“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 meaning．
“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 favorite 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 colorful as the word “cool”？ I can．And I think they are also very cool．
【小题1】We know that the word "cool" has had ________.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

John wanted a bike. He had asked his parents for the    36   and they said he must earn it. But   37    ? He thought about this as he walked home.      38   many people wanted to ask boys to work for them. Maybe he could   39   away snow for the neighbors. But this was   40   . He’d have to wait a long time for that. He couldn’t cut grass for this garden because he had no    41   to do the work    42   .

    Then he   43   one of his classmates, Dick, delivering newspapers. “ I could    44    that,” he thought. “ Maybe I could even get the bike    45    away. I could pay for it a little each week.” He ran to    46    up with Dick. John asked a lot of    47    about having a paper    48    . He learned that it was possible to earn twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job   49   about three hours each   50   . Dick gave him the phone number of this newspaper manager.

    John    51    flew home. After he had explained his   52   , his mother smiled. “I think it’s a great   53   ,” she said. “I’ll call the newspaper.”

    “Wait, Mom,” John said. “I’ll call.    54    , I’m going to be a   55  now.”

1.A. money      B. chance           C. permission       D. bike

2.A. when           B. where.           C. why          D. how

3.A. Few            B. A few            C. Not          D. No

4.A. get            B. take         C. throw            D. clear

5.A. spring     B. summer       C. autumn       D. winter

6.A. time           B. tool         C. way          D. friends

7.A. with           B. for.         C. at               D. by

8.A. saw            B. heard            C. learned      D. discovered

9.A. do         B. make         C. deliver          D. seize

10.A. far           B. right            C. out          D. back

11.A. keep          B. set          C. look         D. catch

12.A. news          B. questions        C. information      D. problems

13.A. trade         B. business     C. route            D. shop

14.A. paid          B. wasted           C. spent            D. took

15.A. mornings      B. night            C. week         D. newspaper

16.A. almost            B. quickly      C. even         D. obviously

17.A. dictionary        B. suggestions      C. act          D. plan

18.A. mistake           B. fun          C. dream            D. idea

19.A. Above all B. More or less C. After all    D. As a matter of fact

20.A. reporter      B. businessman  C. newspaper        D. salesman

Mini  Book  Excerpts（节选）
Biography
When Salinger learned that a car park was to be built on the land, the middle-aged writer was shocked and quickly bought the neighboring area to protect it. The townspeople never forgot the rescue and came to help their most famous neighbor.
J.D. Salinger A Life by Kenneth Slawenski（Random House,$27）
Mystery（疑案小说）
“You’re a smart boy. Benny’s death was no accident, and you’re the only who saw it happen. Do you think the murderer should get away with it ? ”The boy was starting stubbornly at his lap again.
A thought suddenly occurred to Annika, “Did you …You recognized the man in the car, didn’t you?”
The boy hesitated, twisting his fingers, “Maybe,” he said quietly.
Red Wolf by Liza Marklund（Atria Books, $25. 99）
Short Stories
She wants to say to him what she has learned, none of it in class. Some women are born stupid, and some women are too smart for their own good. Some women are born to give, and some women only know how to take. Some women learn who they want to be from their mothers, some who they don’t want to be. Some mothers suffer so their daughters won’t. Some mothers love so their daughters won’t.
You Are Free by Danzy Senna （Riverhead Books,$15）
Humor
Do your kids like to have fun? Come to Fun Times! Do you like to watch your kids having fun? Bring them to Fun Times! Fun Times! “amusement cycling” is the most fun you can have, legally, in the United States right now. Why spend thousands of dollars flying to Disney World when you can spend less than half to that within a day’s drive of most cities?
Happy And Other Bad Thoughts by Larry Doyle（Ecco,$14. 99）
【小题1】If the readers want to know about the life of Salinger , they should buy the book published by         

“I don’t believe in Santa Claus!” Trogmire announced.
Tremor looked shocked. “Why not?” he asked.
“Because he never leaves me any gifts at all,” Trogmire growled.
Tremor thought about the evidence for a few seconds. “Maybe,” he suggested, “it’s because when Santa checked his list, your name wasn’t in the ‘nice’ column.”
“So, he could at least bring me a lump of coal!” Trogmire replied. “And,” he went on, “Troubled doesn’t believe in Santa, either.”
“Right,” Tremor said, “because he saw his parents putting the ‘From Santa’ presents under the tree. But I know the truth about that. My mother found out from Troubled’s mother. When Troubled’s parents got an e-mail from Santa, saying that he would never bring Troubled another gift, they didn’t want to tell him the truth. So now they buy presents and pretend they’re from Santa.”
“What did Troubled do to get Santa so mad?” Trogmire questioned.
“I think it had something to do with the time he put glue paper all over the living room floor on Christmas Eve, and left a sign that said, ‘Trapped like a rat!’ hanging over the fireplace.” said Tremor.
“I guess Santa doesn’t have a sense of humour,” sighed Trogmire. “Well, at least I’m not the only one who Santa scratched off his name list.”
【小题1】Why doesn’t Santa leave presents for Trogmire or Troubled?

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