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阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Once again, I was at a new school. was a girl in my class named Paris. That was where the similarities ended.
I was tall and she was small. I was one of the in the class while she was the youngest. My hair was thick, short and ugly while hers was long and beautiful. I couldn’t stand her, considering her my . But she wanted to be friends.
One day, she invited me over and I said yes – I was too to say no. Actually, no one had invited me over to before. But this girl, who wore the latest fashions, wanted to see me.
When we got to the she shared with her sister, she took out a big case of Barbies – which was my next surprise. I had never played with them. But we sat on the floor of a walk-in cupboard as we made up crazy stories about the Barbies. That’s when we that we both wanted to be writers when we were older. We both had wild .
We had a great time that afternoon. Our jaws (下巴) ached from smiling so much. She me her outfits, which had mostly come from a designer clothing store. The woman who owned it sometimes used her a model for her newspaper ads and gave her clothes in exchange.
Paris charmed the whole neighborhood. The owners lent her fashion magazines down the block, the movie theater gave her free passes and the pizza place let her free pieces. Soon I was included in her world. We slept over at each other’s houses and spent every free moment together.
Paris, my first real friend since childhood, helped me get through my tough teenage and taught me an amazing thing about making friends: Your “worst enemy” can turn out to be your best friend.
1.A. So B. NeitherC. Either D. Or
2.A. oldest B. strongestC. tallestD. smartest
3.A. leader B. angle C. hero D. enemy
4.A. surprised B. satisfied C. stressedD. worried
5.A. study B. play C. chat D. sing
6.A. kitchen B. balcony C. bedroomD. garden
7.A. talking B. thinking C. shouting D. laughing
8.A. broke out B. worked outC. took outD. found out
9.A. instructionB. imagination C. information D. interest
10.A. sentB. showedC. provided D. passed
11.A. for B. with C. as D. by
12.A. supermarketB. museum C. bookshop D. community
13.A. sell B. have C. borrowD. make
14.A. magic B. naturalC. simpleD. funny
15.A. weeks B. monthsC. seasonsD. years
—In my opinion, buying books online can save us a lot of money.
—________
A.That’s all right.
B. I’m sorry to hear that.
C. I think so, too.
D. It’s my pleasure.
Bob is taking the desks away because they__________ too much room.
A. take up B. pick up C. stand up D. put up
To an engineer, a miss is __________ a mile. They can’t afford to make any mistakes.
A. as much as
B. as well as
C. as many as
D. as good as
— How do you like Guilin?
— It’s really a beautiful city, and its fantastic landscape___________ me a lot.
A. expressed
B. impressed
C. explained
D. complained
Some of my friends are interested in science, but none of them can tell ________.
A. when UFOs appeared next time
B. that horses know the way or not
C. where was this kind of plant found
D. how elephants communicate