“Cool” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express (表示) a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, the word has had many different meanings. “Cool” can be used to express feelings of interest in almost everything.
When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say. “It’s cool.” You may think “He’s so cool,”when you see your favorite football player.
We all maximize(擴(kuò)大)the meaning of “cool”. You can use it instead of many words, such as “new” or “surprising”. Here’s an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her student to write about the waterfall(瀑布) they had visited. On the student’s paper was just the one sentence, “It’s so cool.”Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.
But the story also shows a scarcity(缺乏)of words. Without “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility(可信性).Can you think of many other words that make your life as colorful as the word “cool”? I can. And I think they are also very cool.
小題1:In the passage, the word “express” means “_______”.
A．seeB．showC．knowD．feel
小題2:If you are ________ something, you may say,“It’s cool.”
A．interested inB．a(chǎn)ngry about
C．worried aboutD．unhappy with
小題3:The writer takes an example to show he is ________ the way the word is used.
A．pleased withB．strange to
C．worried aboutD．unhappy with
小題4:In the passage, the writer suggests(暗示)that the word “cool”___________.
A．can be used instead of many words
B．usually means something interesting
C．can make your life colorful
D．may not be as cool as it seems

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:A
小題4:D

試題分析：這篇短文主要描述了cool這個(gè)單詞在交際中的重要作用，同時(shí)作者也對(duì)這個(gè)單詞表達(dá)的準(zhǔn)確性表示出了自己的擔(dān)心。
小題1:詞義辨析題。See看見；show展示，顯現(xiàn)；know知道；feel感覺。根據(jù)express （表達(dá)）漢語提示，可知選B。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段“Cool”can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything．When you see a famous car in the street，maybe you will say，“It’s cool．描述，可知選A。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第四段的描述，可以看出作者對(duì)這個(gè)單詞用法的擔(dān)心，故選A。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段So it is quite important to keep some credibility（可信性）．及下文描述，可知cool這個(gè)單詞在表示含義的時(shí)候，具有一定的模糊性，故選D，可能不像它看起來那么好。
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