任务 1 , 表格

3.2. Rail networks
The table below gives information about the underground railway systems in six cities.

The table shows data about the underground rail networks in six major cities.
The table compares the six networks in terms of their age, size and the number of people who use them each year. It is clear that the three oldest underground systems are larger and serve significantly more passengers than the newer systems.

The London underground is the oldest system, having opened in 1863. It is also the largest system, 和 394 kilometres of route. The second largest system, in Paris, is only about half the size of the London underground, 和 199 kilometres of route. 然而, it serves more people per year. While only third in terms of size, the Tokyo system is easily the most used, 和 1927 million passengers per year.

Of the three newer networks, the Washington DC underground is the most extensive, 和 126 kilometres of route, compared to only 11 kilometres and 28 kilometres for the Kyoto and Los Angeles systems. The Los Angeles network is the newest, having opened in 2001, while the Kyoto network is the smallest and serves only 45 million passengers per year.

3.3. Poverty proportion in Australia
The table below shows the proportion of different categories of families living in poverty in Australia in 1999.

The table gives information about poverty rates among six types of household in Australia in the year 1999.

It is noticeable that levels of poverty were higher for single people than for couples, and people with children were more likely to be poor than those without. Poverty rates were considerably lower among elderly people.

全面的, 11% of Australians, 或者 1,837,000 people, were living in poverty in 1999. Aged people were the least likely to be poor, with poverty levels of 6% 和 4% for single aged people and aged couples respectively.

Just over one fifth of single parents were living in poverty, whereas only 12% of parents living with a partner were classed as poor. The same pattern can be seen for people with no children: while 19% of single people in this group were living below the poverty line, the figure for couples was much lower, at only 7%.

3.4. 日常活动
The chart below shows average hours and minutes spent by UK males and females on different daily activities.

I’ve made the following essay into a gap-fill exercise.
The table compares the average _ of time per day that men and women in the UK spend different activities.

It is clear that people in the UK spend more time than doing any other daily activity. 还, there are significant differences between the time by men and women on employment/study and housework.

On average, men and women in the UK for about 8 hours per day. Leisure the second largest proportion of their time. Men spend 5 hours and 25 minutes doing various leisure activities, such as watching TV or doing sport, women have 4 hours and 53 minutes of leisure time.

It is noticeable that men work or study for an average of 79 minutes more than women every day. By contrast, women spend 79 minutes more than men doing housework, and they spend _ as much time looking after children.
Fill the gaps using these words: doing, 向上, 超过, spent, while, sleeping, sleep, twice, amount, takes

3.5. Goods consumer
The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002.

Percentage of national consumer expenditure by category – 2002

The table shows percentages of consumer expenditure for three categories of products and services in five countries in 2002.
It is clear that the largest proportion of consumer spending in each country went on food, drinks and tobacco. 另一方面, the leisure/education category has the lowest percentages in the table.

Out of the five countries, consumer spending on food, drinks and tobacco was noticeably higher in Turkey, 在 32.14%, and Ireland, at nearly 29%. The proportion of spending on leisure and education was also highest in Turkey, 在 4.35%, while expenditure on clothing and footwear was significantly higher in Italy, 在 9%, than in any of the other countries.

It can be seen that Sweden had the lowest percentages of national consumer expenditure for food/drinks/tobacco and for clothing/footwear, at nearly 16% and just over 5% 分别. Spain had slightly higher figures for these categories, but the lowest figure for leisure/education, at only 1.98%.
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