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.
The line graph below represents the change in how many
proportion
of cars owned in the UK between 1970 and 2007.
Overall
, more and more
people
tended to have at least
one
car
, and the volume of
car
ownership witnessed an upward trend,
while
the percentage of
people
who did not have any vehicles displayed a dramatic decline during the given years. To be specific,
people
who got only
one
car
started at approximately 45
proportion
;
however
, it stood at the second highest
initially
, it still maintained the same high-level
proportion
till 2007. At the same time, two-
car
ownership rocketed from around 8 to 25
proportion
, overtaking no-
car
people
, and being the fastest-growing among four.
On the other hand
, in comparison with
one
and two
car
owners
, three cars or above
owners
grew slowly, going up by
one
to five
proportion
for these 26 years. Meanwhile, regarding no
car
owners
, the percentage stood at 48 in 1970 and
then
kept declining to 25, being surpassed by the percentage of
one
car
owner and two
car
owners
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.

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  • percentage
  • household
  • trend
  • fluctuate
  • increase
  • decrease
  • ownership
  • period
  • peak
  • dip
  • noteworthy
  • consistent
  • dramatic
  • highlight
  • significant
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