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亚太大小作文预测如下：
大作文：社会-政府－科技（增加了第20题）
小作文：线图-- 饼图--柱图
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1.People can eat a wide variety of food that can be grown in other areas. As a result, people eat more food produced in other reigons than local food. Do you think the advantages of this development outweigh its disadvantages. 食物 科技 比较
2. Some people think governments should focus more on reducing environment pollutiona and housing problemsto help people prevent illness and diseases.To what extent do you agree or disagree 政府 ＋ 目的
3. In many countries, a high proportion of crimes acts are commited by teenagers. What are the reasons and how to solve the problem 犯罪
4. Some students take a year off studying between finishing school and going to universityin order to travel or to work.Do the advantages outweigh dnisadvantags 社会 间隔年
5. Some people think gegting old is entirely bad, but other people do think it's much better for old people to live noew than in the past. To what extent do you agree or disagree 社会 老龄化
6.As countries develop, their populationstend tolive individually or in a small family unit. In your opinion, what is this cause and what are the effects on society. 社会 古今对比 报告
7. Nowadays, the number of people choosing to live by themselves increase rapidly in recent years. Why is this the case Is it a positive or negative development 社会
8. Some people say governments should give priority tohealth care,while others believe that taxpayers' money should be spent onother important priorities.Discuss both views and give your opinion. 政府
9.Some people think it ismoreimportant to plant moretreesin open area in towns and citiesthanprovide morehousing. To what extent do you agree or disagree 城市规划 对比 同意类
10.The leaders or directors of organizations are often older people. But some people say that young people canalsobe a leader. Do you agree or disagree 老少对比 社会 同意类
11.People are surrounded byallkinds of advertising. Some people believe that advertising has a negative effect onpeople’s lives. Towhat extent do you agree or disagree？广告
12. Maintaining public libraries is a waste of money since the Internet has widely replaced their function. To what extent do you agree or disagree 社会 功能 有坑
13.Some people think giving aid to poorer countries havemore effects thanpositive effects. To what extent do you agree or disagree 国际援助
14. As well as making money, businesses should also have social responsibilities. Do youagree or disagree社会
15.Young people are leaving their homes from rural areas to study or work in the cities.What are the reasons Do the advantages of this development outweigh its disadvantages 青少年 工作
16．Some people believe that rich countries provide poorer countries with other types of helprather thanfinancial aid. To what extent do you agree or disagree社会国际援助
17．Some people believe that thebest wayto build a happier society is to ensure that there are only small differences between the richest and the poorest members. To what extent do you agree ordisagree社会 有坑
18. In many cities, an increasing number of people dont know their neighbors and they they seems no longer develop ant sense of community. What are the reasons for this What measures can be taken to improve this 社会 报告类
19.Countries with a long average working time aremoreeconomically successfulthan those countries which do not have a long working time. To what extent do you agree or disagree 社会 对比 限定 同意
20. Some students tend to play computer games rather than do sports. Why is this What can be done to tackle the problem 教育类
小作文
1.线图
1.Sample Answer:
The three graphs show a quite different pattern inwheat exports between1985 and 1990.Exports from Australiadeclinedover thefive-year period, while the Canadian marketfluctuated considerably. The European Communityshowed an increase.
In 1985, Australia exported about 15millions of tones of wheat and during the following year, the numberincreased byone milliontonnes to 16 million. After that, however, there wasa gradual declineuntil 1989 and 1990 whenitstabilized atabout 11 million tonnes.
Over the same period,the amount of Canadian exportsvaried greatly. Itstarted at19 million tonnes in 1985 andreached a peakin 1988 of24 million. The figuredropped dramaticallyin 1989 to 14 million tonnesbefore climbing back to19 million in 1990.
Seventeen million tonnes were exported fromthe European Community in 1985, but thisdecreased to14 million tonnes in 1986. The figurethenrose to15million in 1987 and 1988beforeincreasing to20 million in 1990. (165 words)
2.SampleAnswer:
The line chart gives information and prediction about the proportion of population in cities in four countries from1970 to 2030.
As is shown in the graph,USA, Korea and China have asubstantial growthin urban population during thewhole period, while theincrease in India is less obvious.
In1970,thepercentageinUSAwasthehighestamongthefourcountries(70%),whilethefigureinKoreawasat40%.Inthefollowingfourdecades,USAsawanupwardtrendanditwentupto88%in2010,remainingthecountrywiththelargestfigure.However,asharperincreaseto85%tookplaceinKorea,sothegapbetweenthembecamenarrower.ThelowestpercentageofcitydwellerswasinChinaandIndia,anditremainedstableat20%forthefirsttwentyyears.ChinaoutnumberedIndiain1995,reaching60%in2010.
