一、詞匯和語(yǔ)法(1-20)

1.It is obvious that this new rule is applicable to everyone without _____.

A.exception

B.exclusion

C.modification

D.substitution

答案：A

[譯文] 很明顯，這條規(guī)定適用于任何人，沒(méi)有例外。

[解析] Without exception為固定搭配，表示“毫無(wú)例外，無(wú)一例外”。Exclusion表示“排除，排外”;modification的意思是“更改，修正”;substitution表示“替代”。

2.Last night he saw two dark _____ enter the building, and then there was the explosion.

A.features

B.figures

C.sketches

D.images

答案：B

[譯文] 昨天晚上他看見(jiàn)兩個(gè)黑影進(jìn)了大樓，然后就發(fā)生了爆炸。

[解析] Feature 表示“特征，特點(diǎn)”;sketch的意思是“素描，梗概，草圖”;image表示“形象”;而figure表示“外形，輪廓，體型”，符合上下文。

3.Faced with rapid inflation and _____ international and home markets, many firms have declared bankrupt.

A. lessening

B. shortening

C. shrinking

D. withdrawing

答案：C.�？疾榻�義動(dòng)詞的語(yǔ)義辨析。各選項(xiàng)的意思及用法分別是：選項(xiàng)A.lessening減少，減輕，側(cè)重指程度、重要性等的減輕。如：The defeat lessened our chances of winning the championship.此次失敗使我們奪冠的希望變得更加渺茫。lessen the burden of減輕負(fù)擔(dān);選項(xiàng)B.shortening縮短，變短，如The days are beginning to shorten.天開(kāi)始變短了。shorten the gap between縮小……之間的差距;選項(xiàng)C.shrinking使收縮，縮小，減少，側(cè)重指尺寸、大小等的變小。如：The number of students attending the lecture has shrunk.聽(tīng)講座的學(xué)生人數(shù)減少了。Will this soap shrink woolen clothes?這種肥皂會(huì)使羊毛衣服縮水嗎?選項(xiàng)D. withdrawing收回，撤退，撤銷(xiāo)，如：After awhile, he withdrew his proposal.過(guò)了一會(huì)兒，他撤回了他的提議。根據(jù)題意可判斷出選項(xiàng)C.應(yīng)為正確答案。全句意思是“面對(duì)通貨膨脹和日益縮小的國(guó)際國(guó)內(nèi)市場(chǎng)，許多公司都已宜布破產(chǎn)”。

4.We'd better eliminate junk foods from our kitchen and keep a variety of high-quality foods _____ at all times.

A. available

B. desirable

C. enormous

D. numerous

答案：A.。考查形容詞語(yǔ)義環(huán)境。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的意思分別是：選項(xiàng)A.available現(xiàn)成可使用的，在手邊的，可利用的;選項(xiàng)B.desirable稱(chēng)心如意的，值得有的，如I envy Jane because her job is so desirable.我很羨慕簡(jiǎn)，因?yàn)樗�有一份很稱(chēng)心的工作。選項(xiàng)C.enormous巨大的，極大的，龐大的;選項(xiàng)D.numerous許多的，很多的，如：This is a conclusion he has drawn from numerous facts.這是他從很多事實(shí)當(dāng)中得出的結(jié)論。根據(jù)題干可判斷出選項(xiàng)A.應(yīng)為正確答案。全句的意思為“我們應(yīng)清除廚房里的垃圾食品，而使各種高質(zhì)量的食物隨手可及”。

5.The purpose of your resume is to _____ enough interest in you to have an employer contact you for an interview.

A. assemble

B. generate

C. yield

D. gather

答案：B.�？疾閯�(dòng)詞的語(yǔ)義辨析。各選項(xiàng)的意思分別是：選項(xiàng)A.assemble意為“集合，聚集，召集;裝配”，如：The whole school assembled in the main hall.全校學(xué)生在大禮堂集合。Before you assemble the model plane, read the instructions.在你組裝模型飛機(jī)前，先讀說(shuō)明書(shū)。選項(xiàng)B.generate意為“生成，產(chǎn)生(光、熱、電等.;引起(興趣等.”，如：News of the Queen's visit is generating a lot of excitement.女皇來(lái)訪的消息使大家感到非常興奮。選項(xiàng)C.yield意為“生產(chǎn)，產(chǎn)生(利潤(rùn)、回報(bào)等.;投降，屈服”，如：His business yields big profits.他的生意利潤(rùn)豐厚。選項(xiàng)D.gather意為“聚集，集合;收集，采集”，如：Many people gathered in the town square.很多人聚集在市政廣場(chǎng)。該題需注意選項(xiàng)B.和選項(xiàng)C.在搭配上的區(qū)別。根據(jù)題意，選項(xiàng)B.應(yīng)為正確答案。全句意思為是“簡(jiǎn)歷就是要充分引起雇主對(duì)你的興趣，并達(dá)到進(jìn)一步聯(lián)系面試的目的”。

