directions: for this part, you are allowed to write a composition based on the following line graph and the outline which shows the number of students receiving scholarships in an eight-year period. the title of the composition is "number of scholarships".
1．寫出獲獎學金人數變化的總趨勢
2．用圖中數字說明和描述這一總趨勢
3．簡略說明其原因
[優秀範文]
獲獎學金的人數(number of scholarships)
the graph above shows the fluctuations in the number of students recelvlng scholarships in an eight-year period. as is shown in the graph, the number of scholarships given rose each year between 1986 and 1993. in 1986, there were only about 50 students receiving scholarships. but the number of scholarships given kept growing until 1993. by that year there were more than 500 scholarships given, an increase nearly by 9 times over that in 1986.
however, beginning in 1993, the number decreased. what followed was a sharp decline in the number. in 1994,there were only a little more than 400 students being granted scholarships.
the steady increase in the number of students receiving scholarships in the eight-year period might be caused by many factors, such as steady increase in economy, government's emphasis on education and more private donations to the universities. what caused the sharp decline in 1994 is hard to say. financial problems were probably one of the causes for that.