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The graph below compares changes in the birth rates of China and the USA between 1920 and 2000. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph below compares changes in the birth rates of China and the USA between 1920 and 2000. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The figure given shows the
birth
 rates of China and the USA between 1920 and 2000. Clearly, both rates fluctuated dramatically during
this
 period. China’s
birth
rate
 rose from around 10
percent
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per cent
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 in the 1920s to 15
percent
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per cent
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 in 1935.
Then
 it fell sharply to around 5
percent
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per cent
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 in both 1940 and 1945. It increased rapidly to a peak of 20
percent
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per cent
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 in 1950.
After
this
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 it fell dramatically to less than 10
percent
 in 1955.
Finally
, it
decrease
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decreased
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 steadily to about 2
percent
 in 1980 and remained at
this
 level until 2000. Meanwhile, the US
birth
rate
 fluctuated at around 12
percent
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per cent
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 from 1920 to 1940. It decreased dramatically to under 5
percent
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per cent
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 in 1945.
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 it increased rapidly to a peak of about 15
percent
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per cent
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in 1950. After 1950, it fell gradually to about 12
percent
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per cent
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 in the 1960s and around 7 or 8
percent
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during the
last
 20 years of
this
 period.
Therefore
,
although
 the US
birth
rate
generally
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is generally
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 higher than the
birth
rate
 of China (especially after 1950), both
birth
 rates followed a very similar trend.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words birth, rate, percent with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "decrease" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "fluctuated" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "rapidly" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "dramatically" was used 3 times.
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