6.Some concepts may be difficult to grasp chiefly because they may be unfamiliar or _____ ideas, opinions which we already hold.

A. in accordance with

B. in conflict with

C. in favor of

D. in response to

答案：B.。考查介詞短語(yǔ)的語(yǔ)義。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的意思分別是：選項(xiàng)A.in accordance with依照，根據(jù);選項(xiàng)B.in conflict with與……相沖突;選項(xiàng)C.in favor of支持，贊同;選項(xiàng)D.in response to作為對(duì)……的反應(yīng)。根據(jù)題意可判斷出選項(xiàng)B.為正確答案。全句的意思為“一些觀念很難讓人領(lǐng)會(huì)主要是因?yàn)槲覀儗?duì)其不熟悉或者是因?yàn)榕c我們?cè)�有的觀點(diǎn)相矛盾”。

7.The city government has determined to get _____ with people who try to escape paying taxes.

A. rough

B. tough

C. rigid

D. bold

答案：B.�？疾樾稳菰~語(yǔ)義及搭配。能與介詞with搭配的只有選項(xiàng)B.tough，get tough with/on sb.意為“對(duì)……采取堅(jiān)決態(tài)度;對(duì)……采用強(qiáng)硬手段”。其余選項(xiàng)的意思分別是：選項(xiàng)A.rough意為“粗糙的;粗野的，粗暴的;粗略的，大致的”;選項(xiàng)C.rigid(行為觀點(diǎn)等.嚴(yán)格的，死板的，不易改變的;選項(xiàng)D.bold意為“勇敢的，無(wú)畏的;冒失的，魯莽的”。全句的意思是“政府部門(mén)決心采取強(qiáng)硬手段來(lái)懲治偷稅人員”。

8.Human beings are superior to animals _____ they can use language as a tool to communicate.

A. for which

B. in which

C. in that

D. for that

答案：C

詳解：答案為C。in that表示“因?yàn)�，既然�?

9.Do you know the name of that _____ insect?

A. funny, little, red, mosquito-like

B. little, funny, mosquito-like, red

C. red, little, funny, mosquito-like

D. mosquito-like, red, little, funny

答案：A

詳解：答案為A。本題考核修飾語(yǔ)的排列順序：限定詞—數(shù)詞—一般描繪性形容詞—表示大小、形狀的形容詞—表示年齡、新舊的形容詞—表示色彩的形容詞—表示國(guó)籍、地區(qū)、出處的形容詞—表示物質(zhì)、材料的形容詞—表示用途、類(lèi)別的形容詞—被修飾名詞。了解個(gè)大概順序，如果記不得，只有讀幾遍憑語(yǔ)感來(lái)選擇。

10.The time has come _____ we make extensive use of nuclear energy.

A. When

B. while

C. as

D. since

答案：A

詳解：答案為A。when引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)從句修飾time，有時(shí)為了使句子平衡，也就是使主語(yǔ)不必過(guò)長(zhǎng)，而把定語(yǔ)從句或同位語(yǔ)從句后置于謂語(yǔ)之后。如：The news came that our team won the match.

11.Professor Black and professor Smith will _____ in giving the class lectures.

A. alter

B. change

C. alternate

D. differ

BestAnswer:C

詳解：答案為C。alternate指“交替”;alter指“改變”。

12.We drive our car fast and soon _____ other cars on the road.

A. oversee

B. overtake

C. overrun

D. override

答案：B

詳解：

【譯文】我們開(kāi)得很快，一會(huì)兒就超越了公路上的其他汽車(chē)。

【注釋】overtake“追上，趕上，超過(guò)”。oversee“俯瞰;監(jiān)督，監(jiān)視”。overrun“溢出;(侵略軍.橫行于”。override“奔越過(guò)，踐踏過(guò);制服，壓倒”。

13.Are there any other factors that might affect the development of a child ______ education and innate inability?

