表示上升和下降的说法

1、表示“上升和下降”的说法1The proportion of the people who were divorced went up from 2. 5 % in 1981 to 7.5 % in 1991,rising further to 8 % in 2001.2The crop yields worldwide in 1990 were 15% up on those of 1985.3The number of shoppers during the Christmas period plunged by up to 23 per cent since then on.4After

2、 five years of steady decline, the high-school drop-out rate started to rise.5Oil consumption grew steadily from 1980 to 2000, apart from in 1990, when there was a drop of 5 per cent.6House prices fell as much as 40% between 1980 and 1985, compared with the period 1986 to 1990,when prices roughly do

3、ubled.7Arable land was being lost at the rate of over 38 thousand square miles per year throughout the1980s.8Exports topped $10 billion in 2006, with those to Asia Pacific in excess of $ 2 billion.9The smoking rate in young girls was on the rise, similar to that among adult women.10Motorcycle casual

4、ties were in decline, down from a total of 54,037 in 1995 to 38,090 in 2000.11Gender equality would lead to 13.4 million fewer homeless children, a 13% reduction.12Inflation is likely to moderate through the early months of 2007.13The number of married couples showed a significant decline, accountin

5、g for 50. 7% of the adult population, compared with 68% in 1971.14The smaller gap between movie-goers and television viewers reflected a 5% drop in the number of people who go to the cinema and a 1.2% increase in those who enjoy watching TV at home.表示“占据”的说法15Volunteers constitute nearly half of the

6、 work force of the health care sector.16. While Asia accounts for 11 percent of the American population, Hispanics comprise 8 per cent.17. Women make up 52 percent of the population in Britain.18. Landfill is composed of 36% municipal waste, 24% commercial and industrial waste and 40% construction w

7、aste.表示“倍数”的说法19. Rent as a percentage of the household expenditure more than doubled between 1974 and 1998, from 5% to 12%.20. Britons were twice as likely to die from heart attacks as Italians and three times as Chinese.21. Women working as child minders in the under-35 age group in 1995 were almo

8、st twice as many as in 1990.22. Television was twice as popular as washing machine in 1999, with close to 10 per cent of households owning one TV set at home.23. Young people used the Internet more than three times as often as the general population in 1999.24. The study found that people who earned

9、 more than $100, 000 received nearly 50% more junk mails than lower earners.25. It also found that those on higher incomes lost on average four times more money than other victims in property-related crime.26. China's agricultural trade deficit against US jumped 1.5 times to $ 35 billion over th

10、e five-year period. 读数据的方法 27. A quarter of the customers were African origin. 28. Some 700 migrants arrived to live in Australia every week in 2005. 29. 0f those UK residents who traveled overseas, some 210,000 went to America. 30. The overall UK population was some 58 million in 2001, 17% higher t

11、han in 1951. 31. With an estimated 100 million international migrants worldwide, the proportion of people living outside their country of birth approached 2 per cent of the world's population in 2002. 32. Americans spent a total of $ 12.5 billion on gifts in 2005 alone, with $ 6.5 billion of tha

12、t on toys. 33. An aggregate of 40,000 households bought new vehicles, three times more than the number in 2004. 34. The per-capita spending of visitors in China stood at 1,000 US dollars or so in 2000, a year-on-year rise of one per cent. 35. Indonesia is still an impoverished country, with the popu

13、lation below poverty line exceeding half a billion. 36. The number of people living on less than $1 a day in Asia dropped by nearly a quarter of a billion people between 1990 and 2002. 37. Two-parent families now work an average of almost 400 more hours a year than they did 20 years ago. 38. There w

14、ere 100, 000 more people working on a full-time basis in 2004 than in 1994.39. It is shown in the chart that up to two million children were orphaned in 2002 in Africa, half a million higher than the 200l's record figure.40. It was discovered that less than a fifth of the public money went to ed

15、ucation.41. Two-fifths of the population are suffering different levels of obesity.42. Between half and two-thirds of smokers die of something other than smoking.43. More than one-third of the British population has trouble sleeping from time to time.44. In total, 1,400 magazines were sold within a

16、week-200 a daymore than half of which were for female readers.45. Currently, approximately 6,000 languages still exist, the majority of which are under threat.46. Cohabiting couples made up one in ten of the population in 1999-double the number a decade earlier.47. A staggering four in ten students

17、had the experience of using marijuana.48. Fewer than three in ten people were ethnic minorities.49. According to the survey, a billion and a half of the world's citizens had no access to electricity in the year 2004, and almost as many lacked electricity in 2005.50. 80% of drinks containers in B

18、ritain are recycled-far higher than the European average of 20% to 40%.51. The world population is projected to grow from 6 billion in 1999 to 9 billion by 2042, an increase of 50 per cent that will require 43 years.52. Just 18 % of smokers were planning to give up smoking, while a further 42.4% sai

19、d that they would "possibly" do so.53. As many as 78% of men were doing administrative work, whereas women who were working as sales and customer services staff rose to a record 75%.54. About 42 per cent of students chose science as their subject, 40 per cent engineering and the rest arts.

