“Cool”isawordwithmanymeanings.Itsoldmeaningisusedtoexpressatemperaturethatisalittlebitcold.Astheworldhaschanged,thewordhashadmanydifferentmeanings.

　　“Cool”canbeusedtoexpressfeelingsofinterestinalmostanything.Whenyouseeafamouscarinthestreet,maybeyouwillsay“It'scool.”Youmaythink,“He'ssocool,”whenyouseeyourfavouritefootballer.

　　Weallmaximize(扩大)themeaningof“cool”.Youcanuseitinsteadofmanywordssuchas“new”or“surprising”.Here'saninterestingstorywecanusetoshowthewaythewordisused.Ateacheraskedherstudentstowriteaboutthewaterfall(瀑布)theyhadvisited.Ononestudent'spaperwasjusttheonesentence,“It'ssocool”.Maybehethoughtitwasthebestwaytoshowwhathesawandfelt.

　　Butthestoryalsoshowsascarcity(缺乏)ofwords.Without“cool”,somepeoplehavenowordstoshowthesamemeaning.Soitisquiteimportanttokeepsomecredibility(可信性).Canyouthinkofmanyotherwordsthatmakeyourlifeascolourfulastheword“cool”?Ican.AndIthinktheyarealsoverycool.

　　1.Weknowthattheword“cool”has________.

　　A.onlyonemeaningB.nomeanings

　　C.manydifferentmeaningsD.thesamemeaning

　　2.Inthepassage,theword“express”means“________”.

　　A.seeB.showC.knowD.feel

　　3.Ifyouare________something,youmaysay,“It'scool.”

　　A.interestedinB.angryabout

　　C.afraidofD.unhappywith

　　4.Thewritertakesanexampletoshowheis_________thewaythewordisused.

　　A.pleasedwithB.strangeto

　　C.worriedaboutD.carefulwith

　　5.Inthepassage,thewritersuggests(暗示)thattheword“cool”_________.

　　A.canbeusedinsteadofmanywords

　　B.usuallymeanssomethinginteresting

　　C.canmakeyourlifecolourful

　　D.maynotbeascoolasitseems

　　参考答案：1．C2．B3．A4．C5．D

　　1．见首句.

　　2．由“express”前后词义关系可推断出是“表达”的意思,与“show”同义.

　　3．由第二段首句可知.

　　4．由例子中的学生用cool一词概括出他的所有感受,知cool词义的扩大会导致语言中词汇的缺乏,是令人担忧的.

　　5．结合第4题的答案可做出选择.

　　参考答案：1.A2.D3.A4.D5.C

　　1.由短文最后一句“Theyhadtravelled1,797kilometresfromLondon”可知,最接近“fornearly1,800kilometres”,因此选A.

　　2.由短文第2段倒数第3句“Sotheywereabletochangeitsweight”可知答案为D.

　　3.从第3段可以看出,越往上温度越低,因此应选A.

　　4.由短文最后一段倒数第2句“TheycamedowninPoland...”可知答案为D.

　　5.纵观全文可以看出答案C不正确.