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“ 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 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 .

1. We know that the word “ cool ” has had _________

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

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

4. The writer takes an example to show he is _________ the way the word is used.

5. In the passage, the writer suggests（暗示）that the word “ cool ” _______

任务型阅读（共10空计10分）根据短文内容完成下列图表，每空一词。

　Have you ever studied in a foreign country? Maybe it is an amazing experience(经历), especially（特别） when you come to Australia as a foreign high school student. You can have a lot of fun there, especially on holidays.

　　There are many festivals in Australia. The most important one is Christmas. Each year, the summer holidays at every high school last about two months from the beginning of December to February, which covers （包括）the Christmas time. Since it is a long holiday, most foreign students in Australia students love to fly back to their home countries to stay with their family members and friends, but a few students still stay in Australia during the holiday to get jobs. It is quite easy to find a job at Christmas. Students often take part in some social activities. They go to the beach to have fun in the sunshine. The summer in Australia is from December to February, so going to the beach in December is very popular among Australians.

　　Easter in March is another important holiday in the year. It actually combines “Good Friday” and “Easter Monday”. Almost every shop closes on Good Friday. And people usually go to see Easter Show.

　　The Chinese New Year is not a public(公开的) holiday in Australia, so every Chinese student still has to go to school to study and do the same things as usual.

Information about_____1______

We each have a memory(记忆力). That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.
　　A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one can , because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the students have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects , too. But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案（10分）
【小题1】Some people can easily learn many things by heart because      .
A、they always sleep very well
B、they have very good memorie
C、they read a lot of books
【小题2】Everybody learns his mother language     .
A、at the age of six
B、when he is a small child
C、after he goes to school
【小题3】Before a child can speak, he must     .
A、read and write
B、make sentences
C、hear and remember the sounds
【小题4】In school the students can’t learn a foreign language well because    .
A、they have no good memories
B、they have no recorders
C、they are busy with other subjects
【小题5】Your memory will become better and better     .
A、if you have plenty of good food
B、if you do more and more exercises
C、if you do morning exercises every day

词汇? （每小题1分，计15分）

1.It’s　i______ for? you? to? fly? to? the? sun

2.It is so dry here that you cannot find a d_____ of water.

3.The ? local g_____ has? taken? actions? to? protect? wild? animals.

4.The? girl? s_________??? when? she? saw? the? snakes.

5.Look! Those boys are f_______ again!

6.Zhalong is a nature? r _______ in Heilongjiang.

7.The lowest t_______ will be below zero.

8._______(不幸), little Yueyue died at last. All people feel sad about her.

9.He has a good m______ ,? he can learn things? quickly.

10.Many students don’t know the_______(重要) of English.

11.I often hear him _______(sing) in the next door.

12.The students are busy _______(read) books.

13.It was too cold and I ________(catch) a bad cold.

14.Help _____(you) to some fruit, children.

15.He rushed into the kitchen______ (save) the old man.