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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 6th July
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The line charts below show the levels of economic growth and air pollution of Norway and China between 1990 and 2008. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The two charts show economic growth compared to air pollution produced in Norway and China between 1990 and 2016. Both countries went through a period of growth in GDP during these years. Norway rose from $60,000 to $90,000 per capita over that period, reaching a peak at around 2006 and then leveling off at this amount for the next ten years. China began 1990 with less than $1,000 per capita, rising steadily over the 16 year period and ending 2016 at a figure of over $7,000. So over the period, Norway’s GDP rose by a third, while China’s GDP had a sevenfold increase.
In terms of production of air pollution in the form of atmospheric particulate matter, the results in each country are extremely contrasting. In 1990, Norway was producing 10.5 micrograms per cubic metre which steadily fell to below 9 micrograms in by 2005. This then remained stable for four years, dropping again to almost 8.5 in 2012 but had risen to 2006 levels again by 2014. In 2014 a sharp drop can be seen where the levels went to below 8 micrograms and continued at that level until 2016.
China on the other hand, saw the levels of air pollution rise over this period of economic growth. Beginning in 1990 with particle levels at 48 micrograms, a much higher initial level than Norway; it peaked in 2010 at 58 micrograms. After that, apart from a slight jump in 2014, the level of air pollution slowly reduced to 56 micrograms by 2016.
