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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 10th June
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The bar chart below shows the percentage participation of men in senior development in three companies between 1980 and the year 2010. Summaries the information by selecting and report in the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The charts compare the proportion of men who were gathering in a senior position in three companies from 1980 to 2010.
Overall, the percentage of men in senior development position in IBM and Microsoft increased significantly throughout this period. In the contrast to two companies above, the rate of men holding the senior positions at Apple fluctuated during three decades.
It can be seen from the chart that the trend of men who dedicated to a senior position in IBM was upward. The senior position occupied by men remained in the first five years of this period at rate 2%, and jumped up twofold to 26% in 1995 and reached the top at 62% in 2010. Similarly, the rates of men were in charge of a senior position at Microsoft increased strongly during the period. It went up steadily at 8% in 1980 to 16% in 2000 and afterward, it rose up a triple, at 46% in 2010.
By contrast, the men holding the senior position of Apple were the highest, at 15% in 1980. But it decreased to 12% in 1985 before rising to 21% in 1995. Otherwise, it went down to 18% in 2000 and continually increased to 24% in 2010.
