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 many different meanings.

“Cool” can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything.

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 footballer.

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 students to write about the waterfall(瀑布) they had visited. On one student’s paper was just 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. 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.

1.We know that the word “cool” has ________.

A. only one meaning            B. no meanings

C. many different meanings     D. the same meaning

2.In the passage, the underlined word “express” (in paragraph 1) means “________”.

A. see     B. show    C. know    D. feel

3.If you are _______ something, you may say, “It’s cool.”

A. interested in   B. angry with

C. afraid of      D. unhappy with

4.The writer takes an example of the story to show he is ________ the way the word is used.

A. pleased with   B. strange to

C. worried about   D. careful with

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.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：该短文中主要讲述了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。

1.C细节理解题 。根据首句“Cool is a word with many meanings.” 可知酷是一个多义词，所以选C。

2.B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。所以选B.

3.A细节理解题。根据 “Cool” can be used to express feelings of interest in almost everything. 可知cool用于表示所有感兴趣的东西，所以选A。

4.C细节理解题 。根据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，可知cool词义的扩大会导致语言中词汇的缺乏，是令人担忧的。所以选C。

5.D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 ，所以选D。

考点：社会现象类短文阅读。