雅思图表作文词汇练习：介词和连接词

　　下面的填空练习是专门针对A类图表作文介词运用的练习，教师在讲到相关知识点的时候可以让学生进行课堂练习。

　　The chart shows student expenditure over a three-year period in the United Kingdom.

　　The chart shows the changes which took place .......... student spending in the United Kingdom ............... the three-year period from 1996 to 1999.

　　Students spent 3% less on accommodation, which fell ............... 23% ............... 20% of total expenditure, and there was a 2% decrease ............... spending on food, bills and household goods, which fell from 20% to 18%. At the same time course expenditure went down ............... 3% from 10% to 7%. Children, who constituted 1% ............... students expenditure in 1996, are not represented in 1999.

　　On the other hand, there was a 5% growth ............... spending on entertainment, which stood ............... 26% of total expenditure in 1996 but rose ............... 31% in 1999. Spending on other non-essential items and credit repayments grew ............... 4% to make ............... 16% of total expenditure. Spending on essential travel went up ............... 3% while non-essential travel underwent a 1% fall.

　　Overall, with the exception of expenditure ............... travel, the most significant general change was a shift ............... spending on essential items ............... spending on non-essential items.

　　答案：1. in 2.over/during 3.from 4.to 5.in 6.by 7.of 8.in 9.at 10.to 11.by 12 up 13.by 14.on 15.from 16.to

　　A类图表作文连接词练习

　　教师在讲完连接词部分时可以适用下面的练习。此练习适合程度比较高的学员如高分班或六五班学生。

　　Write a suitable sentence to follow each connective.

　　1. People do not usually find it easy to learn to write in a foreign language.

　　Consequently,

　　2. People do not usually find it easy to learn to write in a foreign language.

　　On the contrary,

　　3. People do not usually find it easy to learn to write in a foreign language.

　　Moreover,

　　4. People do not usually find it easy to learn to write in a foreign language.

　　In contrast,

　　5. People do not usually find it easy to learn to write in a foreign language.

　　Nevertheless,

　　Comments on Exercise 4

　　The following sentences are suggestions; there are many possible alternatives:

　　1 ... writing is normally the least developed of the four main language skills.

　　2 ... they normally find it by far the most difficult of the language skills.

　　3 ... a similar degree of difficulty is frequently encountered with the skill of reading.

　　4 ... writing in their first language may present them with no problems at all.

　　5 ... they can normally learn to write comprehensibly if enough time and effort are given to practice.