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Academic Writing Sample Task 1 #77

Sunday, 05 August 2012

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The graph below shows the changes in maximum number of Asian elephants between 1994 and 2007. Summarise the information b selecting and reporting the main features! and ma"e comparisons where rele#ant. Write at least 150 words.

model answer: The graph shows the estimated ma imum population o! elephants in a range o! Asian "ountries in both 1##$ and 200%. &n most o! the "ountries in"luded in the graph, the population !ell. This was most noti"eable in 'alaysia and Thailand, where the number o! elephants was thought to be less than hal! the !igure in 1##$. &n the !ormer, the number o! elephants dropped as low as 1000. &ndia remained the "ountry with by !ar the largest elephant population, but e perien"ed a dramati" !all in numbers so that in 200% there may ha(e been as !ew as $500. )espite its si*e, +hina had a (ery small population o! at most 500 elephants by 200%. Although the trend was downwards o(erall, elephant populations were thought to ha(e remained stable in ,aos and -ietnam at appro imately 1200. The only "ountry where elephants showed signs o! re"o(ering was +ambodia, where numbers may ha(e risen by up to 200. .155 words/

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