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【答案解析】The graph shows unemployment levels in three countries from 1991 to 2005 while the table gives the proportion of men and women in these countries who worked in 1991.
In 1991, Spain had the highest unemployment rate at 13% increasing markedly to 18% (1993-1995), then falling steadily to 9% in 2005. In contrast, unemployment was low in Germany starting at 4% but climbing gradually to 9% in 1997, dipping to 6% in 2001 and increasing to a high of 11% in 2005. Italy"s unemployment rate fluctuated less than the others, starting and finishing at 8% over this period and reaching a maximum of 12% from 1997 to 1999.
In 1991, just over half the female population in Germany (54.4%) was working compared with more than three quarters of the men. However, in Spain, about a third of the women were working and a third of the men were not. Italy"s employment rate among men in that year was similar to Germany"s, but not as many female workers were employed (37.8%).
Overall, in Germany unemployment rose while there was a downward trend in the other two countries.
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