The graph below gives information about car ownership in Britain from 1971 to 2007.

The graph below gives information about car ownership in Britain from 1971 to 2007.
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The line graph below represents the change in how many
proportion
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of cars owned in the UK between 1970 and 2007.
Overall
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, more and more
people
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tended to have at least
one
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car
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, and the volume of
car
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ownership witnessed an upward trend,
while
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the percentage of
people
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who did not have any vehicles displayed a dramatic decline during the given years. To be specific,
people
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who got only
one
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car
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started at approximately 45
proportion
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;
however
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, it stood at the second highest
initially
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, it still maintained the same high-level
proportion
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till 2007. At the same time, two-
car
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ownership rocketed from around 8 to 25
proportion
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, overtaking no-
car
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people
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, and being the fastest-growing among four.
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, in comparison with
one
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and two
car
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owners
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, three cars or above
owners
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grew slowly, going up by
one
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to five
proportion
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for these 26 years. Meanwhile, regarding no
car
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owners
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, the percentage stood at 48 in 1970 and
then
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kept declining to 25, being surpassed by the percentage of
one
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car
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owner and two
car
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owners
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in 1975 and 2003, respectively.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words proportion, people, one, car, owners with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 5 times.
Vocabulary: The word "stood" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • percentage
  • household
  • trend
  • fluctuate
  • increase
  • decrease
  • ownership
  • period
  • peak
  • dip
  • noteworthy
  • consistent
  • dramatic
  • highlight
  • significant
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