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.
( ) 1. A. everything
B. something
C. anything
D. nothing
( ) 2. A. sold
B. sent
C. added
D. brought
( ) 3. A. special
B. funny
C. dangerous
D. boring
( ) 4. A. from
B. for
C. with
D. of
( ) 5. A. which
B. how
C. where
D. what
( ) 6. A. made
B. liked
C. picked
D. weighed
( ) 7. A. cut
B. heated
C. threw
D. mashed
( ) 8. A. father
B. brother
C. sister
D. mother
( ) 9. A. place
B. plate
C. way
D. reason
( ) 10. A. idea
B. result
C. talk
D. example
( ) 11. A. eat up
B. cut up
C. put up
D. get up
( ) 12. A. added
B. turned
C. mixed
D. joined
( ) 13. A. Seriously
B. Heavily
C. Hardly
D. Finally
( ) 14. A. popular
B. tired
C. covered
D. filled
( ) 15. A. work out
B. search for
C. drop off
D. worry about

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

1. 根据句意“他妈妈总是做一些很酷的事”，此处为肯定句，用something。
2. “bring sth. to sp.”为“带到某地”，这里用bring的过去式brought。
3. 根据语境，蛋糕看起来漂亮且“特别”，选special。
4. “share sth. with sb.”为固定搭配，意为“和某人分享某物”。
5. 想知道“如何”做蛋糕，用how。
6. 根据“他吃了很多”，可知他爸爸“喜欢”西瓜，用liked。
7. “throw...in...”表示“把……扔进……”，这里用throw的过去式threw。
8. 从上下文可知是Nick的“妈妈”看到西瓜皮，选mother。
9. “a better way to do sth.”为“做某事更好的方法”。
10. “have a good idea”为“有个好主意”。
11. “cut up”为“切碎”，这里指切碎西瓜皮。
12. “mix...with...”为“把……和……混合”，用mix的过去式mixed。
13. 根据语境，最后做出了蛋糕，用Finally。
14. “be popular with”为“受……欢迎”。
15. “worry about”为“担心”，这里指不用担心浪费西瓜皮。