2. The water level in Sydney’s reservoirs saw a ________ rise, from about 78% to 82% over the one-year period.

3. Between October 2009 and October 2010, the percentage of water in Melbourne's reservoirs ________.

4. Which sentence best describes the water level in Brisbane?

5. The most dramatic change can be seen in Perth, where the water level ________ from 40% to over 70%.

6. In Canberra, the water level experienced a ________ growth, rising from roughly 76% to 97% in a year.

1. The percentage of people aged 35-44 going to the gym ________ from under 10% in 1990 to 40% in 2010.

2. Between 1990 and 2010, the figure for the 45 and over age group experienced a ________ growth.

3. The proportion of gym-goers aged 25-34 ________ to become the highest of all groups after 1998.

4. From 2006 to 2010, the figure for the 18-24 age group ________ around 50% before ending the period at that level.

5. In general, the trend for all age groups was ________ over the 20-year period.

1. The passenger kilometers travelled by bicycle ________ between 1990 and 2000.

2. The figure for motorbikes saw a ________ from just under 10 billion to around 8 billion kilometers.

3. In contrast, air travel ________, nearly doubling from approximately 5 to 10 billion kilometers.

4. The distance travelled by bus ________ over the 10-year period, with only a very small change.

5. There was a ________ rise in rail travel, from about 42 billion to 47 billion kilometers.

6. Overall, the total passenger kilometers for all modes of transport ________ from 1990 to 2000.

1. The percentage of households with a washing machine ________ at 98% in both years.

2. The figure for computers in households ________ from 50% in 1998 to 78% in 2002.

3. Ownership of cell phones ________, quadrupling from 20% to 80% in just four years.

4. In contrast, the proportion of households with a video recorder ________ from 75% to 60%.

5. There was a ________ in the figure for dishwashers, which jumped from 18% to 55%.

6. The most dramatic rise from a low starting point was in digital cameras, which ________ from only 2% to 39%.

1. The percentage of students taking Art ________ from 17% in 1985 to 15% this year.

2. In contrast, the figure for Cookery saw a ________, from 14% to 19%.

3. The proportion of students enrolling in Modern languages ________ from 24% to 17%.

4. Fitness and dance was the only course that ________ at 22% in both years.

5. The two courses, Local history and Music appreciation, which were available in 1985, ________ this year.

1. After peaking in 1992, the number of immigrants to the USA ________ to under one million by 1993.

2. From 1993 to 2000, immigration levels to the USA showed some ________ but stayed below one million.

3. The number of immigrants to Australia saw a ________ over the entire period.

4. For most of the 1990s, the figure for Canada ________ around the 200,000 mark.

5. In the final year, there was a ________ in immigration to Canada, reaching over 400,000.

1. The percentage of men eating five portions of fruit and vegetables ________ between 2001 and 2006.

2. The figure for women ________ at approximately 36% in 2006 before falling back to around 30% by 2008.

3. The proportion of children consuming enough fruit and vegetables saw some ________ but ended the period slightly higher than where it started.

4. In 2007, the figures for all three groups showed a ________ compared to the previous year.B22

1. The birth rate for women aged 20-25 ________ from 140 per 1000 people in 1973 to around 115 by 2008.

2. In stark contrast, the figure for women aged 30-35 showed ________ throughout the entire period.

3. The birth rate for the 25-29 age group ________ around 1993 before beginning a gradual decline.

4. Around 1998, the birth rate for women aged 35-39 ________ the rate for those under 20.

5. The birth rate for women under 20 ________ over the 35-year period, despite some minor fluctuations.

1. The percentage of food bought in Country A's supermarkets ________ from 10% in 1998 to 35% in 2008.

2. In Country B, the figure for goods bought in supermarkets ________ between 1998 and 2008.

3. There was a ________ in the proportion of goods purchased in supermarkets in Country C, from under 5% to nearly 15%.

4. The percentage of food bought in Country B's supermarkets ________ from roughly 23% to 28% over the decade.

5. By 2008, the percentage of goods bought in supermarkets in Country B was ________ the percentage of food bought.

1. The sales of adult fiction books ________, becoming the most popular category by 2012.

2. In contrast, the percentage of Biography books sold saw a ________ over the 40-year period.

3. The proportion of Children's fiction sales experienced a ________, from 20% in 1972 to 25% in 2012.

4. The category of 'Others' ________ by more than half, from 25% in 1972 to just 12% in 2012.

5. The sales of Travel books ________ in 1992 before falling to their lowest point in 2012.

1. The number of people employed in Sales ________ from approximately 155,000 in 2001 to 165,000 in 2008.

2. In contrast, the figure for Accounting saw a ________ of about 10,000 people over the 7-year period.

3. The most significant growth was in Computing, where employment numbers ________ from roughly 58,000 to 78,000.

4. The number of people working in Farming ________, from nearly 30,000 down to under 20,000.

5. The number of jobs in Nursing saw a slight rise, from about 56,000 to 60,000, while the figure for Computing ________.