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23/9/2021
The pie charts below show the devices people in the 18 to 25 age group use to watch television in Canada in
two different years. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
Model answer
The two charts illustrate the appliances that young adults in Canada use to watch television programmes and
how this has changed over the ten-year period from 2009 to 2019. One of the key changes over this decade is the
transition from conventional televisions to flat-screens, with the former falling from 34% to 4% and the latter
rising from 8% to 27% for the period, making it the number one television device. The latter has replaced the
former as the most popular TV viewing device.
Another general trend is that younger people are now watching television on smaller, more portable devices than
in 2009. In particular, the use of mobile phones and tablets for viewing purposes has increased by almost three
quarters to 26% and tablet use seeing an almost four-fold increase to 19%. This trend is reinforced by the number
of 18 to 25-year-olds using computers for the TV viewing. Both desktop and laptop computers saw substantial
falls in usage (around a third for both).
Overall then, it can be said that the two pie charts suggest the TV viewing habits in Canada over the period saw a
move away from older devices and towards more modern equivalents.
17/9/2021
The diagrams below show the development of the horse over a period of 40 million years. Summarise the
information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The diagram/picture illustrates the evolution of the horse over the period of 40 million years, from the Eohippus
to the Mesohippus, to the Merychippus and the modern horse. Overall, the period witnesses significant/dramatic
changes in its body build, especially the structure of the foot.
The body structure of the horse has undergone major transformations over time. The Eohippus which lived 40
million years ago had a small body frame, a short tail and no mane. In the next ten million years, its successor –
the Mesohippus – transformed significantly in size and body structure. To be more specific, the body became
bigger with a mane of hair starting to grow on the back of its head and the tail growing much longer. The
Merychippus which lived 15 million years ago kept evolving into a taller animal with longer legs and a thicker
mane. One note-worthy observation is that the Merychippus looks very much similar to the modern horse except
that the modern horse has grown even taller, broader and bigger.
Profound changes can be seen/recorded in the anatomy of the foot of the horse over 40 million years. The
Eohippus had five-toed feet with one toe shrinking into a negligible size and hanging off the ground and the other
four being rather long and slender. The feet of the Mesohippus and Merychippus experienced drastic changes in
terms of structure with the number of toes being three instead of five. While there was little difference in the
length of the toes on a foot of the Mesohippus, the Merychippus had the central toe protruding much longer
than the other two toes. As one prominent feature, the outer toes on the feet of the Mesohippus and the
Merychippes are structured/arranged/aligned symmetrically on the two sides of the middle toe. To complete the
evolution, the modern horse no longer has three vertical toes as their predecessor; instead, it has a sturdy hoof
with a broad base to better support its body weight.
16/9/2021
The diagram below gives the information about the Hawaiian island chain in the centre of the Pacific Ocean.
Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown.
The Hawaiian island chain, in the centre of the Pacific Ocean, is approximately 2,700 km in length. It is formed of
volcanoes and the active ones are at the south-east tip of the archipelago, where Hawaii itself is located.
It is believed that the chain began to form nearly 80 million years ago. Each island started to evolve after an
eruption on the sea floor. First, a `hot spot' existed on the ocean bed, which let out a plume of material called
magma. This magma may originate as deep as 2,883km below the ocean bed. Next, further eruptions took place,
which built up the volcano. Eventually, it emerged above the surface of the ocean.
Since that time, the spume of magma has remained static as the Pacific tectonic plate moves in a north-west
direction across it at a speed of 7-9cm per year. As it moves, a volcano forms as it passes over the hotspot and
then become inactive when it has passed it.
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The diagram depicts the formation of a sequence of Hawaiian islands, each of which is made up of volcanoes with
the oldest one BEING 80 million years old. The youngest volcanoes were FORMED/BUILT UP by a series of
eruptions beginning from hot spots at a depth of 2,883 kilometers beneath the ocean's surface. While the hot
spots are stable beneath the Pacific tectonic plate, the PACIFIC tectonic plates still move at a SPEED/PACE of 7-
9cm per year.
To trigger the process of vocalnic eruption, solid rocks in the area that surrounds a hot spot melt under the
extreme heat of the magma spume. As the crust (made of solid rocks) is thinned and melted, the hot spume
erupts fiercely, creating a series of volcanic activities. It is these activities that give birth to a new island which
emerges from the seabed to be part of the Hawaiian chain.
The chart below gives information about global population percentages and distribution of wealth by region.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where
relevant.
The chart compares population shares in various

regions of the world with the distribution of
wealth in these same regions. It can be seen that
wealth is heavily concentrated in North America,
Europe, and high income Asia-Pacific countries
which together account for almost 90% of global
wealth.
Even though North America has only

approximately 6% of the world's population, it
boasts nearly 34% of global wealth. A similar
situation can be seen in Europe, which has 15% of
the global population but 30% of global wealth,
and high income Asia-Pacific countries with 5% of
the world's population but 24% of its wealth.
In contrast, the overall share of wealth owned by
people in Africa, China, India, and other lower
income countries in Asia is considerably less than
their population share, sometimes by a factor of
more than ten. This is most striking in India, where
16% of the world's population own only 1% of the
world's wealth and in China, which has the highest
percentage of global population (24%) but only 3%

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