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五、先通读短文,掌握其大意,然后从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
Nick is my best friend. His mother always does 1 really cool. What did she do recently? She made green cakes!
Yesterday morning, Nick 2 a green cake to school. It looked beautiful and 3. At lunch, he shared the cake 4 us. We all liked the cake. And we wanted to know 5 his mother made green cakes.
Nick said the story went back to a few weeks ago. Nick's father 6 watermelons and he ate a lot of them, especially in summer. After eating them, he always 7 the watermelon rind (厚皮) in the rubbish bin.
One day, Nick's 8 saw a heavy bag full of watermelon rind. She thought, “I should find a better 9 to use the watermelon rind.” Suddenly, she had a good 10. She planned to make a cake with it. She first 11 the watermelon rind. Then, she put it in a blender and soon she got green juice. She 12 the juice with flour. 13 she made a delicious green cake.
Now, the green cakes are 14 with the kids in the neighbourhood. Many neighbours learn from Nick's mother to make good use of the watermelon rind. And they needn't 15 wasting so much watermelon rind any more.
( B ) 1. A. everything
B. something
C. anything
D. nothing
( D ) 2. A. sold
B. sent
C. added
D. brought
( A ) 3. A. special
B. funny
C. dangerous
D. boring
( C ) 4. A. from
B. for
C. with
D. of
( B ) 5. A. which
B. how
C. where
D. what
( B ) 6. A. made
B. liked
C. picked
D. weighed
( C ) 7. A. cut
B. heated
C. threw
D. mashed
( D ) 8. A. father
B. brother
C. sister
D. mother
( C ) 9. A. place
B. plate
C. way
D. reason
( A ) 10. A. idea
B. result
C. talk
D. example
( B ) 11. A. eat up
B. cut up
C. put up
D. get up
( C ) 12. A. added
B. turned
C. mixed
D. joined
( D ) 13. A. Seriously
B. Heavily
C. Hardly
D. Finally
( A ) 14. A. popular
B. tired
C. covered
D. filled
( D ) 15. A. work out
B. search for
C. drop off
D. worry about

答案： 1. B
2. D
3. A
4. C
5. B
6. B
7. C
8. D
9. C
10. A
11. B
12. C
13. D
14. A
15. D