Question

“Cool” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express 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 favourite football player.
We all maximize(扩大)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 colourful as the word “cool”? I can. And I think they are also very cool.
【小题1】We know that the word “cool” has had ________.

A．only one meaning	B．no meaning
C．many different meanings	D．the same meaning

【小题2】In the passage, the word “express” means “_______”.

A．see

B．show

C．know

D．feel

【小题3】If you are ________ something, you may say,“It’s cool.”

A．interested in

B．angry about

C．worried about

D．unhappy with

【小题4】The writer takes an example to show he is ______ the way the word is used.

A．pleased with

B．strange to

C．worried about

D．unhappy with

【小题5】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 colourful	D．may not be as cool as it seems

Answer 1

【小题1】.C
【小题2】B
【小题3】A
【小题4】C
【小题5】D

解析试题分析：这篇短文中主要讲述了cool的意思的延展历史，旧时cool表示温度有点冷，到后来“酷”可以用来表达几乎所有感兴趣的东西，通过讲述一个小故事来证明，没有“酷”，一些人就没有言语能表达同样的意思。
【小题1】细节理解题 。根据首句“Cool is a word with many meanings.” 酷是一个多义词可知，故选C。
【小题2】词义猜测题。由“Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold”（旧的意思是用来表达
温度有点冷）的意思可知“express”前后词义关系可推断出是“表达”的意思，与“show”同义。故选B. 
【小题3】细节理解题。由 “Cool” can be used to express feelings of interest in almost everything.（cool用于表示所有感兴趣的东西）可知答案，故选A。 
【小题4】细节理解题 。由On the student’s paper was just the one sentence,“It’s so cool.”(一个学生的试卷上只有一个字cool)。有此例子中的学生用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。故选C。 
【小题5】主旨大意题。结合On the student’s paper was just the one sentence,“It’s so cool.”(一个学生的试卷上只有一个字cool)。可知作者的担心cool词义的扩大会导致语言中词汇的缺乏，是令人担忧的，也就是cool并不像他们表面上那么酷 ，故选D。
考点：历史文化类阅读。