How to approach Reading Test Part
Three ·This part of the Reading Test tests your
understanding of the language of graphs and charts. ·Read the
five sentences about the bar charts. ·Then look at all eight bar
charts. Try to describe each one in your own words. (You can do this in your own
language at first so that you are clear about what is happening in each bar
chart.) ·Match each sentence with a bar chart. Note all the
possible answers. ·Go back to the sentences for which more than
one answer seems possible. Carefully compare the bar charts and decide which is
the correct answer. ·Check that you have not used any letter
more than once. ·Look at the bar charts on the opposite page. They show the
number of people employed in eight different companies (A-H) in England and
Germany between 2000 and 2002. ·Which bar chart does each sentence (11-15)
describe ·For each sentence, mark one letter (A- H). ·Do not use any
letter more than once.
The number of employees in Germany fluctuated between 2000 and 2002, whereas England saw a steady increase in staff numbers over the same period.