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2011 Year End MUET Writing 800/3 answers


Consumers' choice of venues for grocery shopping in 1985 and 2010
The stimuli present a bar graph on 'Places Where Consumers Buy Their Groceries' and a table on
'Characteristics of Shopping Venues in 2010'. Generally, majority of consumers prefer to shop in
supermarkets that have customer-friendly characteristics compared to quarter of a century ago
where people favoured wet markets.
The grocery shopping trend has evolved over the last 25 years based on the data in Figure 1.
There is a significant increase of 55% of consumers visiting supermarkets in 2010 (60%)
compared to 5% in 1985. This is attributed to the positive characteristics of supermarkets which
are more comfortable, convenient and offering big discounts and variety. Also showing a rising
trend is a 3% increase in consumers visiting 24-hour stores because of its convenience.
Meanwhile, night markets seem to show a consistent trend stabilising at 11% both in 1985 and
2010. The most substantial decline can be seen in the deteriorating percentage of consumers
visiting wet markets from 45% to 14% (difference of 31%) followed by 27% difference for
grocery stores. The table indicates that while negotiable price and personalised service are key
characteristics of grocery stores and wet markets, these venues seem to lose customers to venues
that offer more appealing characteristics.
In conclusion, venues like supermarkets with better characteristics in terms of discounts, variety
and services are more likely to win over customers.
(This answer is abt 200+ words... my first draft... will reduce the words later.. but u get the
picture)
Writing Question 2:
"A person's career choice should be determined by his or her interest." Discuss.
Any comments on how to tackle this question?
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2011 Year End MUET Reading 800/3 answers


1. B: 1995 - 2005 = ten year period, not 20
2. B: 2005, 1st is fishing 43.3 million, skateboarding 12.2 mil
3. A: - get this - ...! (use of expression and exclamation mark)
4. B: percentage growth of soccer 17.5, golf 2.9 does not indicate MORE THAN TWICE THE
RATE
5. C: No mention of statistics for those 'watching' big sports
6. A: kayaking is an individual sport
7. B: writer DOES NOT prefer the current trend in sports participation, he's all for the cheering
crowd (meaning he likes to watch, not participate)

8. A: worried how customers perceive their brand = losing their distinctiveness


9. B: no mention of Starbucks loss of revenue/income, paragraph 2 indicates Starbucks
experienced has watered down but didn't mention income.
10. B: not because of high prices but paragraph 3 states 'are at risk from growing sense that their
products are indeed just commodities'.
11. C: Schulz suggests that the company needs to go back to its roots.
12. A: up-market - more appealing to the rich.
13. B: doubtful - similar to 'not sure'
14. C: health conscious because there is a growing concern about obesity.
15. A: a stronger greenhouse gas than CO2 - pound for pound methane is a more powerful
greenhouse gas
16. B: difficult to control - para 2: 'it is not always easy because sometimes they are one and the
same'.
17. A: 'they do exist' conveys disbelief
18. B: warming at higher latitudes
19. A: tipping point - point where something tips over/trigger a serious reaction
20. C: are easier to control than those emitted from wetlands and paddy fields
21. A: option III is not stated
22. B: women now earn almost as much as men because it stated, 'due to a narrowing wage gap'.
option A is unacceptable as there is no data and option C is also not related as it is not stated who
owns more property
23. B: emphasise the large numbers - biggest/twice the size of the hottest developing markets
24. B: seismic relates to earthquakes/earth shattering/something amazing, nerve wrecking means
nervous, groundbreaking means pioneer/original/first of its kind
25. A: human capital - manpower
26. A: more open - more liberal
27. C: cause and effect (access to female edu therefore increase of literacy, increased labourforce participation therefore 70 percent more women work etc)
28. A: growing faster because 8.1 compared to 5.8. option B is not accurate as higher female
earners in developed world is not necessarily comparing to men, could be compared to number
of female earner is poorer countries and C is inaccurate as 80 percent is not the same as 'Some 80
percent' which means 'about 80 percent)
29. B: 'what the world needs at the moment' = positive attitude
30. C: conveys surprise
31. B: anaphoric reference
32. A: affects the ability to convey emotions
33. B: one consequence (stated in the question) is a delayed response to anger as given in the
example in lines 42 - 44
34. C: contributes to the field : 'part of a bludgeoning field called 'embodied cognition'
35. C: using their hands to commit a moral transgression therefore they will have an urge to wash
them.
36. B: because all the other statements are can be proven wrong.
37. C: all three - body, mind (thoughts) and emotions (feelings) are interrelated.
38. B: previous paragraph (anaphoric) refers to how cheap food has been and how much people
waste

39. D: NOT TRUE because when more meat is consumed demand for grain increases as 8kg
grain needed to produce 1kg meat
40. C: the use of maize for ethanol has increased food prices because the maize for ethanol
amounts for half of the fall in the world's overall grain stocks.
41. A: farmers not the urban poor
42. D: no mention of higher wages
43. B: free up agricultural trade= less control and opening up
44. B: a catch here refers to a drawback/disadvantage
45. D: once in a lifetime chance to narrow the gap

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