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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 31st December
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The graph and table below give information about water use worldwide and water consumption in two different countries.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The line graph shows the global rate of water consumption by three sectors (agriculture, industry, and homes) in km³ between the years 1900 and 2000, and the table compares water usage per person, in cubic meters, in Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo in the year 2000.
Overall, the amount of water consumed globally by all the three sectors rose within the century and that agriculture accounted for the largest portion of the water used. In addition, water consumption in Brazil was significantly higher than that in Congo.
Regarding global water consumption, agriculture was responsible for about 500 km³ of water usage in 1900, while the corresponding figures for the other two were reported to be at nearly one-fifth of that amount. Over the following 100 years, the consumption rate of water by agriculture rose steadily to 3000 km³, and the figures for industrial and domestic use began to increase gradually, after about half a century, until they stood at approximately 1000 km³ and 500 km³ respectively at the end of the period.
In terms of the figures for Brazil and Congo, the populations of these two countries were 176 million and 5.2 million respectively, and the former had 265 times more irrigated land than the latter. Based on these factors, it is easy to understand why the water consumption rate per person in Brazil (359 m³) was almost 45 times higher than the figure for Congo
