Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Change of Entrance Exams for Graduate Schools. You should write at least 150 words based on the chart and outline given below:

　　上圖所示為1997年、2002年、2007年參加研究生入學考試的情況，請描述其變化，并請說明這些變化的原因；

　　這是一道圖表題。首先要看懂圖表，從中找出規律。這幅圖是關于研究生入學考試考生人數的變化?？梢钥闯?9972002和20022007這兩段時間段中人數增加的趨勢有所不同。重點分析這一變化的原因。

　　【范文】

　　This graph is about the increase of the numbers of people taking part in the ①entrance exams for graduate schools. From it we can see that during the first five years, from 1997 to 2002, the change is gradual. In 1997 there were 500,000 people, while in 2002 there were 1,500,000, showing an increase of one million people. But during the second five years, from 2002 to 2007, the growth is sharp2.5 million, with 4 million people sitting the exams in 2007.

　　The reasons for this change may be as follows. First, 1999 was the starting year of ①the college expansion plan, which obviously means that after four years, in 2003, more students graduated from universities and colleges. Secondly, as the competition to find a satisfactory job has become more severe in recent years, to be equipped with a higher degree improves the chances of applicants finding a better job. Thirdly, not only new graduates feel the competition but also some people who already have a job. In order to get a promotion or to perform better in their jobs, lots of them returned to the ②battle field to fight for better career prospects.

　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Change of Entrance Exams for Graduate Schools. You should write at least 150 words based on the chart and outline given below:

　　上圖所示為1997年、2002年、2007年參加研究生入學考試的情況，請描述其變化，并請說明這些變化的原因；

　　這是一道圖表題。首先要看懂圖表，從中找出規律。這幅圖是關于研究生入學考試考生人數的變化。可以看出19972002和20022007這兩段時間段中人數增加的趨勢有所不同。重點分析這一變化的原因。

　　【范文】

　　This graph is about the increase of the numbers of people taking part in the ①entrance exams for graduate schools. From it we can see that during the first five years, from 1997 to 2002, the change is gradual. In 1997 there were 500,000 people, while in 2002 there were 1,500,000, showing an increase of one million people. But during the second five years, from 2002 to 2007, the growth is sharp2.5 million, with 4 million people sitting the exams in 2007.

　　The reasons for this change may be as follows. First, 1999 was the starting year of ①the college expansion plan, which obviously means that after four years, in 2003, more students graduated from universities and colleges. Secondly, as the competition to find a satisfactory job has become more severe in recent years, to be equipped with a higher degree improves the chances of applicants finding a better job. Thirdly, not only new graduates feel the competition but also some people who already have a job. In order to get a promotion or to perform better in their jobs, lots of them returned to the ②battle field to fight for better career prospects.