Accordingtotheforecast,theexistingtrendinUSAandKoreaispredictedtocontinue,(anditwillreach)reachingthesamefigureat90%.Likewise,inChina,itisexpectedtogrowupto65%in2030.Nevertheless,Indiaissupposedtoremainthesamefigureat35%from2012onwards.（197 words）
3.SampleAnswer:
The line graph shows the percentage of tourists to England who visited certain Brighton attractions between 1980 and 2010.
It is worth noting thatin 1980 and in 2010 the favorite attractions were the pavilion and the festival. In 1980the least popularwas the pier but in 2010 this changed and the art gallery was the least popular.
During the 1980s and 1990s there was a sharpincreasein visitors to thepavilionfrom 28%to 48% and then the percentagegradually went downto 31% in 2010. The trend for theart gallerywassimilar tothe pavilion. Visitorsincreased rapidlyfrom22% to 37% from 1980 to 1985 then graduallydecreased to less than10% over the next twenty-five years.
The number of tourists who visited theBrighton Festivalfluctuatedslightlybutin general remained steadyat about 25%. Visitors to thepieralsofluctuatedfrom 1980 to 2000 thenrose significantlyfrom12% to 22% between 2000 and 2010.（163 words）
每一条线写两个趋势特点即可
4.Sample Answer:
The line chart compares the price of television and people’s monthly salary from 1953 to 1983 in Japan.
According to the graph,the prices of black and white television and colour televisiondecreased significantlyduring the whole period, while Japanese average monthly incomerose substantially.
In1953, black and white TVwas sold at110,000 yen,which was nearly six times than that ofJapanese monthly salary.However,thepricefell dramatically to40,000 yenin the following decade,whilethe salaryincreased slightly. 1972saw their equalityat28,000 yen, andafter that,people’s incomegrew considerablyto 68,000 yen in 1983,widening the gap continuously.
In contrast,colour TVwas introduced to market with a price of100,000 yen in 1960, and it alsoclearly dwarfed(远远超过)the average salary level atthat year.Nevertheless, the priceexperienced a sharp increaseinsubsequent years,dropping the lowest figure for48,000 yen in 1983. Obviously, it wasovertaken bypeople’s earning in 1980.
5.Sample Answer:
Theline chartillustratesthe proportions of university students in four countries of Southeast Asia from1961 to 2001.According to the graph,all these countries saw a growthin the percentages during this period.
From 1961 to 1985, the percentage of university students inPhilippines hadincreased dramatically to the highest pointof 45% in 1975before falling to40%. It remained the country with the largest figure during this period.In contrast,there were significant growthsin the percentages of Singapore and Thailand, and thegap between them kept unchanged.Students who chose to go touniversity in Malaysiaconstituted4% of its total 18-25 year-old youngsters in the first decade.Then, the figureincreased considerablyinthe following two decades.
From the year of 1985 to 2011, that of Philippinesfluctuated and ended at40%, while therising trendsin Singapore and Thailandcontinued.They bothovertookPhilippines and the percentagespeaked at the same figurefor 60%. Malaysia,on the other hand,leveled offat 21%from 1995onwards.(173words)
6.Sample Answer:
The graph illustrates the changes in the number of crimes inan American city from 1980 to 2000.According to the graph,there were much more car thefts and house burglaries thanstreet robberies in this region during the whole period.
To be more specific, the number of cartheftswas the largestin 1980 among the three types, at 350.In the following decade,itexperienced a sharp decrease to250 however.In contrast,the number of house burglarieshad a significant risefrom 190 to 320 during the same period,overtaking that of car theftsin 1984. Streetrobberies,on the other hand,alsosaw a rising trendin the first decade and thefigure peakedat 100 in1990.
From1990 to 2000, car theftoutnumberedhouse burglary in 1993 andbecame the most common crime committedfrom that timeonwards. House burglary,however,saw an opposite trendwhere the figure haddropped to below200 in 1995before growing toapproximately 270 in 2000. The number of robberies on the streetfell almost by half.(179words)
3.动态饼图
1.SampleAnswer:
The pie charts illustrate the different proportion of energy used in the USA from 1980 to 1990.
