“Cool”i a word with many meanings．It old meaning i used to expre a temperature that i a little it cold．A the world ha changed，the word ha had many different meaning．

“Cool”ca e used to expre feeling of interest i almost anything．

Whe you ee a famou car i the treet，maybe you will ay，“It' cool．”You may think，“He' o cool，”whe you ee your favourite footballer．

We all maximize（扩大） the meaning of“cool”．You ca use it i tead of many word uch a “new” or “surprising”．Here' a interesting tory we ca use to how the way the word i used．A teacher asked her tudent to write about the waterfall（瀑布）they had visited．O one tudent' aper wa Just the one entence，“It' o cool．Maybe he thought it wa the est way to how what he aw and felt．

But the tory also how a carcity（缺乏）of words．Without “cool”，some eople have o word to how the ame meaning．So it i quite important to kee ome credibility（可信性）．Ca you think of many other word that make your life a colourful a the word “cool”？ I can．And I think they are also very cool．

1．We know that the word "cool" ha had ________.

A．only one meaning ．no meaning

C．many different meaning D．the ame meaning

2．I the a age，the word“expre ”mea “________”.

A．see ．show C．know D．feel

3．If you are _______ omething，you may ay，“It’ cool.”

A．interested i ．angry about

C．afraid of D．unha y with

4．The writer take a example to how he i ________ the way the word i used．

A．pleased with ．strange to

C．worried about D．careful with

5．I the a age，the writer uggests（暗示）that the word “cool”________．

A．ca e used i tead of many word

．usually mea omething interesting

C．ca make your life colourful

D．may ot e a cool a it eem

KEY: 1．C 2． 3．A 4．C 5．D