下面的填空练习是专门针对A类图表作文介词运用的练习，教师在讲到相关知识点的时候可以让学生进行课堂练习。
The chart shows student expenditure over a three-year period in the United Kingdom
The chart shows the changes which took place (1) .......... student spending in the United Kingdom (2) ............... the three-year period from 1996 to 1999.
Students spent 3% less on accommodation, which fell (3) ............... 23% (4) ............... 20% of total expenditure, and there was a 2% decrease (5) ............... spending on food, bills and household goods, which fell from 20% to 18%. At the same time course expenditure went down (6) ............... 3% from 10% to 7%. Children, who constituted 1% (7) ............... students' expenditure in 1996, are not represented in 1999.
On the other hand, there was a 5% growth (8)............... spending on entertainment, which stood (9)............... 26% of total expenditure in 1996 but rose (10) ............... 31% in 1999. Spending on other non-essential items and credit repayments grew (11)............... 4% to make (12) ............... 16% of total expenditure. Spending on essential travel went up (13) ............... 3% while non-essential travel underwent a 1% fall.
Overall, with the exception of expenditure (14) ............... travel, the most significant general change was a shift (15) ............... spending on essential items (16) ............... spending on non-essential items.
答案：1. in 2.over/during 3.from 4.to 5.in 6.by 7.of 8.in 9.at 10.to 11.by 12 up 13.by 14.on 15.from 16.to
A类图表作文连接词练习
教师在讲完连接词部分时可以适用下面的练习。此练习适合程度比较高的学员如高分班或六五班学生。
Write a suitable sentence to follow each connective.
1. People do not usually find it easy to learn to write in a foreign language.
Consequently,
2. People do not usually find it easy to learn to write in a foreign language.
On the contrary,
3. People do not usually find it easy to learn to write in a foreign language.
Moreover,
4. People do not usually find it easy to learn to write in a foreign language.
In contrast,
5. People do not usually find it easy to learn to write in a foreign language.
Nevertheless,
Comments on Exercise 4
The following sentences are suggestions; there are many possible alternatives:
1 ... writing is normally the least developed of the four main language skills.
2 ... they normally find it by far the most difficult of the language skills.
3 ... a similar degree of difficulty is frequently encountered with the skill of reading.
4 ... writing in their first language may present them with no problems at all.
5 ... they can normally learn to write comprehensibly if enough time and effort are given to practice.
