“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 everything.
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 football player.
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 student to write about the waterfall(瀑布) they had visited. On the 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.We know that the word “cool” has had ________.
| A．only one meaning | B．no meaning |
| C．many different meanings | D．the same meaning |
In the passage, the word “express” means “_______”.
| A．see | B．show | C．know | D．feel |
If you are ________ something, you may say,“It’s cool.”
| A．interested in | B．angry about | C．worried about | D．unhappy with |
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．unhappy with |
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 |
NO.4 Middle School
Kunming, Yunnan
April 2nd, 2004
Dear editor（编辑）
I live in a beautiful city. Many visitors come to my city. There are so many colorful peacocks(孔雀)here .The peacocks mostly live on the grass land of Dongfeng Square（广场）
They are given food freely by visitors ,They usually throw food to them ,and don’t think about at all whether the food is right or not. Some of the peacocks became ill, some even died after eating the bad food given by the visitors . I’m sure most of the visitors who throw food to the peacocks really like the birds ,but don’t realize(意识到)that they may be doing them harm (伤害).The visitors should be told that what have done is very harmful to the birds , and this kind of thing must be stopped from happening Perhaps we can build some small shops beside Dongfeng Square to sell peacock food .For us every person, it’s our duty to give more love to these beautiful birds and to look after them carefully.
Yours,
Sun YanMany visitors come to the writer’s city to
| A．do some shopping |
| B．see beautiful peacocks |
| C．play on Dongfeng Square |
| D．eat nice food |
Some peacocks became ill and died because some visitors
| A．didn’t give them any food |
| B．gave them too much food |
| C．threw them some bad food |
| D．loved them and played with them |
Some shops can be built beside Dongfeng Square so that they may
| A．sell food for visitors |
| B．sell food for peacocks |
| C．make the square more beautiful |
| D．have the beautiful birds |
From the passage we know people should
| A．live and play with the birds |
| B．stop the birds from eating too much |
| C．give right food to the birds |
| D．give more food to the birds |
We can guess the writer of the letter, Sun Yan ,may be a
| A．visitor | B．shopkeeper |
| C．square keeper | D．student |
lf you want to go out for lunch on Sunday, you can call the number
| A．83386223 or 83338989 |
| B．87679690 or 83386223 |
| C．83338989 or 87872738 |
| D．87872738 or 87796960 |
If you want to buy a new dress, you can go to
| A．69 Hong Kong Road |
| B．368 East Huanshi Road |
| C．5300 Shanghai Road |
| D．635 Grand Road |
is open for eleven and a half hours at weekends.
| A．Full Hotel |
| B．Hongnan Restaurant |
| C．History Museum |
| D．Baihe Shopping Center |
On Sunday morning, the coffee shop in Full Hotel doesn’ t open until ___.
| A．6:30 am | B．7 :00 am | C．7:30 am | D．8 :00 arn |
You can knowwhen you visit History Museum.
| A．the history of South China |
| B．the history of Guangdong' s native people |
| C．the history of Shanghai. |
| D．the history of Hong Kong |
Basketball is still a young game. It’s over a hundred years old . In the winter of 1891, a certain college was having some trouble with its boy students. The weather was bad and the students had to stay indoors . As they couldn’t play outdoors , they were unhappy ,and some even got into fights from time to time .
Some of the teachers at the college asked Dr Naismith to invent a game so that the students might have something to play with. It was ont easy to invent such a game, because it had to played indoors , and the court(球场)was not very large.
Dr.Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game .It is a wonderful game with much moving and passing of the ball .It was played between two teams .To make a score, the ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet (英尺)above the floor on the wall. At each end of the court there was such a basket .At first, Dr.Naismith wanted to throw the ball into a box, As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets instead. That is how the game got its name .How long is it since basketball was invented?
| A．1000years | B．Less than 100years |
| C．1100years | D．More than 100years |
The students felt unhappy because
| A．they couldn’t play outdoors |
| B．They often got into fights |
| C．they had much homework to do |
| D．they had little time to study |
Who asked Dr.Naismith to invent a game ?
| A．Some students | B．Some teachers |
| C．Some students’ parents | D．Some of his friends |
When a student makes a score . he could.
| A．receive the ball |
| B．throw the ball to another student |
| C．run quickly with the ball in his hand |
| D．throw the ball into the basket |
Which sentence is right ?
| A．The students could go outdoors when the weather was bad . |
| B．It was easy to invent the game |
| C．Dr.Naismith had to use fruit to throw the ball. |
| D．The ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet above the floor . |
John is an artist(艺术家) who does not have much money, but he is a very kind man. One day on his way home, he gave his last coins to a beggar(乞丐). When he saw another one, he forgot that he did not have any money. He asked the man to have lunch with him, and the beggar accepted(接受，同意), so they went into a small restaurant and had a good meal.
After dinner, John found he had no money at all. The beggar had to pay the bill. The artist was so sorry about this, so he said to the beggar, “Come home with me in a taxi , my friend , and I will give you the money for lunch.”
“Oh, no!” the beggar answered quickly. “I had to pay for your lunch, but I’m not going to pay for you again!”The artist in this story was ______________
A. a cheat（骗子） B. a rich man C. a kind manOn his way home, John forgot ____________.
A. to bring money with him
B. to buy the ticket
C. to have lunchAfter the meal, __________________ paid the bill .
A. the artist B. the beggar C. no oneWhy did the artist ask the beggar to take the taxi home with him ?
A. Because he wanted the beggar to pay for the taxi.
B. Because he could give money back to the beggar..
C. Because he could make friends with the beggarAt the end of the story, the beggar __________.
A. would make friends with the artist
B. was thankful to the artist
C. regretted(后悔) having lunch with the artist.
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Water, it’s a problem for the whole world. A bottle (瓶) of water may not seem like much to us, 1 it can help the people who live in drought-hit (遭受旱灾的) areas in China.
In the past few months, many places in southwest China have2 a serious drought. There has been very little 3 since last autumn. More than 20 million people are4 trouble finding safe drinking water.
After learning about the drought, many people around the country helped by 5 away water, money and other resources (资源) to the people there.
Last week, the Young Pioneers and the Communist Youth League in China called on (号召) each student to give one bottle of water to the drought-hit area. In Xi’an, 900 students bought over 1000 bottles of water 6 their pocket money. They also wrote their 7 on the bottles. “I hope you get more rain there. I hope you are happy.”
A bottle of water isn’t much, but thousands of bottles will be very 8 . The serious drought has also made students 9 the importance of saving water. One student said, “I have decided to take a shower twice a week 10 every day to save water.”
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