Directions： For this part， you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic A Boom in Continuing Education. You should write at least 120 words， and base your composition on the outline （given in Chinese） below：

1）上圖為某城市2002-2008年參加繼續教育的人數情況，請描述其中的變化；

2）分析導致該變化的原因；

3）談談你對繼續教育的看法。

「范文」

A Boom in Continuing Education

From the graph， we can learn the number of continuing education participants has kept increasing from 2002 to 2008 in X city. In 2002 there were only 20 thousand people taking part in the continuing education， but in 2004 the number grew to 70 thousand， and in 2006 150， and by 2008， the number has reached 230 thousand. It can be seen easily that continuing education is gaining more and more popularity.

The following reasons are responsible for this boom in continuing education. Firstly， during the work many people begin to realize what they have learned in schools is far from enough. So they turn to continuing education to gain more knowledge and skills. Moreover， as the science and technology in China are developing very fast， adults after graduation have to refresh themselves. In addition， in modern society， those without bachelor's degrees or above are less competitive.

As far as I am concerned， the boom in continuing education is a necessity. It provides those on-the-job people with chances to get advanced degrees and gain more knowledge. As our society develops， more and more people will receive continuing education in the future.