[Khanh P] Writing Practice Test 2218168

The bar graphs illustrate the percentile of males and females working in Australia, Japan and Ireland in 2005 and 2015.

Overall, it is evident that more men were employed in all countries in both years than women, while the ratio of both genders increased in the later year.

By observing the charts, it can be seen that in 2005, one-sixth proportion of Australian men were employed, which surged to 70% in 2015. However, A minimal difference was noticed between the percentage of male people working in Japan and Ireland accounting for 72% or 78%, and 68% and 70% respectively.

Furthermore, the proportion of female employees working in Australia was 38% in 2005, which soared by 14% in 2015. Almost equal ratio of Japanese women who were engaged in working recorded to 30% and 32%. The proportion of women in Ireland grew by 8% in 2015, which was 42% in 2005.

Nowadays some people think that the national budget should be allocated to space explorers. However, the opposing view argues that government should spend this money to solve other issues instead. This essay will examine both views of this controversy and the reason why I think that government should not invest money in finding life on other planets will be given.

On the one hand, exploring space to find new habitats on other planets has the advantage as the earth has limited resources. Due to an increase in the human population, the needs for energy resources and raw material also rise. Although the government has started to use renewable energy (such as wind and water power) and recycling materials, they still cannot serve all demands. Thus, migrating people to new planets is a good way to solve this issue. Moreover, some scientists and researchers predict that the earth will be a contaminated and polluted place where no species can survive in the next 1000 years.

On the other hand, it is the undeniable truth that the cost of space exploration is too expensive and it might be failed. To have a good return on investment, allocating a budget to solve social problems like education and healthcare is more important. To be more specific, the government should spend money to improve education and healthcare quality such as building new schools and new hospitals in rural areas, giving scholarships to students in isolated areas to study in the city and issuing free healthcare insurance for low-income families.

To conclude, with all reasons taken into account, I strongly believe that government should not allocate a budget to explore life on other planets as there are many urgent social issues that they need to take care of.