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The charts below show the percentage of five kinds of books sold by a bookseller between 1972 and 2012.

The charts below show the percentage of five kinds of books sold by a bookseller between 1972 and 2012.
The given pie charts compare the proportion of five different categories of
books
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 sold by a bookseller in three years, 1972, 1992 and 2012, respectively.
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,
although
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 all genres of
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 were sold
approximately in
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proportions
 in 1972, with the
others category
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 slightly predominant, a significant shift to fiction can be recorded
at the end
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 of the evaluated period. In detail, in 1972, a quarter of the readers preferred other
kind
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 of
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. At the same time, adult fiction,children’s
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fictions
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fiction
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 and biographical texts were sold at 20% each. The lowest sale was recorded for
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travel related
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travel-related
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books
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, at 15%.
By contrast
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, in 1992, a slight upward shift was noted in the percentage of sales of both
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fictions
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fiction
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 and
travel
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books
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, at under 5%,
whereas
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 biographies and other
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 experienced a fall in sales by 5%.
On the other hand
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, a significant surge in
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adult fiction buyers was noticed in 2012, reaching 45%.
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, the sale of children’s
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fictions
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fiction
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 climbed marginally.
Consequently
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, the proportion of sales for the other categories plunged: 12% other
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, 10%
travel
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books
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 and 8% biographies were sold in 2012. In conclusion,
while
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fictions
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fiction
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 gained popularity among the readers by the end of a forty-year period, biographies,
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and
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 other
books
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 followed a downward trend.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words books, fictions, travel with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "significant" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "slightly" was used 2 times.
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