商务英语(BEC)高级真题范讲二(写作1)
Question 1
The bar charts below show levels of wheat production and wheat prices in a
European country for the period 1990--2000.
Using the information from the bar charts, write a short report summarising the
changes in production and prices between 1990 and 2000.
Write 120-140 words.
WHEAT PRODUCTION AND PRICES
ANSWER KEYS：Test 2 Writing Question 1 Sample A
Introduction:
The aim of this report is to summaries the changes in production and average prices of wheat between 1990 and 2000.
Findings:
Focusing our attention on wheat production it can be seen from the graph that the output rose steadily over the period. A general upward trend from 0,9 millions of tonnes in 1990 to 2,3 MolT in 2000 is clearly recognisable.
On the other hand, the average price of wheat totalled 1,400~/T in 1990, but in 1995 it increased rapidly reaching a peak of 2,900~/T. In 2000 the price fell to 2,400~/T which was however more than the minimum price in 1990.
Conclusion:
As can be seen from both graphs average price of wheat did not show the same characteristics as total wheat production.
Band 4
This is a good realization of the task set, showing very good organization, a wide lexical range and a variety of sentence structure. Occasional minor errors (e.g. 'steadily', 'more than the minimum price') and a weak conclusion do not detract from the overall positive impression. Sample B
This report shows the wheat production and price changings over the last ten years
The wheat production soared continuously from under i million tonnes up to more than 2 million tonnes.
The second chart shows first an rise in the average price of wheat from about ~1'500 in 1990 to ~2800 at peak in 1995 and second a slight reduction to ~2'200 each tonne. In contrast to the production the price changes nearly doubled whereas the production rose slightly during the first years. Although production grew from 1995 to 2000