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阅读配对。
A. I'm Lucy from New York. I'm really outgoing, and I like making friends. I don't really care if my friends are similar or different.
B. I'm Chen Li. Leo is my English name. I'm from Guangzhou. I like painting. I think friends should have similar interests.
C. I'm Wang Lei from the capital city(首府) of SichuanI'm 14. My friends often say I have a great sense of humour.
D. My name is Zhang Mei. I come from Shenzhen. I like sports. I often play volleyball. I think I'm honest and straightforward to be a friend.
E. My name is Liu Zixuan. My deskmate is my best friend. We spend lots of time together.
()17. My net friend is from Guangzhou. He loves drawing pictures. I love drawing, too. We both draw well.
()18. My deskmate is a kind girl. She always plays sports with me, reads books with me, stays by my side when I'm unhappy ... We are true friends.
()19. I have a new friend from Chengdu. He's fourteen years old. He is so funny and humorous. Thanks to him, I'm not as shy as before.
()20. My friend is an American. She is more outgoing than me, and she has more friends than me. Although we don't live in the same country, we keep in touch very often.

17. B 18. E 19. C 20. A

【分析】
做此类阅读配对题，核心是提取题干的关键信息，再与A-E五人的介绍内容逐一比对匹配。具体步骤：①先读每个小题，圈出关键信息（如地点、爱好、年龄、性格、关系等）；②再对应A-E的内容，找到信息完全匹配的选项；③最后确认所有匹配无误。
【解析】
1. 小题17：题干关键信息为“来自广州、爱画画”，B选项中Chen Li来自广州，且明确提到喜欢painting（画画），二者匹配，故答案为B；
2. 小题18：题干关键信息为“同桌、一起做很多事”，E选项中Liu Zixuan的同桌是其最好朋友，且说明两人花大量时间在一起，二者匹配，故答案为E；
3. 小题19：题干关键信息为“来自成都（四川首府）、14岁、幽默”，C选项中Wang Lei来自四川首府（即成都），年龄14岁，且提到有幽默感，二者匹配，故答案为C；
4. 小题20：题干关键信息为“来自美国、外向”，A选项中Lucy来自纽约（美国），且明确说明自己外向，二者匹配，故答案为A。
【答案】
17.B 18.E 19.C 20.A
【知识点】
英语阅读匹配、信息提取、人物介绍理解
【点评】
本题为基础的信息匹配题，主要考查学生对关键细节的提取与对应能力，难度较低，只要细心查找即可完成。
【难度系数】
0.3

Ⅳ. 语法填空。
People have different ideas about whether friends should be similar (1) different.
Matt believes that good friends are like (2) (mirror). He and his friend Stephen often hang out together because of their similar hobbies and interests. They both love sports, and as Stephen is (3) (good) at badminton, it encourages Matt (4) (practise) harder. They're also (5) (like) in being serious and loving reading in their spare time, though they like different kinds of books.
However, Diana holds the opinion that different friends can make her a better person. She is kind of shy, but her best friend Yuan Lei is outgoing and humorous. Staying with Yuan Lei, Diana is (6) (become) more outgoing. And her (7) (other) friend Zhang Yong is not afraid to show his opinions, (8) (special) when he thinks Diana is making a mistake. Although Diana is less straightforward
(9) Zhang Yong, she is happy to have such (10) honest friend. She thinks that people should respect differences and learn from each other.

1. or 2. mirrors 3. better 4. practise 5. alike 6. becoming 7. another 8. especially 9. than 10. an

【分析】本题为英语语法填空题，需结合语境、固定搭配、词性变化及语法规则逐一分析每个空格：1. 考查连词的固定搭配；2. 考查名词的数；3. 考查形容词比较级；4. 考查动词形式；5. 考查形容词固定短语；6. 考查现在进行时；7. 考查代词；8. 考查副词变形；9. 考查比较级结构；10. 考查不定冠词用法。
【解析】1. 固定搭配whether...or...表示“是…还是…”，用于引出两种选择，故填or；2. mirror是可数名词，主语friends为复数，需用复数形式mirrors；3. 此处对比Stephen和Matt的羽毛球水平，用good的比较级better；4. 结合固定用法，此处填practise；5. be alike in是固定短语，意为“在…方面相似”，故填alike；6. 句子为现在进行时，结构为“be + 现在分词”，故填becoming；7. another表示“另一个”，修饰单数名词friend，符合语境；8. 此处需副词修饰从句，special的副词形式为especially，意为“尤其”；9. 比较级结构“less + 形容词原级 + than”表示“不如…”，故填than；10. honest以元音音素开头，泛指“一个诚实的朋友”，用不定冠词an。
【答案】1. or 2. mirrors 3. better 4. practise 5. alike 6. becoming 7. another 8. especially 9. than 10. an
【知识点】固定搭配、名词复数、形容词比较级
【点评】本题考查英语基础语法知识，涵盖固定搭配、词性变化、时态、冠词等考点，难度适中，需结合语境和所学语法规则解答，适合初中阶段学生练习。
【难度系数】0.7