WRITING TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The graph below shows the number of shops that closed and the number of new shops that opened in one country between 2011 and 2018. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The chart indicates the

amount

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number

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of closed

shops

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and newly-opened shoos relatively in a specific country

during

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between

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2011 and 2018.

Firstly

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, as for the

number

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of

shop

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closures, a

fluctuated

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fluctuating

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growth can be seen from the year of 2011 to 2014, rising to 6500 or so. The peak is shown in 2013

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while

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when

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the

amount

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number

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of closed

shops

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rising

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rose

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to more than 7200. In 2014, the

number

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of

the

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apply

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closed

shops

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diminished evidently to nearly 700 and

then

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rose dramatically to almost 5200 in 2016. In the next two years, the figure for

shop

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closures remained a stable trend

with

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at

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around 5000.

In contrast

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, the amount of

shop

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openings markedly decreases from the top 8500 to less than 4000.

Then

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, the

number

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of

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apply

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the

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apply

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newly opened

shops

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grows

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grew

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to 6100 in 2014 and

decreases

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decreased

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to 4000 again in 2015.

While

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during 2015 to 2017,

a

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an

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unchanged

number

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of around 4000

shop

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openings can be seen, but in 2018, the figure for newly-opened

shops

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slightly went down to 3000.

Overall

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, the changing trends between the

number

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of

shop

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closures and openings from 2011 to 2018 demonstrate different variations, as the figure for closed

shops

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was usually bigger than the other in every year except in the

year

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years

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of

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apply

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2011 and 2015.