Question

 根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。

    “Cool” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is   1.   to express a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, the word has had many different   2.  . “Cool” can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything.

  3.   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 footballer. We all maximize(最大化) the meaning of “cool”. You can use it   4.   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 students to write about the waterfall(瀑布) they had visited. On one student’s paper was just the one sentence, “It’s so cool.” Maybe he thought it was the  5.   way to show what he saw and felt.

But the story also shows a scarcity(缺乏) of words.  6.   “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. Can you think of many   7.   words that make your life as colorful as the word “cool”? I can. And I think they are   8.   very cool.

Answer

1.used/just/only

2.meanings

3.When/If

4.instead

5.best/coolest

6.Without

7.other

8.also/all

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了“Cool”一词的意思及用法。“Cool”这个词已经由原来的最初表达气温的意思演变成了许多新的意思，并且在生活中得到了广泛的应用。

1.句意：“Cool”的最初的意思是用来表达气温有点冷。或者用be only to（仅仅是）或be just to（只是）表达；故答案为used/just/only

2.句意：随着社会的发展，这个词也有了更多的意思。本段都是针对“Cool”的意思展开讨论的，故答案为meanings

3.句意：当你在街上遇到一辆名车时，你可能会说“太酷了”。本句用when引导时间状语从句或者用if引导的条件状语从句均可；故答案为When/If

4.句意：你可以使用它而不是使用许多新词比如“新的”“令人吃惊的”等。本句表达“Cool”这个词的使用广泛性；故答案为instead

5.句意：或许他感到那是用来表达他所看到或感觉到的最佳的表达方式。用“Cool”来表达对观看瀑布之后的感觉是一种最好的方式；故答案为best/coolest

6.句意：离开“Cool”这个词一些人没有其他词汇来表达相同的意思。表达没有用without；故答案为Without

7.句意：你还能想出许多其他的词汇和“Cool”一样都能使你的生活丰富多彩的词吗。本句是针对和“Cool”相异的其他词汇的用法；故答案为other

8.句意：而且我认为他们也是/都是很酷的的。其他的词汇同样都能表达丰富多彩的意思；故答案为also/all

考点：短文填空。