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(2020·河南省洛阳市尖子生第一次联考)
I was a newcomer in a class. So was Alice. That's where the similarities ended. I was tall and she was small. My thick, black hair had been recently cut short. Her natural blonde hair flowed to her waist and looked great. I was awkward and shy. She wasn't. I couldn't stand her. I considered her my enemy. She liked me. She wanted to be my friend.
One day, she invited me over and I said yes—I was too shocked to answer any other way. No one had invited me over to play. But this girl who wore the latest fashions wanted me to go home with her after school. I got very surprised when she led me into an apartment building. She lived on the fourth floor in a three-room place with her mother, her stepfather, her two brothers and her sister. When we got to the room she shared with her sister, she took out a big case of Barbies, which was my next surprise. I would have thought she'd outgrown them. I had never played with them. But we sat on the floor of a walk-in closet, laughing as we made up crazy stories about the Barbies. That's when we found out that we both wanted to be writers when we were older and we both had wild imaginations. We had a great day that afternoon. Our jaws ached from smiling so much. She showed me her wardrobe, which had mostly come from a clothing store down the block. The woman who owned it used her as a model sometimes for her newspaper ads and gave her clothes in exchange.
Alice had the whole neighborhood charmed. The bookstore owners lent her fashion magazines, the movie theater gave her free passes and the pizza place let her have free slices. Soon I was included in her magic world. We slept over at each other's houses, and spent every free moment together. My dark hair grew out and I learned to love being tall.
Alice, my first real friend since childhood, taught me an amazing and very surprising thing about making friends that your worst enemy can turn out to be your best friend.
文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文。作者讲述了自己小时候与爱丽丝交朋友的经历。原本作者认为自己与爱丽丝有很多不同之处，视爱丽丝为敌人，而爱丽丝却喜欢作者，并邀请作者去她家里。之后，作者更加了解爱丽丝，发现了两人之间更多的相似之处。最后她们成了好朋友。
1. What made the similarities end？ C
A．Leaving the author's old school.
B．Being admitted to their new classes.
C．Their differences in appearance and personalities.
D．Their different demands of friendship and fashion.
解析：细节理解题。根据第一段的内容可知，两个人不同的外表和性格使得她们的相似之处结束了。故选C。
2．What did the author think of the Barbies？ A
A．Alice was too mature for them.
B．Alice must have made them by herself.
C．They should have been kept well.
D．They brought her back to her childhood.
解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的 “she took out a big case of Barbies，which was my next surprise. I would have thought she’d outgrown them.”可知，作者认为爱丽丝已经长大了，不适合再玩芭比娃娃。outgrow意为“因长大而不适用……”。故选A。
3. We can infer from the passage that Alice B .
A．helped the author see her own strengths
B．was good with the people around her
C．helped to bring out the best in the author
D．inspired the author’s love for fashion
解析：推理判断题。根据第三段第二句 “ The bookstore owners lent her... free slices.”可知，书店老板借给爱丽丝时尚杂志，电影院给她免费的入场券，比萨店让她品尝免费的比萨块，由此可推知，爱丽丝善于与周围的人打交道。故选B。
4. Which of the following best describes Alice as a friend？ D
A．Humorous. B．Ambitious.
C．Caring. D．Friendly.
解析：推理判断题。通读全文可知，原本在作者眼中爱丽丝是她的敌人，但是爱丽丝却想和作者成为朋友；她邀请作者去她家里玩，最后她们成为好朋友；而且爱丽丝与她自己周围的人都建立了很好的关系，由此可推知，爱丽丝是友好的。故选D。
