雅思写作学术类范文

　　Writing Task 1

　　You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

　　The chart below shows the number of men and women in further education inBritain in three periods and whether they were studying full-time orpart-time.

　　Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shownbelow.

　　You should write at least 150 words.

　　The most prominent trend shown in the graph is an enormous rise in thenumber of people traveling to and from work by car in the 40 years from 1950 to1990. In the same period, there was a steep drop in the numbers of people ridingbicycles or walking. In addition, the trend was accompanied by a slight declinein the number of bus users.

　　In 1950, only about 5% of all commuters used cars. This shot up to over 25%in 1970, and to about 30% in 1990. The number of foot travelers halved in both20-year periods successively, and bike riders followed suit. The use of busesrose sharply until 1970, and then declined to somewhat lower than its formerlevel over the next 20 years.

　　The graph suggests that people are becoming less active. In 1950, mostpeople traveled to and from work in th is city either on foot or, to a slightlylesser extent, by bike. But by 1990, cars were by far the most popular mode oftransport, and almost as many people were still traveling by bus in 1990 as in1950, with very few using bikes or walking.

　　Writing Task 2

　　You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

　　Present a written argument or case to an educated non-specialist audienceon the following topic.

　　The first car appeared on British roads in 1888. By the year 2000 there maybe as many as 29 million vehicles on British roads.

　　Should alternative forms of transport be encouraged and international lawsintroduced to control car ownership and use?

　　You should write at least 250 words....