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IELTS
 JOURNAL 
 
67 
Sample Answer 20 
The chart below shows the total number of Olympic medals won
by twelve different countries
The bar chart compares twelve countries in terms of the overall number of medals 
that they have won at the Olympic Games. 
It is clear that the USA is by far the most successful Olympic medal winning nation. It 
is also noticeable that the figures for gold, silver and bronze medals won by any 
particular country tend to be fairly similar. 
The USA has won a total of around 2,300 Olympic medals, including approximately 
900 gold medals, 750 silver and 650 bronze. In second place on the all-time medals 
chart is the Soviet Union, with just over 1,000 medals. Again, the number of gold 
medals won by this country is slightly higher than the number of silver or bronze 
medals. 
Only four other countries - the UK, France, Germany and Italy - have won more than 
500 Olympic medals, all with similar proportions of each medal colour. Apart from 
the USA and the Soviet Union, China is the only other country with a noticeably 
higher proportion of gold medals (about 200) compared to silver and bronze (about 
100 each). 
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IELTS
 JOURNAL 
 
68 
Sample Answer 21 
The chart below shows the process of waste paper recycling
The flow chart shows how waste paper is recycled. It is clear that there are six 
distinct stages in this process, from the initial collection of waste paper to the 
eventual production of usable paper. 
At the first stage in the paper recycling process, waste paper is collected either from 
paper banks, where members of the public leave their used paper, or directly from 
businesses. This paper is then sorted by hand and separated according to its grade, 
with any paper that is not suitable for recycling being removed. Next, the graded 
paper is transported to a paper mill. 
Stages four and five of the process both involve cleaning. The paper is cleaned and 
pulped, and foreign objects such as staples are taken out. Following this, all remnants 
of ink and glue are removed from the paper at the de-inking stage. Finally, the pulp 
can be processed in a paper making machine, which makes the end product: usable 
paper.