Coolis a word with many meanings2．Its old meaning1 is used3 to express4 a temperature5 that is a little bit6 cold．As7 the world has changed，the word has had8 many different meaning．
Coolcan be used to express feelings9 of interest10 in almost11 anything．
When you see a famous12 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 ofcool．You can use it instead13 of many words such14 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 was15 Just the one sentence，It's so cool．Maybe he thought16 it was the best way to show what he saw17 and felt．
But the story also shows a scarcity（缺少）of words．Without cool，some people have no words to show the same meaning．So it is quite important18 to keep some credibility（可信性）．Can you think of many other words that make your life19 as colourful20 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 wordexpressmeans21________.
A．see B．show C．know D．feel
3．If you are _______ something，you may say，Its cool.
A．interested22 in B．angry about
C．afraid of D．unhappy23 with
4．The writer24 takes an example to show he is ________ the way the word is used．
A．pleased25 with B．strange26 to
C．worried27 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 seems28
KEY: 1．C 2．B 3．A 4．C 5．D
