a woman was collecting money for a church charity. The money she collected was going to be given to poor children who had no parents to take care of them. She went from apartment to apartment and from house to house. She knocked on doors and asked for money. She always said the same thing. Good morning, I’m collecting for a church charity. Please give generously. We need $5,000. Then she held out a collecting box. Most people put a few coins in the box.

An artist lived in one of the apartments. He opened the door. “Good morning.” she said. “I’m collecting for a church charity. Please give generously. We need $5,000.” The artist thought for a moment, then he said, “I’m sorry, but I don’t have any money. However, I’ll give you a painting. It’s worth $ 400.” The woman thanked the artist and took the painting away.

A week later she called on him again. “I’m sorry to trouble you again,” she said, “but we still need more money. I need another $ 100. Can you help?” “Of course,” the artist said. “I’ll increase the value of my painting to $ 500.”

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1．Who was the woman collecting money for?

   A．Poor children.    B．Herself.            C．Her friends.      D．A church.

2．What did most people give her?

   A．A lot of money.  B．A few dollars.   C．Paintings.         D．Very little money.

3．Why didn’t the artist give money to her?

   A．He was not a generous man.                   B．He did not have any money.

   C．He had too many paintings.                     D．His paintings were worth a lot of money.

4．How did the artist help the woman to get another $ 100?

   A．He gave her some more money.

   B．He gave her another painting.

   C．He gave her a more valuable painting.

   D．He told her to add $ 100 to the value of his painting.

5．Did the woman collect enough money at last?

   A．No, she didn’t.   B．Yes, she did.     C．We don’t know.       D．Yes, she does.

Tina and Tara are twin sisters．They look __1__，but they also have some differences．Mr. Black is their old grandfather．

One day，he came to see his two granddaughters __2__ two gifts．When he came into the house he saw Tina and __3__ her one gift．After a while，when he got into the garden he saw __4__ granddaughter—“Tara”．In fact，that was Tina．When he gave the other gift to her，she said，“you have given me one．” “No，I gave a gift to your __5__--Tina．” “Oh，my grandpa，I am Tina．” Just then，Tara came into the garden，too．“Now，grandpa，can you tell me the differences __6__ us?” “'No，I can't．Can you __7__ me?” “Yes，look，Tara is a little taller __8__ me．Her hair is longer and curlier，then __9__．Now grandpa，can you see?” “Yes，now I can tell you __10__ Tara．Tara，here is the gift for you．” “Thank you for your gift，grandpa．” With the words，they all laughed happily．

1．A．the same                 B．different                  C．like                        D．as

2．A．of                         B．and                       C．for                        D．with

3．A．made                     B．gave                      C．took                             D．sent

4．A．the other                B．another                C．other                     D．Others

5．A．brother                  B．mother                 C．cousin                   D．sister

6．A．among                   B．between               C．in                          D．around

7．A．tell                           B．speak                   C．say                        D．answer

8．A．as                         B．like                      C．than                       D．＼

9．A．hers                      B．his                       C．yours                     D．mine

10．A．from                   B．than                     C．like                        D．as

　　“Cool” is a word with many meanings. It means a little bit cold at first. As the world has changed, the word has got many different meanings.

　　“Cool” can be used to express(表达) 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 star.

　　We all enlarge the meanings of “cool”. You can use it to mean “new” or “surprising”, here is an interesting story. It shows the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall(瀑布) they had visited. One of her students just wrote, “It' so cool.” Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.

　　But the story also shows some people do not have enough words. Without “cool”, they have no other words to show the same feeling. Can you think of any other words like “cool” with so many meanings? If you can, they are also very “cool”.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案

1．We know that the meanings of the word “cool” ________.

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A．have always been the same

B．have changed a lot

C．are difficult to use

D．are easy to remember

2．The word “enlarge” means ________.

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3．If you see something ________ you may say “It's cool”.

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4．When everybody is using the word “cool”, the writer seems to be a little ________.

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5．The writer suggests(暗示) that the word “cool” ________.

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A．can be used in many ways

B．usually means something interesting

C．can make our language full of color

D．has too many meanings