20、55. 40% of respondents said that students should be responsible for university fees, another 40% considered it the responsibility of the government, and the remaining 20% viewed it as a sharedresponsibility.56. The number of people enrolling for adult education courses increased by about 5% in 1999,

21、 lower than those for 1995 and 1996, when 1.5 million and 1.8 million people respectively were enrolled.表示“时间”的说法57. Since then, growth had started to accelerate, up to 3 per cent on average annually between 1995 and 2000.58. Consumer spending rose 0.5% in November after an increase of 0.3% a month

22、earlier.59. The industrial output growth had slowed to 2% by 2005.60. By the end of 2005, nearly 30 % of commuters used public transport, a slight increase on the figures for 2003.61. Britain's GDP is expected to surpass that of France by the end of 2010. 62. In 1993, 60% of Vietnam's popula

23、tion was classified as being under the internationally-accepted poverty line, but that figure had fallen to less than 20% by 2004. 63. From the 1970s onwards, the volume of exports underwent a period of growth. 64. For twenty years or so, there was an upward trend in the number of deaths caused by h

24、eart disease. 65. There was a steady increase in the enlistment of the armed force in Vietnam over the period 1970 to 1980. 66. The secondary school enrolment rate sank considerably after an increase of 10 per cent during the period from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. 67. Although 70 per cent of

25、the smokers said they wanted to quit smoking, a mere 3 per cent of them were successful in those given years. 68. By age 15, Americans are less likely to smoke than Europeans, although the 10-to-13-year-olds in America are as likely to smoke as European 10-to-13-year-olds. 69. Someone who starts smo

26、king aged 15 is three times more likely to die of cancer due to smoking than someone who starts in late 20s. 70. Overall, 11% of people aged between 35 and 45 in the UK said that they were not in good health. 71. The PCs sold dipped 30% to 12.3 million in 2001, before a substantial increase in the f

27、ollowing three years.72. Prior to a surge to a record high in 1983, food supplies stagnated for nearly ten years.73. After experiencing alarming increases during the second half of the 1990s, juvenile delinquency was at its lowest level for at least five years.74. The reported crime rate dropped mor

28、e than 5%, compared to the same time in 2005.75. Carbon dioxide emissions were rising by less than 2% annually up to the year 1999, but now rising at 4% or so per year.76. The popularity of some activities, such as jigsaw puzzle, declined noticeably as the age increases.77. There was a downward tren

29、d in the years 1998 and 1999.78. 0ver the course of the last century, the global population rose from under two billion to just over six billion.79. Australia's share of Japanese tourist market shrank from 9% to 2% in just a 10-year period.表示“平稳”或者“波动”的说法80. The population reached a plateau in 1

30、990, before declining suddenly in 2001.81. The annual population growth rate fluctuated between 1% and 2% during the ten-year period.82. There were strong fluctuations in birth rates throughout the five years from 1995 to 2000.83. In spite of a growth in the working population, the unemployment rate

31、 was flat at 7. 8%.84. The output rose and fell within a narrow range between 41.2 million tons and 51.2 million tons.85. The number of young people obtaining qualifications remained static (slightly above 30%).86. LCD TV prices remained steady for three years in a row apart from (despite, except) a

32、 slump in 2003.87. The mobile phone owner growth remained constant and averaged, 1 per cent per year in both the US and the UK up to 2003.88. Enrolments rose dramatically to more than half a million and remained around that figure in 1965.89. The unemployment rate stabilised at a higher level by aro

33、und 1995.90. Industrial production continued to stagnate, after 12 years of tremendous growth.91. There had been slight oscillations in temperature throughout the 1970s and 1980s.表示历史值的说法92. UK trade deficit with China rose almost 10% to 3 billion, a ten-year high.93. The proportion of single-parent

34、 families reached an all-time record of 15%.94. Auckland received no more than 200 mm of rain per month on average in 1990, a new low in the twenty-year period.95. The total number of regular Internet users experienced an unprecedented rise in 2002, its sixth annual rise in a row.96. Britain's c

35、rime rate peaked at 9% or so in 1999.97. The greatest increase was in the proportion of the people who are overweight, 15% up from 8% in 1989. 98. Unemployment figures remained higl3, ranging from 12.5% to 15%.99. Youngsters spent a mere 5% of their pocket money on cigarettes in 2003, the fourth low

36、est on record.排列比较的说法100. The US ranked in the world's top five as a car manufacturer in 1985, but slipped to seventh in 1990 and plummeted to tenth in 1995. 101. Japan led other countries in life expectancy (81.2 years); Australia and Canada followed behind, 80.55 years and 80.2 years respectiv

37、ely. 102. The latest figures show that China has come second in terms of GDP, following the lead of the United States and narrowly beating Japan into third place. 103. France has risen two places to number four in the OECD countries, behind America, Japan and Britain. 104. Saturn is the second large

38、st planet after Jupiter, with a diameter nearly ten times that of Earth. 105. In terms of GDP, Mexico, which did not appear in the_top_20 in 2000, came in at 14th in 2005. 106. While the Asian countries compare favourably with their European counterparts, several have dropped in ranking. 107. Practi

39、cal crafts was the most popular subject area, with an enrolment rate of 45%, closely followed by physical education and sport. 108. The US was ahead with an increase of 10% and China came second with 8%. 109. China is the world's most populous country, with a population of more than 1.4 billion,

40、 far ahead of India, with 1 billion people. 110. China overtook America in 1999 and became the largest export country. 111. In 1999, Australia ranked second, behind the USA, in terms of domestic waste generation. 112. The population growth in the UK was lower than the European Union average of 23% and far below the growth in the United States (80%) over the same period. 113. Students made up the biggest proportion of employees in low paid occupations (65%), while high school students were most likely to have a professional job