The charts below show the information about a US bus company between 1999 and 2003. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The bar graphs present data about the performance of a particular bus company, with regard to its buses arriving on time, and how many
complaints
were made by passengers in five succeeding years.
Overall
, the target
rate
of buses arriving on time declined each year
, and that of the actual fluctuated but generally exceeded the target
rate
. Meanwhile, the number of complaints
from passengers increased with some fluctuations in those years.
In 1999, about 82% of buses arrived on time, and this
was about 2% higher than the target
figure. In addition
, the percentage of actual busses arriving punctually fell to around 30% after a year
which is about 10% lower than the
expected. Correct article usage
apply
This
figure rose again by about 12% in 2001 which was similar to that in 2002, whereby the expected rate
was moderately lower than the actual by about 2%. Subsequently
, this
rate
went up to just under 80% by 2003 which is more than two times higher than the target
proportion.
Meanwhile, in the initial year
, the number of complaints
made by passengers was about 60, and it jumped to about 90 after a year
before experiencing a slight decrease in 2001. Later, the figure went up steadily, recording around 120 complaints
in this
bus company in 2003.Submitted by fuwei0316 on
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Vocabulary: Replace the words complaints, target, rate, year with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "went up" 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 8 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
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