A. apart from

B. away from

C. far from

D. but for

答案：A

詳解：應(yīng)選A項(xiàng)。

apart from除……之外，away from遠(yuǎn)離，far from 遠(yuǎn)非，but for要不是。

14.I would never have encouraged you to go into this field _____ it would be so hard for you.

A. had I known

B. and I had known

C. should I know

D. but I knew

答案：A

詳解：應(yīng)選A項(xiàng)。

此句為虛擬語(yǔ)氣，如果條件從句中包含有一個(gè)助動(dòng)詞，可把if省略，這時(shí)助動(dòng)詞應(yīng)放在主語(yǔ)前面。

句意為：要是我知道這件事情對(duì)你如此之難，我就不會(huì)鼓勵(lì)你進(jìn)入這個(gè)領(lǐng)域。

15.Reading is to the mind _____ food is to the body.

A. what

B. that

C. similar

D. which

答案：A

詳解：應(yīng)選A項(xiàng)。

what是關(guān)系代詞，A is to B what C is to D，A對(duì)于B之間的關(guān)系猶如C對(duì)于D。

句意為：讀書(shū)對(duì)于大腦來(lái)說(shuō)就像食物對(duì)于身體一樣。

16.Jane's _____ for gardening is evident by all of these beautiful flowers.

A. acquaintance

B. familiarity

C. achievement

D. enthusiasm

答案：D

詳解：應(yīng)選D項(xiàng)。

enthusiasm熱衷，狂熱，acquaintance相識(shí)，familiarity熟悉，achievement成就，功績(jī)。

句意為：從這些漂亮的花可以明顯看出簡(jiǎn)對(duì)園藝的熱衷。

17.In the 1850's Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" became the best seller of the generation, _____ a host of imitators.

A. inspiring

B. inspired

C. inspired by

D. to inspire

答案：A

詳解：應(yīng)選A項(xiàng)。分詞短語(yǔ)做狀語(yǔ)。句意為：19世紀(jì)50年代，斯托的《湯姆叔叔的小屋》成為30年來(lái)的暢銷(xiāo)書(shū)，因而激起了一大群偽造者。

18.They have made a _____ plan to build a suspension bridge over the river.

A. bald

B. bound

C. bold

D. bare

答案：C

詳解：應(yīng)選C項(xiàng)。

bold大膽的，bald光禿的，bound被束縛了的，bare赤裸的;無(wú)遮蓋的。

句意為：他們已做出了一個(gè)大膽的計(jì)劃要在這條河上建一所吊橋。

19.Her humorous remarks seemed _____, but were in fact carefully prepared beforehand.

A. precise

B. blank

C. spontaneous

D. bold

答案：C

詳解：應(yīng)選C項(xiàng)。

spontaneous自發(fā)的;自然產(chǎn)生的，precise精確的;準(zhǔn)確的，blank空白的;空著的，bold大膽的。

句意為：她的幽默的評(píng)論看起來(lái)好像很自然，但是實(shí)際上是事先認(rèn)真準(zhǔn)備好的。

20.Are there any other factors that might affect the development of a child _____ education and innate inability?

A. apart from

B. away from

C. far from

D. but for

答案：A

詳解：應(yīng)選A項(xiàng)。

apart from 除……之外，away from 遠(yuǎn)離，far from 遠(yuǎn)非，but for 要不是。

句意為：除了教育和先天的不足，還有什么其他因素會(huì)影響一個(gè)孩子的發(fā)展?

二、閱讀理解(21-40)

When a consumer finds that an item she or he bought is faulty or in some other way does not live up to the manufacturer' s claim for it, the first step is to present the warranty(保單), or any other records which might help, at the store of purchase. In most cases, this action will produce results. However, if it does not, there are various means the consumer may use to gain satisfaction.

A simple and common method used by many consumers is to complain directly to the store manager. In general, the “higher up” the consumer takes his or her complaint, the faster he or she can expect it to be settled. In such a case, it is usually settled in the consumer' s favour, assuming he or she has a just claim.

Consumers shoud complain in person whenever possible, but if they cannot get to the place of purchase, it is acceptable to phone or write the complaint in a letter.

Complaining is usually most effective when it is done politely but firmly, and especially when the consumer can demonstrate what is wrong with the item in question. If this cannot be done, the consumer will succeed best by presenting specific information as to what is wrong, rather than by making general statements. For example, “The left speaker does not work at all and the sound coming out of the right one is unclear” is better than “This stereo(立體聲音響)does not work.”

