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1. Writing Task 1

1.1. Rates of smoking in Someland

Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information in the graph below.
You should write at least 150 words.
Allow yourself 20 minutes for this task.

The line chart describes the rates of smoking in men and women in The UK from 1960 to 2000. It is clear that the rates of smoking both in men and women are currently declining and that the number of male smokers has always been larger than that of female smokers during the period.

In 1960, 600 men in every 1000 was smoking. This number decreased gradually to 500 by 1975 and continued to go down but more steeply to 250 in 2000. By contrast, the rate of women who smoked in 1960 is much lower, which is only 80 per 1000. By 1965 this increased to 170 and then remained stable for about 5 year. After that, it was followed by a sharper rise to 320 between 1970 and 1975. It descended slightly to 280 in the following 15 years and then started to drop greatly in 1990, ending up at 200 by 2000.

In conclusion, we can see that the rate of smoking in men declined continuously throughout the whole period, while the rate of smoking in women increased until 1975 and then decreased for the rest of the period.

1.2. number of tourists visiting a particular Caribbean island

The graph below shows the number of tourists visiting a particular Caribbean island between 2010 and 2017. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and makes comparisons where relevant.

The line graph shows the numbers of vistors who traveled a Caribbean island from 2010 to 2017. Three curves are plotted: those who stayed on the island, those who stayed on cruise ships, and total of all visitors.

Overall, the total number of tourists steadily increased. Visitors staying on the island had always been more than those staying on cruise ships until 2016, when visitors staying on cruise ships outnumbered those staying on the island.

In 2010, the total quantity of visitors was 1 million, with about 0.75 million staying on the island and 0.25 million staying on cruise ships. After a short fluctuation, the number of visitors staying on cruise ships started to increase continuously at 2012, ending up at 2 million by 2017. The quantity of visitors staying on the island kept stable for the first year, then went up sharply to 1.5 million at 2013 and remained stable for the next 2 years. After a drop of 0.25 million from 2015 to 2016, it rose again and restored to 1.5 million by 2017.

1.3. The chart shows people’s coffee and tea buying and drinking habits in five Australian cities.

The bar chart shows the percentage of people buying and drinking coffee and tea in five Australian cities. Three bars are plotted in each categorical group: bought fresh coffee in last 4 weeks, bought instant coffee in last 4 weeks and went to a cafe for coffee or tea in last 4 weeks.

Overall, it can be seen that poeple’s purchasing and drinking habits of coffee and tea are similar in all of the five cities, except for Adelaide.

Going to a cafe is the most popular way to drink coffee or tea in Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart and Brisbane, with over 55% of people choose this way in those four cities. However, it is most likely that people will buy instant coffee for drinking in Adelaide. Bought instant coffee is the second way in the five cities except in Adelaide, with the percentage of people in this way ranging between 45% and 55%, while going to a cafe is the second popular way in Adelaide. In all of the five cities, buying fresh coffee is the least used way. The percentage of people buying fresh coffee is lower than 45% in every one of the five cities, especially in Brisbane and Adelaide where it is lower than 35%.