BOOK 7 TEST 3 WRITING TASK 1

The chart below shows information about changes in average house prices in five different cities between 1990 and 2002 compared with the average house prices in 1989.

  

The bar chart illustrates the average house prices in five different cities during 1990 and 2002, in comparison with data in 1989. Overall, the average house prices fell between 1990 and 1995, but most of the cities saw increase in prices between 1996 and 2002. London experienced the greatest change over the 12 year period.

Over the 5 years after 1989, the cost of average homes in Tokyo and London fell by 7%, while New York house prices went down by 5%. In contrast, Madrid and Frankfurt house prices rose by 2% and 3% respectively.

Between 1996 and 2002, London house prices jumped to around 12% above the 1989 average. Similarly, house prices in New York , Madrid and Frankfurt rose by 5%, 4% and 1% respectively. However, average house price in Tokyo remained cheaper than they were in 1989.

In Summary, average home prices in all cities experienced growth except Tokyo , while, London experienced the greatest change over the 12 year period after 1989.

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BOOK 7 TEST 2 WRITING TASK 2

Some people believe that there should b fixed punishments for each type of crome. Others, however, argue that the circumstances of an individual crime, and the motivation for committing it, should always be taken into account when deciding on the punishment.

Discuss both views and give your opinion.

In today's world, crime and punishment(s) associated to these crime is a controversial issue. Many believe that there should be fixed punishments for each type of crime while others believe that factors such as circumstances and motivation should be accounted when deciding on the punishment.

Firstly, by having fixed punishments has its own advantages. By having knowledge of punishment in advance would discourage many people to commit these crimes, hence, resulting in reducing crime rates. In addition, law and order system would be simplified . Processing times of court trials and cases would be reduced dramatically since there are pre-defined punishments.

However, it is obvious that people who commit crimes due to certain circumstances and motivation cannot be treated in similar manner to criminals ; such as , a murder committed as an act of self-defense is not same as a murder committed in order to terrorise people. Similarly, a father robbing a shop to save her daughter life at hospital is definitely not same as a professional thief robbing a bank. Also, law and order system can be deemed fairer in this arrangement as it takes circumstances and motivation into the account.

Finally, in either way there are pros and cons associated to it. In my view, by having fixed punishments would help to reduce crime , however, crime conducted due to certain circumstances and motivation should also be considered while deciding on punishment such as act of self-defense.

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