Academic Writing Sample Task 1 #78 Monday, 06 August 2012 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The pie charts below show electricity generation by source in New Zealand and in 1!8" and #"1"$ ermany

Summarise the in%ormation by selecting and reporting the main %eatures& and make comparisons where rele'ant$ Write at least 150 words. (lectricity eneration by Source in New Zealand

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model answer: he !harts !ompare the sour!es o" ele!tri!ity in #ew $ealand and %ermany in the years 1&'0 and 2010. (etween these years, ele!tri!ity generation almost doubled, rising "rom 12) units to 200 in #ew $ealand, and "rom 10) to 21* units in %ermany. +n 1&'0 #ew $ealand used !oal as the main ele!tri!ity sour!e ,56 units- and the remainder was produ!ed "rom natural gas, hydro power ,ea!h produ!ing .0 units- and petroleum ,whi!h produ!ed only 11 units-. (y 2010, !oal had be!ome the "uel "or more than )5/ o" ele!tri!ity produ!ed and only hydro !ontinued to be another signi"i!ant sour!e supplying appro0imately 20/. +n !ontrast, %ermany used !oal as a sour!e "or only 2' units o" ele!tri!ity in 1&'0, whi!h was mat!hed by natural gas. he remaining *& units were produ!ed largely "rom petroleum and nu!lear power, with hydro !ontributing only ) units. (ut by 2010 nu!lear power, whi!h was not used at all in #ew $ealand, had de1eloped into the main sour!e, produ!ing almost )5/ o" ele!tri!ity, at 155 units, while !oal and petroleum together produ!ed only 55 units. 2ther sour!es were no longer signi"i!ant. 21erall, it is !lear by 2010 these two !ountries relied on di""erent prin!ipal "uel sour!es3 #ew $ealand relied on !oal and %ermany on nu!lear power. ,210 words-