Popular music in America is what every student likes．Students carry small radios and listen to m 1  before class, after class．and a 2   lunch．Students with cars buy large speakers and p 3  the music loudly as they drive on the street．

  Adult d 4  listen to music on the car radio as they drive to w 5 ．They also listen to the n 6 about spots．the weather．and the life of American people．Most of the radio p 7 ．are music．

    Pop of popular music s 8  make much money．The m 9  a CD or a tape which radio stations use in many places．O 10  the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tapes．Some of the money from these tapes g 11 to the singer．W 12  the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her．Now the singer has become a f 13  star.

    There are other k 14  of music hat are important to Americans．One is c 15  folk music．It e16  stories about he common(普通的)life of Americans．A 17 is called western or c 18 music．This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the c 19  they were watching．Today, any music about country life and the I 20  between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music．

_____ the fans are waiting for the popular singer outside the concert hall.

“Cool” is a word with many meanings. It means a little cold at first. As time changes, the word gets many different meanings. We can use “cool” when we talk about something wonderful or somebody looking smart. For example. When you see a beautiful and expensive car in the street, you can say, “It is cool.” You may think the popular singer Jay Chow is cool. You can also use the word to mean something new and surprising. Here is an example. One day a teacher took the students to a farm and then asked them to write something about the visit. One of her students just wrote, “The farm is so cool.” Because he thought “cool” was the best word to show what he saw and felt. It also shows some people don’t have enough words. Without “cool”, they seem to have no other words to use. Can you think of any other words like “cool: with so many meanings? If you can they are also very “cool”.
【小题1】The meaning of the word “cool” ______.

_____ the fans are waiting for the popular singer outside the concert hall.

A. Two thousand     B. Thousands of     C. Two thousands of     D. Two thousand of

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 “Cool” is a word with many meanings. It means a little cold at first. As time changes, the word gets many different meanings. We can use “cool” when we talk about something wonderful or somebody looking smart. For example. When you see a beautiful and expensive car in the street, you can say, “It is cool.” You may think the popular singer Jay Chow is cool. You can also use the word to mean something new and surprising. Here is an example. One day a teacher took the students to a farm and then asked them to write something about the visit. One of her students just wrote, “The farm is so cool.” Because he thought “cool” was the best word to show what he saw and felt. It also shows some people don’t have enough words. Without “cool”, they seem to have no other words to use. Can you think of any other words like “cool: with so many meanings? If you can they are also very “cool”.

1.The meaning of the word “cool” ______.

A. is always the same               B. changes a lot

C. is “wonderful or smart”            D. is “new and surprising”

2.“You may think the popular singer Jay Chow is cool”. Here “cool” means

A. a little cold    B. a little hot    C. new and surprising    D. good-looking

3.When some people use “cool” everywhere they don’t have other words, the writer seems a little ______.

 A. excited        B. happy      C. surprised     D. worried

4.The best title is _____.

 A. Meanings of the word “Cool”       B. “Cool”, the Best Word to Use

C. People use “Cool” Too Much        D. “Cool’ Is A New Word