Overall, oil was themajor energysource inthe USA in both 1980 and 1990 and that coal, natural gas and hydro electricpowerremained in much the same proportions.On the other hand, there wasa dramatic rise innuclear power, whichdoubledits percentage over the ten years.
Turning to the detail, oilsupplied the largest percentageof energy, although the percentagedecreasedfrom 42% in 1980 to 33％in 1990. Coal in 1990 was thesecond largestsource ofenergy,increasingits proportionto27％from 22％in theprevious decade. Natural gas, the second largest source in 1980 at 26％,decreased its share very slightly,providing 25％of America’s energy ten years later.There was no change inthe percentage supplied by hydroelectric power which remained at 5％of the total energy used. Nuclear power had thegreatest change: in 1990it was 10％,twice that ofthe 1980s.(177words)
2.SampleAnswer:
The pie charts illustrate changes in the population of different areas of the world between 1900 and 2000. The major regions are represented as percentages of thetotal world population.
From 1900 to 2000, the percentage of people living in Africamore than doubledfrom 4％to 10％, while Latin America’s proportionalmost tripled in the same period.On the other hand,the percentage of population in Europeand Asiadecreasedover the last century. Europe’s percentagedropped from25％to 14％, while Asiadeclined from60％to 54％. NorthAmerica’s percentage, however,remained constant at5％in1990 and 2000. The Middle East and North Africa, a new category in 2000,represented6％of world population.
Overall, this representsa huge increase inthe number of humans on the planet, from 1.6 billion to 6 billion in just onecentury. Most of this population growthhas occurred in developing countries.(162words)

静态饼图：
1.SampleAnswer:
The pie charts give information about the world spending ondifferent items, world population and the consumption of resources.
In the first chart, we can see thatpeoplespend most of their income(24％) on food. Transport and then housing arethe next major expensesat 18％and 12％respectively.Only6％of income is spent onclothing.
Inthesecondchartentitled‘WorldPopulation’,itisnotsurprisingtofind that57%ofpeopleliveinAsia.EuropeandtheAmericansaccountfornearly30%ofthetotal,whilst10%ofpeopleliveinAfrica.
The third chart shows thatthe USA and Europe consume a huge 60％ofthe world’s resource.
To sum up, themajorexpenditureisonfood,while the population figures are the populationfiguresarethehighestforAsia. The majorconsumers are Americans and Europeans.(150words)
2.SampleAnswer:
The pie chart illustrates the results of a survey about a school library from undergraduate and postgraduate respondents.
According to the pie charts about the range of books, 50％ofpostgraduatesfeel that their school librarydoes not have enough range of books.In contrast,only28％of undergraduates feellikewise. 35％of under graduates and 28％of postgraduates are satisfied with the range of books in the library.
As for thenon-point materials,postgraduates who are dissatisfiedconstituted the largest part(62％), and it clearlyoutnumbersthe proportion of those who are pursuing a bachelor’sdegree. The choice of very good isin an opposite trend, withonly16％from the postgraduates but 68％from their undergraduate counterparts.Nearly equalpercentages of postgraduates and undergraduates(22％and 20％respectively)express satisfactionwith the non-print resources in school library.
To sum up,it can beseen from the survey thatpostgraduates are generallyless satisfied withboththe range of books and non-print materialsthanundergraduates.(173 words)
3.SampleAnswer:
The charts provide information on the proportion of males and females in employment in six broadcategories,divided intomanual andnon-manual occupations.In general, agreaterpercentage ofwomen work in non-manual occupationsthanwork in manual occupations, andthe reverse is true formen.
In the non-manual occupations,whilea greater percentage of working women than men are found in clerical-typepositions,there is asmaller percentageof women than men employed in managerial andprofessional positions. The percentage of women employed in other non-manualoccupationsis slightlylarger thanthe percentage of men in these occupations.
In manual employment, the biggest difference between the two sexes is in the employment of craft workers, where males make up 24% of the workforce and females just 3%.Furthermore, the percentage of women working as general working as general working as general labourers is very small,only1%.There is not a great deal of difference betweenthe percentage of men doing other forms ofmanual work(26%) and women in other manual work(27%). (173words)
3.静态柱图
1.Sample Answer:
The chart shows the challenges people face when they settle in a new country and how thechallenges varyaccording topeople’s ages.
Themost challenging aspectfor young people aged 18 to 34 is making new friends,a problem experienced by 46% of the people in this age group.However,only 36% of 35 - 54 year olds find it hard to make friends, while even fewerpeople over 55 (23%) have this problem.
