1.

The graph below shows the quantities of goods transported in the UK between 1974
and 2002 by four different modes of transport.

The line graph provides data on then amount of doods delivered in the UK at four-years
intervals from 1974 to 2002 by four types of transportation: road, water, rail, and
pipeline.
Overall, the number of products transported by those means had increased in comparison
with initial numbers by 2002.
As regards goods delivered by trucks and trains, albeit some fluctuations, the number for
the former was always higher than that for the latter. The 1974’s figure for goods
transported via road was about 70 million tonnes, after which was followed by a growth
pattern that was varied. Untill 1998, it reached roughly 97 million tonnes and continued
to grow to nearly 99 million tonnes in 2002, marking a 142% increase during the
surveyed period. Likewise, goods shifted by trains experienced a varied growth trend. At
the end of 2002, its number rose by only 1 million tonnes, at 41 million tonnes.
Concerning products shifted across the sea, despite 39 million tonnes at the beginning of
the period, it achieved an almost 128% increase in 1998, prior to amounting to 65 million
tonnes in 2002. Although the quantities of good carried underground were the lowest
during the time frame, it consistently increased without a year of declining. By the end of
the period, it had reached approximately 21 million tonnes, quadrupling the initial
number.

2. The charts below give information on the ages of the populations of Yemen and Italy
in 2000 and projections for 2050.

The four pie charts provide data on three age categories of Yemen and Italy in 2000 and
forecasts for 2050.
Overall, Yemen 2000’s population was mainly the workforce, and it is forecasted that the
number of people in retirement age is going to increase. Likewise, Italy is predicted to
experience the similar trend, but the more increment will be found in Italy.
As regards Yemen, the proportion for the number of infants and youngsters accounted for
50.1% of the whole population. The second position belonged to people from 15-59
years, while the group of the over-sixty-year-olds only took up 3.6%, one-fourteenth the
former and one-thirteenth the latter. By 2050, the labour force will have constituted over
half the population, when the number of 0-14 years group will have declined significantly
to only 37.0% in order to pave way for the 60 onward group, at 5.7%.
Similarly, in Italy, people from the age of 15 to 59 constituted the majority of the
population in 2000, with 61.6%, whereas 14.3% was the under-14-year-old group and the
rest was the retired. Untill 2050, there will be a sharp decrease in the number of people in
15-59 years group to 46.2%. Meanwhile, the number of 60+ years group is projected to
nearly double 2000’s figure, and that of 0-14 years group are likely to decline slightly to
11.5%.

3. The chart below shows the total numbers of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in
the UK, divided into three categories from 1995 to 2002.
The bar graph provides data on the total number of minutes (in billion) consumed by
British citizens to make phone calls which are categorised into three gropus between
1995 and 2002.
Overall, the time spent on national and international-fixed line calls increase gradually
year by year, which was similar to mobiles. However, there were two opposites trends
with regard to the amount of time spent on local-fixed line calls.
As regards domestic and transnational-fixed line calls and mobiles, albeit in the same
pattern, time spent on the former was consistently more than on the latter during the
surveyed period. In 1995, nearly 37 billion minutes was employed in making call
nationwide and internationally, while mobiles only took up one-tewelve of this.
Strikingly, by 2002, the number had amounted to 45 billion minutes, marking a 1500%
increase and reaching rather close with the number of national and international-fixed
line calls which was at 61 billion minutes.
Concerning calls made in the local, the initial number was roughly 72 billion minutes,
after which was followed by a slight growth. 1999 saw the highest number, at 90 billion
minutes, nearly doubling number for national and international-fixed line calls and ten
times higher than that of mobiles. Nonetheless, the figure in the following years dropped
significantly, and at the end of 2002, it was on a par with that of 1995.