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"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 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 ________.
A. only one meaning
B. no meanings
C. many different meanings
D. the same meaning
2. In the passage,the word "express" 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 about
C. afraid of
D. unhappy with
4. The writer takes an example 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
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试题【阅读理解。 "Cool" is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to expres】;主要考察你对社会历史类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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beautiful names. Rose is a pretty name but there was nothing pretty about Typhoon Rose. It was the
worst typhoon to hit Hong Kong in ten years.
It began to rain in the morning of Monday, August 16th, 1971. At ten o"clock in the morning,
Typhoon Rose was still 130 miles away but already the wind was blowing people"s umbrella away.
The wind became stronger and stronger. The typhoon shelters (避风港) were soon full of boats.
Ships that were too big to go inside the shelters put down more anchors (锚). Some very big shops
went out to sea. It is safer for a big shop to be at sea in a typhoon because it cannot be blown onto
rocks. Kai Tak Airport closed. No planes were able to take off or land. At 9:00 in the evening, all
the lights went out.
No one slept well that night. It is difficult to sleep in such bad weather.
In Typhoon Rose, more than one hundred people died. 229 people were hurt and 66 of these had
to go to hospital. 1500 lost their homes. The people of Hong Kong will not quickly forget Typhoon Rose!
B. Typhoons with pretty names are usually beautiful.
C. Typhoon Rose only hit Hong Kong.
D. For ten years, people in Hong Kong haven"t seen a worse typhoon than Typhoon Rose.
B. More than two hundred people lost their lives and many more lost their homes.
C. People didn"t sleep well in such bad weather.
D. People turned off the lights at 9:00 in the evening.
B. they didn"t sleep well that night
C. Typhoon Rose wasn"t as pretty as its name
D. they couldn"t find their ships after the typhoon
B. it is safer outside
C. they were out at sea and they weren"t fast enough to reach the shelters when Typhoon Rose came
D. it was too expensive for big shops to go inside the shelters
B. typhoons in Hong King
C. Typhoon Rose
D. the typhoons
a schoolmaster in England was the first 1 using stamps. He thought it 2 much easier for people to use
3 . They could go to the nearby 4 to buy stamps and put them on envelopes(信封) 5 they 6 letters.
The post office only put seals(印章) 7 the stamps so that people could not use the stamps 8 . In this way,
the post office 9 send postmen to collect(收) money. It only needed 10 postmen to deliver(投递) letters.
The government finally accepted(接受) the good idea.
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( )4. A. a shop
( )5. A. after
( )6. A. sent
( )7. A. in
( )8. A. again
( )9. A. need not to
( )10.A. few
B. will be
B. stamps
B. school
B. before
B. send
B. over
B. too
B. didn"t need to
B. fewer
C. is
C. stamp
C. village
C. in
C. to send
C. on
C. either
C. needed not to
C. many
D. was
D. stampes
D. post office
D. with
D. sended
D. above
D. also
D. didn"t need
D. much
clothed and plates in the streets. In Spain(西班牙), the new year comes in more quietly. In the evening
people come together to the streets. Each holds a bag of grapes. When twelve o’clock comes, people
start eating the grapes.
In Japan, people eat noodles on New Year’s Eve. This food is said to bring long life. Early the next
morning, some families climb Mount Fuji. There they watch the first sunrise(日出) of the new year.
B. Spain
C. Japan
D. All of the above
B. eating noodles
C. throwing the old things
D. watching the sunrise
B. eat noodles
C. eat some food
D. climb a mountain
B. look for New Year’s wishes
C. see the sun coming up
D. have a rest
B. China
C. Spain
D. Italy
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Do you know what happens on the first Sunday of August every year? This day is International Friendship Day. On this day people think of different ways to remember their friends and 1 what their friends bring to their lives. People have all sorts of friends -school friends, work colleagues, neighbours, brothers and sisters, parents, and even pets! 2 can you let your friends know that you really care about them? Here are some suggestions for what you can do on international Friendship Day to show your friends how 3 they are to you: Try to visit all the friends who live near you and give them each a hug. Buy flowers or chocolates for your friends, or better still, make them a cake or a small present. If your friends are fond of 4 why not make them a tape of the pop groups they like best. Go with some friends to a photo machine and take some pictures of you all enjoying yourselves.These pictures will give you good 5 . Send your friends an online greeting card, and don"t forget to include some photos and messages maybe a poem-telling your friends how great they are. Plan a day out for your friends. A picnic in the park or, time at the beach is always fun. If your friends are busy 6 , how about organizing a dinner party at a local restaurant. Buy your best friend a ticket to a good movie or take them to see a theatre show. Make sure that you think about their tastes when you book the ticket. |
阅读理解。 For most people, the word "fashion" means "clothes". But people may ask the question "What clothes are in fashion?" And they use the adjective "fashion" in the same way: "She was wearing a fashionable coat." "His shirt was really a fashionable colour." But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs … Fashions change very quickly as time goes. This is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones, televisions and computers send information from one place to another in a few minutes. New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion. 1. From the passage, we know that "fashion" means _____. A. clothes B. many things C. most of the popular things D. everything 2. Today fashions change quickly because _____. A. newspapers are read every day B. information is sent by radios from one place to another C. new things are often shown on TV D. people quickly learn about what is happening in the world 3. "There is money in fashion." means _____. A. clothes are expensive B. money comes only from fashion C. people like new things D. there are no fashions without money |