Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then give your comments. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.
【参考范文】
Nowadays, with people’s living standard improving, more and more people choose to go travelling. Some prefer arranged tours while others like self-help traveling more.
The reason why people choose to go self-help traveling may lie in that they can save a lot of money by booking cheaper hotels and taking cheaper transportation means. Perhaps another reason is that they prefer the freedom self-help traveling possesses compared with many constraints the arranged tour includes. However, self-help traveling still has some potential problems. The most noticeable one is the safety hazard. Being alone without a group or a tour guide, a traveler may be helpless in face of such dangers as robbery, wild animal attacks and so on. In addition, they are more likely to be at risk of getting lost when traveling alone in a strange city or in the remote countryside.
As far as I am concerned, self-help traveling can be exciting and challenging which is worth trying. However, before setting out alone on a tour, travelers should make good preparations. Besides, they should bear security in mind all the time and keep in touch with their friends or relatives at any time. Only by doing so can they enjoy the pleasure brought by exploring a strange city safe and sound.
【高分表达】
with people’s living standard improving 随着人们生活水平的不断提高(注意improving表示动作的持续进行)
Some prefer arranged tours while others like self-help traveling more. 一些人喜欢有安排的旅行而另一人更喜欢自助游。(注意为避免重复，两个喜欢的不同表达：prefer，like...more)
in face of such dangers as robbery, wild animal attacks and so on 在遇到诸如抢劫、野畜攻击等危险时
in the remote countryside 在偏僻的乡下
as far as I am concerned 就我而言(表达自己观点的一种方式，等于in my opinion, in my view)
bear security in mind all the time and keep in touch with their friends or relatives at any time 要时刻牢记安全，并保持随时与朋友和亲人的联系
safe and sound 安然无恙地
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