阅读理解

“ 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 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 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 .

1. We know that the word “ cool ” has had _________

2. In the passage, the word “ express ” means “________”

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

4. The writer takes an example to show he is _________ the way the word is used.

5. In the passage, the writer suggests（暗示）that the word “ cool ” _______

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容用方框内所给词语的适当形式填空，使短文语义完整。(请你一定要注意词语的形式变化！)

Zhu Zhiwen is 43 years old. He was born in a Zhulou Village in Shangdong Province. Now he 　 46　 a famous singer in China. He is called Overcoat Brother. His family is very poor. He doesn’t have enough money 　 47　 music. But he liked singing when he was a boy. He sang for the rivers, his hens, geese or goats even if he was working in the fields. The people in his village all 48　 at him.

One day, Zhu 　49　 on Shandong TV’s talent show I Am a Big Star. He dressed poorly in the stage and all the people thought he must be a 　50　 person. But they changed their 　51　 as soon as he opened his mouth. He sang a song of a TV play Romance of Three Kingdoms.

When the song was over, the audience 　 52　 him a standing ovation (鼓掌), but the judges gave him a hard time and questioned whether he really was a 　53　 .

One judge asked him 　54　 　off his overcoat and saw a red sweater and frayed sleeves (磨损的袖子). The TV 　 55 felt his hands to see if there were lots of calluses (老茧). As a result, there are too many calluses in both his hands. In fact, he wasn’t a “shanzhai” farmer in a poor coat.

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完形填空

　　“Cool” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express (表示) a temperature that is a little bit 1 As the world has changed, the word has had many 2 meanings.

　　“Cool” can be used 3 feelings of interest 4 almost anything. 5 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 player. We all maximize 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 6 the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall they had visited. On one student's paper was just the one sentence, “It's cool. ” Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.

　　But the story also shows a scarcity of words. 7 “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. 8 it is quite important to keep some credibility. Can you think of many 9 words that make your life as 10 as the word “cool”? I can. And I think they are also very cool.

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