 10 units). By 2000, coal had become the fuel for more than 75% of electricity produced and only hydro continued to be another significant source supplying approximately 20%.

In contrast, France used coal as a source for only 25 units of electricity in 1980, which was matched by natural gas. The remaining 40 units were produced largely from oil and nuclear power, with hydro contributing only 5 units. But by 2000 nuclear power , which was not used at all in Australia , had developed into the main source, producing almost 75% of electricity, at 126 units, while coal and oil together produced only 50 units. Other sources were no longer significant.

Overall, it is clear that by 2000 these two countries relied on different principal fuel sources: Australia relied on coal and France on nuclear power.

Cambridge IELTS 8

TEST 2:

The three pie charts below show the changes in annual spending by a particular UK school in 1981, 1991, and 2001.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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MODEL ANSWER

This model has been prepared by an examiner as an example of a very good answer. However, please note that this is just one example out of many possible approaches.

The charts show how much a UK school spent on different running costs in three separate years:1981,1991 and 2001.

In all three years, the greatest expenditure was on staff salaries. But while other workers’ salaries saw a fall from 28% in 1981 to only 15% of spending in 2001, teachers; pay remained the biggest cost, reaching 50% of total spending in 1991 and ending at 45% in 2001.

Expenditure on resources such as books had increased to 20% by 1991 before decreasing to only 9% by the end of the period. In contrast, the cost of furniture and equipment saw an opposite trend. This cost decreased to only 5% of total expenditure in 1991 but rose dramatically in 2001 when it represented 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 constitutes the largest cost to the school, and while spending increased dramatically for equipment and insurance, there were corresponding drops on expenditure on things such as books and on other workers’ salaries.

C11 T2 WRITING TASK 1

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This is an answer written by a candidate who achieved a Band 6 score.

The charts show the percentage of the British students, who are able to speak languages other than English, in 2000 and in 2010 . In 2000, 20% of the British students were not able to speak another language.But in 2010 the number has decreased to 10%, which is good because it show that more people have learned other languages well.

The biggest percentage had Spanish only with 30% in 2000. However, it has increased by 5% and is in 2010 still be the highest percentage with 35%.

In 2000, German only and two other languages were the lowest ones, both with 10% . While in 2010 French ,German only and two other language show the lowest percentage,while all of them got 10% .All in all, the percentage of German only in 2000 and 2010 hasn’t changed. The percentage of French only has decreased by 5%. No other languages percentages was reduced by by the half: from 20% in 2000 to 10% in 2010.

The number of people, who are speaking two other languages has increased by half: In 2000 there were 10% and in 2010 there are 15%

Another interesting fact is that the percentage of another language has improved aswell: from 15% to 20%.

But still , the most common learned language is Spanish only: In 2000 there were 30% of English students , who speak it fluently, while in 2010 the number has increased further to 35%.

Here is the Examiner’s comment.

The candidate covers all the key features of the task and rounds off the description with an overview. There is some repetition of information and some irrelevant commentary ( which is good because it show that more people have learned other languages well)

Information is arranged coherently and there is a clear overall progression , with effective use of cohesive device, though there is a tendency to rely on dates.

The range of vocabulary is adequate for the task, but the writer does not attempt any less common items.

There is a mix of simple and complex sentence forms ,with a fair degree of accuracy, but the range would need to achieve a higher score.

Test 4 WRITING TASK 1

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This is an answer written by a candidate who achieved a Band 7 score.

The table below show the amount of visitors to Ashdown Museum during the years after and  the year before it was modernized. After the table there is the charts that show the result of surveys asking people how satisfied they were with their visit thos museum, during the same two periods.

It is obviously that the numbers of visitors significantly increased after the refurbishment from 74000 before the reconstruction to 92000 after it had been done. Now let’s look at the charts. The year year before refurbishment shows a negative pattern: the results of survey illustrate that only 15% of visitors were very satisfied and the number of dissatisfied people was 40%. The year after refurbishment illustrates that the number of dissatisfied visitors declined and became 15% , on a contrary, , people who were very satisfied increased to 35% . Comparing the amount of satisfied visitors we can also see an upward trend (it increased from 30% to 40% after the refurbishment)

To sum up , we can say that all work that has been done to attract new visitors to Ashdown Museum has reached its aim

Here is the examiner’s comment:

The candidate covers the main features of the table and charts, and gives a satisfactory overview of the data. The information is logically organised with a clear progression in the way points were presented.

Cohesive devices are used effectively (during the same periods), but not always accurately( on a contrary) .

A range of vocabulary is used flexibly ( shows a negative pattern, illustrates that , an upward trend, has reached its aim） , but there are occasional errors in word choice( the amount of visitors，it is obviously).

The candidate has used a variety of complex structures ( the charts that show the result of surveys asking people how satisfied they were with their visit,after the refurbishment from 74000 before the reconstruction to 92000 after it had been done). There is a good control of grammar, although there are a few minor errors( there is the charts) . punctuation is generally well controlled, but full stops are missing at the end of the first and final paragraphs and there are a few minor errors(lets look)