The store manager may advise the consumer to write to the manufacturer. If so, the consumer should do this, stating the complaint as politely and as firmly as possible. But if a polite complaint does not achieve the desired result, the consumer can go a step further. She or he can threaten to take the seller to court or report the seller to a private or public organization responsible for protecting consumers' rights.

21.When a consumer finds that his purchase has a fault in it, the first thing he should do is to ______.

A. complain personally to the manager

B. threaten to take the matter to court

C. write a firm letter of complaint to the store of purchase

D. show some written proof of the purchase to the store

答案：D

22.If a consumer wants a quick settlement of his problem, it' s better to complain to ______.

A. a shop assistant

B. the store manager

C. the manufacturer

D. a public organization

答案：B

23. The most effective complaint can be made by ______.

A. showing the faulty item to the manufacturer

B. explaining exactly what is wrong with the item

C. saying firmly that the item is of poor quality

D. asking politely to change the item

答案：B

24. The phrase “l(fā)ive up to” (Para. 1, Line 2)in the context means ______.

A. meet the standard of

B. realize the purpose of

C. fulfil the demands of

D. keep the promise of

答案：A

25. Tthe passage tells us ______.

A. how to settle a consumer' s complaint about a faulty item

B. how to make an effective complaint about a faulty item

C. how to avoid buying a faulty item

D. how to deal with complaints from customers

答案：B

How can we get rid of garbage? Do we have enough energy sources to meet our future energy needs?

These are two important questions that many people are asking today. Some people think that man might be able to solve both problems at the same time. They suggest using garbage as an energy source, and at the same time it can save the land to hold garbage.

For a long time, people buried garbage or dumped (傾倒) it on empty land. Now, empty land is scarce. But more and more garbage is produced each year. However, garbage can be a good fuel to use. The things in garbage do not look like coal, petroleum, or natural gas; but they are chemically similar to these fossil (化石) fuels. As we use up our fossil fuel supplies, we might be able to use garbage as an energy source.

Burning garbage is not a new idea. Some cities in Europe and the United States have been burning garbage for years. The heat that is produced by burning garbage is used to boil wa-

ter. The steam that is produced is used to make electricity or to heat nearby buildings. In Paris, France, some power plants burn almost 2 million metric tons of the cities garbage each year. The

amount of energy produced is about the same as would be produced by burning almost a half mil- lion barrels of oil.

Our fossil fuel supplies are limited. Burning garbage might be one kind of energy source that we can use to help meet our energy needs. This method could also reduce the amount of gar-bage piling up on the earth.

26.What two problems can man solve by burning garbage?

A.The shortage of energy and air pollution.

B.The shortage of energy and the land to hold garbage.

C.Air pollution and the shortage of fossil fuel.

D.Air pollution and the shortage of land to hold garbage.

答案：B

27.Which of the following is not the result of burning garbage?

A.The garbage burned is turned into fossil fuels.

B.The heat produced is used to boil water.

C.The steam produced is used to make electricity.

D.The steam produced is used to heat buildings.

答案：A

28.According to the passage which of the following is NOT true?

A.About 2 million metric tons of garbage is burned in some power plants in Pads, France each year.

B.In a modem society, more and more garbage is produced each year.

C.Using garbage is a good way to solve the problem of energy shortage.

D.It will be too expensive to use garbage as an energy source.

答案：D

29.What is the author‘s attitude?

A.Delighted.

B.Sad.

C.Agreeing.

D.Disagreeing.

答案：C

30.The best title for the passage may be

A.Garbage and the Earth

B.Fossil Fuel and Garbage

C.Land and Garbage

D.Garbage——Energy Source

答案：D

Some psychologists(心理學(xué)家) maintain that mental acts such as thinking are not performed in the brain alone. but that one‘ s muscles also participate. (76) It may be said that we think with our muscles in somewhat the same way that we listen to music with our bodies.

You surely are not surprised to be told that you usually listen to music not only with your ears but with your whole body. Few people can listen to music without moving their body or. more specifically. some part of their body. Often when one listens to a symphonic concert on the radio. he is attracted to direct the orchestra (樂(lè)隊(duì)) even though he knows there is a good conductor on the job.

