阅读下面的短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

Hello，everyone. I'mnew student in Class 5. There are sixteen boys and seventeen（girl）. And this is my good friend，Lingling. We all like her very much. She is from Shanghai. She likes the weather Shanghai. She likes （play） basketball at school. I like（I）friends in my class because they are very nice.