4．Most of the children _______ the boy．

A．agreed with　　　 B．wrote to　　　 C．heard from　　　　 D．sent for

3．A boy said，“The water in the river behind my house is always _______．”

A．white　　　 B．black　　　 C．clean　　　 D．clear

2．Miss Li was telling the children what ______ was like．

A．water　　　 B．air　　　　 C．earth　　　 D．weather

1．The students were having their _______ class．

A．English　 B．Chinese　　 C．chemistry　 D．maths

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

(06)The students were having their chemistry(化学)class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students, “What’s water?”No one spoke for a few minutes．Miss Li asked again，“Why don’t you answer my question？Didn’t I tell you what water is like？”

Just then a boy put up his hand and said，“Miss Li，you told us that water has no colour and no smell．But where to find such kind of water？The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell．”Most of the children agreed With him．

“I’m sorry，children．”said the teacher，“Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier．That’s a problem．

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

3．If you are _______ something，you may say，“It’s cool．”

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

2．In the passage，the word“express”means“________”.

A．see　　 B．show　　　 C．know　　　 D．feel

1．We know that the word“cool has had ________.

A．only one meaning　　　　　　 B．no meanings

C．many different meanings　　 D．the same meaning

5．The best name of the name story is _________．

A．A Christmas Present　　　　 B．A Street Urchin

C．A Brother Like That　　　　 D．An Unforgettable Holiday Ride

(05)“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．