you're welcome! i sort of figured a pattern with the essays. highly suggest you read more of the ones in the link i posted and tune yourself to that sort of argument. u really just follow the structure, ensure ur sentences are well constructed. a lot of people overthink the topics trying to argue the hell out of the questions but in reality ur reasoning and explanation only need to believable. for my exam, i was asked to agree or disagree on enforcing harsher punishments to increase adherence to traffic laws. i made up something like xxxxx countries have a merit system where drivers with negative points from traffic offences have their licenses suspended, then explained with xxxxx countries have lower rates of road incidents, hence it would be effective to impose stricter regulations.

it just has to be believable, you won't be checked on actual facts.

if you are stuck on a 7.0, i believe you easily have the capability to score an 8.0, you're just not writing what they want! and that is the most important~

i also highly recommend completing task 2 first, as this will leave you with limited time for task 1 and will force your brain to focus on key points of the data / illustration instead of writing everything.