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The following band 9 sample essay has had the prepositions relating to data removed. Select the appropriate preposition, at, by, to or from in order to complete each sentence in the text. to by at from The bar chart illustrates the income generated by tourism in Egypt in certain years between 1982 and 2003. Overall, there was a higher income from tourism at the end of the period than at the beginning with an increase in income from 1982 to 2000 followed by a decline. In 1982, income from tourism stood 1) ____ the lowest amount of the whole period 2) ____ roughly 0.3 billion dollars. Between 1982 and the year 2000, income from tourism in Egypt increased significantly. In 1993 it increased 3) ____ 1.5 billion dollars 4) ____ approximately 1.8 billion. 2 years later the figure stood 5) ____ 2.3 billion and in a further 2 years it was just below 3 billion dollars. Income from tourism reached a peak in 2000 6) ____ around 4.3 billion dollars. In 2001 income from tourism dropped slightly 7) ____ 3.8 billion dollars and it remained stable at this level in the following year. In 2003 there was a significant drop in the contribution of tourism as it fell 8) ____ 3.8 billion 9) ____ the same level as in 1993 10) ____ roughly 1.8 billion dollars. (180 words)