Strange as this behavior may be. there is a very good reason for it. One cannot derive all possible enjoyment from music unless he participates. so to speak. in its performance. The listener"feels" himself into the music with more or less noticeable motions of his body.

The muscles of the body actually participate in the mental process of thinking in the same way. but this participation is less obvious because it is less noticeable.

31. Some psychologists think that thinking is

A. not a mental process

B. more of a physical process than a mental action

C. a process that involves our entire bodies

D. a process that involves the muscles as well as the brain

答案：D

32. The process of thinking and that of listening to music are similar in that

A. both are mental acts

B. muscles participate in both processes

C. both processes are performed by the entire body

D. we derive equal enjoyment from them

答案：B

33. Few people are able to listen to familiar music without

A. moving some part of their body

B. stopping what they are doing to listen

C. directing the orchestra playing it

D. wishing that they could conduct music properly

答案：A

34. The listener‘s way of" feeling" the music is

A. the unnoticed motion of his muscles

B." participating" in the performance

C. bending an ear to the music

D. being the conductor of the orchestra

答案：B

35. According to the passage. muscle participation in the process of thinking is

A. deliberate

B. Apparent

C. indistinct

D. impressive

答案：C

In what now seems like the prehistoric times of computer history, the e_arly post-war era( 戰(zhàn)后時(shí)期 ), there was a quite widespread concern that computers would take over the world from man one day. Already today, less than forty years later, as computers are relieving us of more and more of the routine tasks in business and in our personal lives, we are facing with a less dramatic but also less foreseen problem. People tend to be over-trusting (過(guò)分信任) of computers and are re- luctant to challenge their authority. Indeed, they behave as if they were hardly aware that wrong buttons may be pushed, or that a computer may simply malfunction(失靈).

Obviously, there would be no point in investing(投入) in a computer if you had to check all its answers, but people should also rely on their own internal computers and check the machine when they have the feeling that something has gone wrong. Questioning and routine double checks must continue to be as much a part of good business as they were in pre-computer days. Maybe each computer should come with the following warning： for all the help this computer may provide, it should not be seen as a substitute for fundamental thinking and reasoning skills.

36.What is the main purpose of this passage?

A.To look back to the early days of computers.

B.To explain what technical problems may occur with computers.

C.To discourage unnecessary investment in computers.

D.To warn against the blindness to the probable shortcomings of computers.

答案：D

37.The passage recommends those dealing with computers to ________

A.be reasonably doubtful about them

B.check all their answers

C.substitute them for basic thinking

D.use them for business purpose only

答案：A

38.An “internal computer” ( Para. 2 ) is ________

A.a computer used exclusively by one company for its own problems

B.a person‘ s store of knowledge and the ability to process it

C.the most up to date in home computer a company can buy

D.a computer from the post-war era which is very reliable

答案：B

39.The passage suggests that the present day problem with regard to computers is ________

A.challenging

B.psychological

C.dramatic

D.over-trusting

答案：D

40.It can be inferred from the passage that the author would disapprove of ________

A.computer science courses in high schools

B.businessmen and women who use pocket calculators

C.maintenance(連續(xù)不斷) checks on computers

D.companies which depend entirely on computers

答案：D

三、完型填空(41-50)

Tourism has become a very big (41) . For Spain, Italy and Greece it is the largest (42) of foreign exchange, and even for Britain, it is the fourth. Faced with this hug new income, no government can afford to look (43) on the business ; questions of hotel bath rooms, beach umbrellas and ice-cream sales are now discussed by ministers of tourism with solemn expertise. Before the Second World War the tourist industry was widely regarded as being unmanly and stupid But tourism has become a new industry, as trade business used (44) ;in Spain, Italy,. Greece and much of Eastern Europe, new road systems have opened up in the country, first to tourists, and then to industry and locals.

Much of tourism is a nationalized industry, a (45) part of national planning. In a place west of Marseilles, the French government is killing mosquitoes and building six big vacation places to (46) nearly a million tourists.In Eastern Europe, a whole new seaside (47) has sprung up (48) the last few years: the governments have greatly (49) when tourists from the West (50) from half a million four years ago to nearly two million last year.

