{{B}}how to ApproACh rEADing tEst pArt thrEE{{/B}}
·this pArt oF thE rEADing tEst tEsts your unDErstAnDing oF thE lAnguAgE oF grAphs AnD ChArts.
·rEAD thE FivE sEntEnCEs ABout thE grAphs.
·thEn look At All Eight grAphs. try to DEsCriBE EACh onE in your own worDs. (you CAn Do this in your own lAnguAgE At First so thAt you ArE ClEAr ABout whAt is hAppEning in EACh grAph.)
·mAtCh EACh sEntEnCE with A grAph. notE All thE possiBlE AnswErs.
·go BAD< to thE sEntEnCEs For whiCh morE thAn onE AnswEr sEEms possiBlE.CArEFully CompArE thE grAphs AnD DECiDE whiCh is thE CorrECt AnswEr.
·ChECk thAt you hAvE not usED Any lEttEr morE thAn onCE.
·look At thE grAphs on thE oppositE pAgE. thEy show sAlEs in thE First quArtEr oF
·thE yEAr in 1990 AnD 2000 ACross Eight CompAniEs.
·whiCh grAph DoEs EACh sEntEnCE (11-15) DEsCriBE
·For EACh sEntEnCE, mArk onE lEttErA-h).
·Do not usE Any lEttEr morE thAn onCE.

in 1990, thE First hAlF oF thE pErioD sAw A signiFiCAnt growth in sAlEs FollowED By A shArp Drop, whilE sAlEs in 2000 rEmAinED stABlE.