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Q.10. The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade* - labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main feature, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The two tables contain sales data for Fairtrade coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004, in five nations of Europe.
The first table shows low-level coffee sales increasing in all five countries, albeit to widely varying degrees. In two places sales increased by the same small amount. 1.8 – 2 million euros in Denmark, and 0.8 – 1 million in Sweden. The increment was slightly larger in Belgium, from 1 – 1.7 million euros. Meanwhile, in Switzerland sales doubles from 3 - 6 million euros. Finally, in the UK there was an enormous increase, from 1.5 – 20 million euros.
In the second table, it is Switzerland which stands out as buying far more Fairtrade bananas than the other four countries. Swiss sales figures jumped from 15 – 47 million euros across these five years, while in the UK and Belgium sales only grew from 1 – 5.5 and from 0.6 – 4 million euros respectively. Sweden and Denmark showed a different pattern, with falls in banana sales from 1.8 – 1 and 2 – 0.9 million euros.
Comparing the two tables, it is clear that in 1999 Fairtrade coffee sales ranged from 0.8 – 3 million euros in these five countries, while banana sales also mostly clustered between 0.6 and 2 million euros, with Switzerland the outlier at a huge 15 million euros. By 2004, sales figures for both products had risen across the board except for Sweden and Denmark which recorded drops in banana sales.
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1. The table below shows the percentage of first year students who gave "very good" rating to the resources provided by a college, for three courses, for three courses.
Summarise the inforamtion by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
Ans: The given table represents the rating towards the facilities of three courses, namely economics, law and commerce. It is interesting to note that commerce earned the highest satisfaction in all resources.
In term of pre-course satisfaction, commerce tops in these three subjects, with 96% showing satisfaction. 72% of the students rated the pre-course information of law as 'very good' and the figure for economics was the least, with slightly less than 60% being satisfied with it.
When it comes to teaching, tutor and print resources, approximately equal percentage (95%, 92% and 83% respectively) of economics and commerce students rated these facilities as very good. However, only about 70% law students were satisfied with these services.
Turning to other resources, about 80% each of commerce and law students were satisfied, whereas only 60% of economics students were satisfied with other resources.
Overall, the resources provided by commerce, law and economics showed varied popularity among the students.
2. The table below describes the number of people (in million) who went for international travel in 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
Ans: The given table compares the changes in the number of international travelers in different regions, in the years 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005. It is clear that the total number of international travelers increased in the given 15 years period. However, the increase was the most marked from 1990 to 1995.
According to the statistics, Europeans like traveling abroad the most, with the highest figure of around 280 million in 1995 and reached an all time high of nearly 400 million in the year 2005. By contrast, the middle East had the least number of people traveling abroad, which grew from 9.8 million in 1995 to 15.8 million in 2005. Africa and Asia and the pacific experienced a similar increasing trend of international tourists from 1990 to 2005.
In America, people showed a great willingness to travel abroad between 1990 and 1995, from 80.5 to 112.5 million. Then, the number stayed more or less at the same level till 2005. Likewise, Europe also experienced a very significant increase from 1990 to 1995, in the overseas travel population, but after 1995 there was an increase of only 10 million.
Overall, Europe contributed the most in overseas travel, whereas the Middle East had the least share of overseas travelers.
3. The table shows the population ratio of females per 100 males in six different areas in 1995 and 2005. ( Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Central America and Oceania).
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
Ans: The given table illustrates the ratio of women per 100 men from six different regions in two separtes years, 1995 and 2005. It can be seen from the table that in four out of the six given countries, the number of females per 100 males experienced a downward trend. However, in Africa and Europe, the number of females per 100 males increased over the period.
The proportion of women in North America decreased from 100.1 in 1995 to 96.9 in 2005. Central America and Oceania had similar trends. In both these areas, the number of women per 100 men fell from 100 to 97.5 and from 103.9 to 99.8 respectively. In Asia the figure went down by 0.4 which is nearly 10 times less than that in North America.
In contrast, the population of women witnessed an increase in Europe from 89.4 in 1995 to 92.8 in 2005 and the proportion in Africa also went up by 1.4 in the same period.
Overall, the ratio of men and women changed in all areas. The number of females per 100 males went up in some regions, whereas it came down in others.
4. The two tables below show responses of different age groups to a questionnaire with their opinion about the range of books and the non-print material of a local library.
Summarize the inforamtion by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Ans: The given table graphs compare the ratings regarding the print and non-print resources of a local library. It is interesting to see that almost half the above 40 age group preferred not to comment on the non-print material, which is computer software and DVDs.
Regarding the range of books, the resopnses of 15 -39 age group and those above 40 were almost similar. Almost half the under 15s gave the rating of very good, whereas a little over a quarter each of the other two age groups thought so. Satisfactory rating was given by approximately 50% of those above 15, whereas a third of the under 15 age group rated the range of books as satisfactory. Nearly 1 in 10 of the children below 15 were not happy with the range of books, but a quarter each of the other two groups rated the range of books as not good.
When asked about the non-print material, almost 50 % of the under 15s were not happy. A quarter each rated these resources as very good and satisfactory. Almost 50% of those aged between 15 and 39 said that the non-print resources were very good, 30% were satisfied and about a fifth were not happy with these resources. A very small minority of this age group did not comment on these resources. In contrast, just-under 50% of those over 40, did not comment on them. About 11% rated these resources as very good, but a fifth rated them as satisfactory and a similar proportion gave a 'not good' rating.
5. The table below show response to a questionnaire given by two groups of people (club members and the general public) who showed their opinions about a new theatre.
Summarise the inforamtion by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
Ans: The three tables compare the responses of club members and general public regarding a new theatre. It can be seen that the responses were similar in some matters and different in others.
When asked about the production quality of the theatre, almost similar number (70% and 67%) of club members and general public respectively gave the rating as excellent. 17% and 18% respectively of both groups opened that production quality was satisfactory and almost equal number (13% and 15%) rated it as pooor.
Regarding information about the plays and performances to the public, 72% and 88% club members and general public rated it as excellent; 23% and 10% respectively rated it satisfactory, whereas only a small minority of each group (5% and 2%) rated it as poor.
As to the facilities of the theatre, three quarters of the club members rated the facilities as excellent, as opposed to only 55% of the general public. 23% and 19% club members and general public respectively rated the facilities as satisfactory. However, the biggest discrepancy can be seen in those, who rated the facilities as poor. 26% of general public were very dissatisfied with the club facilities and rated it as poor where as only 2% of the club members thought so.
Overall, the proportion of those giving excellent or satisfactory rating in each criterion was higher than of those giving a 'poor' rating.
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