Day 2 (Mar 1) Writing Answers

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Day 2 ONLINE WRITING CHALLENGE
TASK 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The graphs show figures relating to hours worked and stress levels amongst
professionals in eight groups.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and
make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.

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Day 2 ONLINE WRITING CHALLENGE
TASK 2
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Write about the following topic:
Economic progress is one way to measure a country's success, and many
people believe other factors should be considered too.
What other factors can be used to measure the success of a country?
Of these factors, is one more important than others?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own
knowledge or experience.
Write at least 250 words.

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Day 2 ONLINE WRITING CHALLENGE
MODEL ANSWERS
TASK 1
The bar chart compares eight professions in terms of weekly hours spent on the job
while the pie chart shows the percentages of various professionals suffering from
stress-related diseases.
Overall, it is clear from the diagrams that stress is not always directly correlated with
the number of hours spent working. While the highest number of hours per week is
recorded among business people, lecturers are found to suffer from stress the most.
Analyzing the first chart we can see that business people spend almost 75 hours a
week at their job, which is the highest figure on the chart. Movie producers are the
next, doing about 60 hours a week, followed by doctors who spend exactly 50 hours
in a week busy at work. In the middle are writers and programmers, working about
40 to 45 hours weekly. The lowest number of weekly hours spent at work belong to
lawyers, chefs and lecturers, with the figures ranging between 25 to 30 hours a
week.
In terms of the incidence of stress related illnesses, it is the lecturers with the highest
figure of 25% despite having the lowest number of hours spent at work. The
percentage of suffering from stress among movie producers and doctors account for
18% and 15% respectively. The remaining professionals such as business people,
chefs, lawyers, writers and programmers have relatively lower figures, ranging
between 5% and 11%.