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( A ) Complete the description of the graph by numbering the descriptive words in the table
below.
In 2001, the shares of Company X shows some _( 1 )___ from January to February,
the highest at 6.2 points and lowest at 4.5 points before it began to ___( 2 )____ steadily till
mid of March at 3.6 points. Then it hit a __( 3 )__ in April before it recovered and began to
___( 4 )__ slowly till mid of May ( 4.5 points), where it __( 5 )____ erractically with the highest
at 6.9 points and the lowest at 4.1 points till the month ofJuly. From the month of July at 6.3
points, it ___( 6 )___ up to 8.5 points, mid of July; the highest __( 7 )___ of the company for
the year 2001. From there, it __( 8 )____ drastically to 6.5 points in August, where it
remained __( 9 )___ till the end of August. At the end of August, the shares ___( !0)____ and
nearly ___(11 )____ out at 1.2 points in early September before it made a __( 12 )___ to
3.8 points in the mid of September and __( 13 )___ back to 2.8 points in October. The shares
then shows a constant __( 14 )_ till it reached a ___( 15 )__ at the end of October (5.5
points) and remained there till mid of November. Beginning from mid of November, the shares
___( 16 )____ to 7.5 points in December and __( 17 )__ for the rest of the year.
(B) Based on the graph, describe the flow of the line graph.
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Here are some words and phrases to help you describe trends:
Nouns Adjectives Adverbs Verbs Phrases
a rise sharp sharply rose leaped upwards
an increase dramatic dramatically increased shot up
a growth consistent consistently went up
a boom considerable considerably climbed
a recovery steady steadily rocketed
slight slightly surged
gradual gradually soared
drastic drastically boomed
a decrease rapid rapidly decreased bottomed out
a fall sudden suddenly fell hit the lowest point
a drop moderate steeply dropped fell rock bottom
a decline steep moderately declined went down
a slump substantial substantially slumped bottom out
a tumble minimal minimally tumbled
a plunge significant significantly plunged
crash plummeted
crashed