The ladies club(妇女俱乐部) always   l  　a meeting   2  　Friday afternoon and someone came to talk to them about   3  . After that, they had tea and asked　  4  .

    One Friday a man came and talked to the club about the food problem. “There's not 5 food in the world for everyone,” he said. “More than half of the people in the world are hungry. And when they have   6  　food, they have more babies,   7  　they never   8   being hungry. Somewhere in the world, a woman is having a baby every minute day and night. What are you going to do about it?” He   9  　for a few seconds. Then one of the ladies said, “Well, why not   10   that woman and stop her?”

1.A. held 　　　 B. made 　　　 C. took 　　　 D. left

2.A. in 　　　　 B. at 　　　　 C. on 　　　　 D. for

3.A. something important             B. everything important

C. nothing important               D. anything important

4.A. problems　　 B. questions C. the man　　 D. the ladies

5.A. good　　　　 B. clean　　　 C. enough　　　D. pleasant

6.A. better 　　　B. more 　　　 C. less 　　　 D. fewer

7.A. but 　　　　 B. since　　　 C. as 　　　　 D. so

8.A. stop 　　　　B. enjoy 　　　C. like 　　　 D. keep

9.A. waited　　　 B. asked　　　 C. looked　　　D. played

10.A. see 　　　　B. look 　　　 C. find 　　　 D. watch

 _________ these pictures and you can feel the love from the painter.
　　A. See　　　　 B. Look　　　 C. Look at　　　 D. Notice

　　

“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 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 colourful as the word “cool”? I can. And I think they are also very cool .

( 　) 41. We know that the word “cool” has had ________

A. only one meaning　           B. no meanings 

C. many different meanings　　    D. the same meaning

( 　) 42. If you are ____________ something, you may say, “It’s cool。”

A. interested in　 B. angry about　 C. afraid of  D. unhappy with

(　 ) 43. In the passage, the word “express” means “_____________”

A. see 　　   B. show 　　      C. know　　　   D. feel

 He is afraid of __________ strangers.

　   A. see 　  B. seeing 　　　C. saw 　　　D. seen