41.請(qǐng)把最佳答案填入( )。

A. firm 　　B.business 　　C. company 　　D. affair

答案：B

42.請(qǐng)把最佳答案填入( )。

A. factor 　　B. resource 　　C. source 　　D. cause

答案：C

43.請(qǐng)把最佳答案填入( )。

A. up 　　B. at 　　C. for 　　D. down

答案：D

44.請(qǐng)把最佳答案填入( )。

A.be done 　　B.done 　　C.to do 　　D.to doing

答案：C

45.請(qǐng)把最佳答案填入( )。

A. key 　　B. minor 　　C.linking 　　D. questioning

答案：A

46.請(qǐng)把最佳答案填入( )。

A. attract 　　B. pull 　　C.hold 　　D. contain

答案：A

47.請(qǐng)把最佳答案填入( )。

A.civilization 　　B.culture 　　C.writing 　　D.book

答案：B

48.請(qǐng)把最佳答案填入( )。

A.over 　　B. for 　　C. after 　　D. beyond

答案：A

49.請(qǐng)把最佳答案填入( )。

A. suffered 　　B.lost 　　C.invested 　　D.benefited

答案：D

50.請(qǐng)把最佳答案填入( )。

A. added 　　B. divided 　　C. reduced 　　D. multiplied

答案：D

四、翻譯(51-55)

Thanks to the means of modern transportation and communication, the world is getting smaller. The whole world community appears to be no more than a large global village, where the people of different nations come together with different cultural backgrounds and values. (51 ) While engaging themselves in cultural exchange, they seek common development in a harmonious and respectful relationship.

(52) Cultural exchange is by no means a process of losing one's own culture to a foreign culture, but one of enriching each other's national cultures.

Through cultural exchange, different cultures can absorb and influence one another. We should adopt the principle of eliminating the false and retaining the true, discarding the dross and selecting the essential, exporting more and importing the best, and resisting corruptive influences. (53) I believe that different cultures can learn from each other's strengths to offset their own weaknesses and complement one another.

(54) While absorbing the essence of a foreign culture, we should not be content with imitation without creation. An obsession with simple imitation will sterilize creation, and as such it will be impossible for us to scale new heights in art and impossible to present to the world excellent works of our own creation. Simple imitation is by no means equivalent to novelty and originality. On the contrary, novelty and originality result from the combination of modern and traditional styles, the combination of the distinctive features of foreign countries and those of our own nation, and the combination of artistry and education.

( 55 ) The culture of a nation must withhold its own distinctive national characteristics in its extensive exchange with other cultures, and make contributions to the development of human civilization.

51.While engaging themselves in cultural exchange, they seek common development in a harmonious and respectful relationship.

答案：各國(guó)人民在文化交流中彼此尊重，和睦相處，共求發(fā)展。

52.Cultural exchange is by no means a process of losing one's own culture to a foreign culture, but one of enriching each other's national cultures.

答案：文化交流絕不是讓外來(lái)文化吞沒(méi)自己的文化，而是為了豐富各民族的文化。

53.I believe that different cultures can learn from each other's strengths to offset their own weaknesses and complement one another.

答案：我認(rèn)為不同的文化可以取長(zhǎng)補(bǔ)短，互為補(bǔ)充。

54.While absorbing the essence of a foreign culture, we should not be content with imitation without creation

答案：我們?cè)谖�取外�?guó)文化優(yōu)秀成果的同時(shí)，不能滿(mǎn)足于一味模仿的做法而沒(méi)有創(chuàng)新。

55.The culture of a nation must withhold its own distinctive national characteristics in its extensive exchange with other cultures, and make contributions to the development of human civilization.

答案：在廣泛的文化交流中，一個(gè)民族的文化必須保持本民族的鮮明特色，為人類(lèi)文明的發(fā)展做出貢獻(xiàn)。

五、寫(xiě)作(56)

Writing Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic

56.For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic "A Friend to Remember" . You should write at least 120 words, and base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below:

1.簡(jiǎn)要地介紹你的一位朋友：

2.你懷念他/她的原因。

答案：A Friend to Remember

Sophia was one of my best friends in college. She was a tall girl with big eyes and short hair. Her family was poor because her father died when she was still a child.In spite of this, she was very optimistic and never lost heart. She struck people as a strong-minded and self-confident girl. And that was why I admired her a lot. One of her favorite quotations was "tomorrow is another day" and she always encouraged herself with Scarlett's spirt when she was faced with difficulties.

We had a lot in common.We both liked singing, reading and shopping. Singing songs together with her was a lot of fun.I enjoyed my college life very much with her company.Now she is working in another city, and we hardly have any chance to see each other.However, she will always be my best friend.