纵观 2008 年 46 次雅思考试学术类图表作文，常规的图表——线形图、柱形图、饼图和表格的单独考查仍延续往年趋势占到绝大多数，“非常规”的图画题与去年相比也按原有比例有所涉及，其中不乏地理变迁图，流程图以及对比示意图。综合图表的考查虽然不多，但各种图表的组合也几乎都有出现。
? 柱形图 18 次（占 39% ）
相比去年表格占主导的趋势，今年柱形图的考查数量呈现出最大幅度的上升，且考查的密度也相对加大，其中 8 月份和 11 月份都连续三场考查了柱形图。从下面列出的真题描述中也不难看出， 18 次考试中，有时间变化即存在纵比的柱形图有 12 次，占到了三分之二的比例，这就要求考生在图中既要注意到纵向的趋势变化，又要兼顾横向的比较，而不仅仅是单纯地在同一时间比较不同事物的数量、比例等等。考生在写作时就一定要把握好写作的顺序，以纵比为主线，或连点成线（柱子的顶点）直接描述趋势，或按趋势变化分类描述（柱子较多的情况），并从中提取极值、倍数关系等横比信息。但值得注意的是，有纵比的柱形图毕竟不等同于线形图，柱与柱之间的那段趋势是不得而知的，没有线形图那么具体，所以在描述的过程中的时间的表达及用词是要多加考虑的。
08.03.01 show the average pay increase in five European countries in 1999 and 2000
08.04.05 show the percentages of men and women aged 60 -64 in employment in four countries in 1970 and 2000 ( Belgium , Japan , Australia and America )
08.04.19 show the figures of tourists in five tourist attractions from 1981 and 2001
08.05.10 show the information in the sales of selection "Fair Trade" in UK between 1998 and 2002
08.06.14 show the number of overseas applicants to UK universities from worldwide parts from 1999 to 2003
08.08.21 show the average price per kilo of clothing imported to EU from seven major countries of origin in1997 and 2003
08.09.18 compare the average amount of time spent per day on two common leisure activities by different aged people of New Zealand
08.11.08 show the changes in the number of the new buildings constructed in the region from 1999 to 2002
08.11.20 show how the TV in bedroom and the use of computer effect children
08.11.29 show the numbers of different vehicles registered in a European country in 1996 and 2006
? show the way female and male used INTERNET in Canada in 2000
? 表格 9 次 （约占 19% ）
表格的考查依然占到相当的比例，其中也依旧有百分比的出现。表格的不直观，数据的繁杂一直是考生们觉得比较难以处理的。但其实只要找到极值，以极值为中心带动周围数据进行描述，有纵比写趋势，无纵比寻找各项横比关系，还是有规律可循的。
08.01.19 give information about the total advertising expenditure and its distribution of five advertising types (press, cinema, radio, outdoor and TV) in four car manufacturers in Britain in 2002
08.06.05 show the cost of water in five Australian cities in 2004
08.07.26 show the percentage of government spending on education and training and the percentage of 18-24 years old people participating in education and training in five different European countries in 2002
08.07.05 show opinions about membership of the European Union for general public and top decision-makers
08.10.11 show how an export company's employees use different courses to foreign languages for different reasons
? 线形图 4 次 （约占 9% ）
线形图也延续往年趋势，单独考查的次数并不多，但它的特点觉得了考生从一开始就必须关注这种图形，因为只有线形图是永远有时间变化，有趋势描述的。只有熟练掌握线形图的描述，才能为其他图形中有纵比情况的表达打下好的基础。
08.02.02 show the birth rate and death rate in Britain from 1951 to 2001 and the prediction of them from 2001 to 2050
08.06.28 show the Japanese population by different age group from 1970 to 2040
08.10.25 show changes in the number of players of 4 different kind of sports (badminton, tennis, basketball and rugby) in a specific European country between1985 and 2005
08.12.20 show the percentages of different companies in cellphone market share from 1994 to 2004
? 综合图表 4 次（约占 9% ）
综合图表的考查每年都有，数量也比较稳定。因为图形多，信息也较多，考生不怕没有内容可写，但也存在越写越多既抓不住重点也把握不住时间的情况。这要求考生在平时的练习过程中要能不断提高自己用最简练的语言概括图表中最值得描述的信息的能力。
08.02.23 The pie chart shows the labourer structure (three different groups) in Australia in 2003 and the line graph compares the changes of unemployment rate in the three groups from 1993 to 2003. （饼图 + 线形图）
08.04.24 give information about the amount of money raised by UK for charity organizations in 2001 and how they were used （柱形图 + 饼图）
08.07.12 The line graph shows average working hours per week and the table shows the average number of paid holiday days in a European country between 1998 and 2004. （线形图 + 表格）
08.09.13 show the housing price of Australia and the percentage of house-owners and renters aged 30 -35 in different years （ 柱形图 + 饼图）
? 图画题 5 次 （约占 11% ）
图画题仍以固有的比例出现。事实上，考生对图画题的恐惧仅仅来自于平时练习的缺乏。如果平时多留意，多练习，多思考，考试时遇到，我们还是可以以“固有”的方法来应对。地理变迁图——把握方位顺序和语法中被动语态的使用；流程图——把握表示顺序的衔接词或句型和被动语态的使用。只要能把握好顺序性，条理清楚，语法和用词得当，图画题其实可以少掉提取信息的步骤，表现得更为简单。
地理变迁图 2 次
08.01.26 compare the map of the existing civic centre and the planning one of its new change in the future
? show the development of a town named Bridgetown from 1700 to 2000
流程图 2 次
? show two methods of making glass container
08.05.22 show a simple method of filtering and storing water for household use
对比示意图 1 次
08.09.06 show two different cutting tools from different views in 1.4million and 800000 years ago
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