54% of the older age group realizes learning thelocal language thebiggest obstaclewhen settling.In comparison,the youngest age group finds this easier, and the percentage of people who have problems learning thelanguage ismuch lower,at only 29%.
In contrast totheir language-learning difficulties, only 22% of people in the oldest age group have trouble finding accommodation.Yet,this is the second most significant problem for the other two age groups with39% to 40% respectively of the people in each group finding it hard.
In general,all age groupsexperience the same problems to some extent, but people over the age of 55 reported that they facemarkedly fewer challenges settling in a new country than their younger respondents.
2.Sample Answer:
The bar charts illustrate the post-schoolstatusof UK undergraduates and postgraduates in2008.
According to the charts,it is clear thatthe number of UK undergraduateswas approximately ten timesthat of postgraduates.We can also see that they bothtended to choosefurther study (excluding full-time work).
To be more specific, besides those who had a full-time job,the largest numberof undergraduates in UKpursued further study(29000).In starkcontrast, that of those engaging in volunteer workwas nearly insignificant. There were around18000 undergraduateschoosingpart-time jobsastheir destinations, which was almostthe same as the numberof those suffering from joblessness.
The higher level of educationsaw a similar situation,which was evidenced by the fact thatfurther studywas again thedominant choicefor postgraduates in UKwhilevolunteer work was theleast popular one(400).In addition,2500 of them took part-time work,whereas1700 of themwere unemployed.（157 words）
动态柱图
1.Sample Answer:
The bar chart gives information about howmany people visited New York City through three major airports,over a six-year periodbetween 1995 and 2000.
Overall,it can be seen that over the period,there was a fluctuant trendin the number of passengers who travelled via John F.Kennedy airport, while the other two airportssaw an upward trend.Another interesting point is thatLaGuardia airportwas the mostpopularat the end.
Looking at the detail, the number of travelers at John F .Kennedy airportstartedat 26m in 1995, andthenincreased remarkably to reach the highest pointof 47m in 1997. In 1999, the figuredippedto32m.At the last year,there was a slight growthto 44m.On the other hand, LaGuardia began at 35m in 1995, after that itrose remarkablyfor the next three years, at 46m. In 2000, LaGuardiahit the peak pointat 68m travelers.
However,if we look at Newark airport, itstarted at the lowest pointof 16m passengers in the first year.Afterthis point,the trendincreased significantlyto 42m in 1998. In the last two years itremained stableat 42m travellers. (197 words)
2.Sample Answer:
The graph showshow the size and distributionof the UK’s aging populationis likely to change over a 50-year period.
Overall,the proportionsare predicted to increasein all UK countries. In 1985, 15 % ofthe UK population was over 65, but by 2035, this will account for 23 % of thetotal population.
AcloserlookatthedatarevealsthattheageingpopulationisexpectedtorisemoreinsomepartsoftheUKthaninother.In1985,Waleshadthehighestpercentageofpeopleaged65andover,at16%.Thesecond-largestgroupcouldbefoundinEnglandandthethirdinScotland.NorthernIrelandhadlowestproportion,with12% aged65andover.
By2035,Walesisstillgoingtohavebyfarthegreatestpercentageofover65s,withfigureslikelytoreach26%.However,thebiggestincreasesin thisagegroup,relativetotherestofthepopulation,arepredictedtooccurinNorthernIrelandandScotland.InNorthernIreland,forexample,thisfigurewillalmostdoubleto23%(181words)
3.Sample Answer:
ThechartshowsstrikingchangesinthefertilityrateofwomeninsixGulf countries–SaudiArabia,theUAE,Oman,Qatar,KuwaitandBahrainbetween1990and2000.
Inthetenyearperiod,therewasadeclineinthenumberofbirthsperwomaninallcountries.Thebiggestdeclineswereintwocountrieswhichhadlowfertilityratesatthestartofthedecade,BahrainandtheUAE.
In 1990, Oman had the highest figure (7%),closely followed byS.Arabia with the number justslightly lower than7%.The births rate in Bahrain and Kuwaitvaried slightlyat around 3.8% while thegap betweenQatar and UAEwas also barely noticeable,with 4.1% and 4%respectively.
When it comes to the births ratein 2000, Oman and S.Arabia still hadthe highest and similar births ratesat around5.5%. The fertility rates in Qatar (around 3.5%)was slightly higher than that inboth Kuwait andUAE which had a similar figure with Kuwait (all below 3%), butsignificantly larger than thatin Bahrain, with only about 2.5%.（179 words）