Directions：ForthispartyouareallowedthirtyminutestowriteacompositiononthetopicWhichModeofTravelDoYoulike？Youshouldwritenolessthan150wordsandbaseyourcompositionontheoutline（giveninChinese）below：

1.有的人喜欢参加旅行社旅游（packagetours）

2.有的人喜欢自己独立行动（travellingononesown）

3.比较这两种旅游方式，我喜欢的是……

本期范文：

Withthegeneralstandardoflivingimprovingandtheworkingweekbecomingshorter，moreandmorepeopleareabletomakeaholidaytriptoplacesofinterest.Whilemanyliketojoinpackagetoursfroconvenience，Iprefertotravelonmyown.

Iliketravellingonmayownnotonlybecauseitcostsmuchlessbutbecauseitgivesagreatdegreeofindependenceandfreedom.Travellingonmyown，Immyownboss；andcandecidewhentostartonmyway，wheretolingeralittlelongerandwhichspotcanbeskippedovertosaveenergyortimeforanotherspot.Icanalwaysadjustmyplan.Onthecontrary，inapackagetouryouredeprivedofasmuchfreedomasinamilitarybase.Atthesoundofthewhistle，youhavetojumpupfromasoundsleepand，withheavy-liddedeyes，hurrytothegatheringplacewhereyouarecollectedandcountedtoboardacoach.Atthesightofthelittleflagwaving，youmustimmediatelytakeyourselfawayfromthescenesyouaremarvelingatandfollowtheguidewhosesoleinterestistocoverallspotsaccordingtohimstrictschedule，regardlessoftheweatheroryourhealthcondition.

True，youmayencounterinconveniencesifyoutravelindividually，forinstance，gettingaccommodationsforthenightandfindingaplaceformeals.Butnothingcanbecomparedwiththefreedomwhichisvitaltoapersonwhotakesaholidaytripmainlytoescapefromconstraintsofhisroutinelife.