Whenyouseeafamouscarinthestreet，maybeyouwillsay，“It'scool.”Youmaythink，“He'ssocool，”whenyouseeyourfavoritefootballer.
Weallmaximize（扩大）themeaningof“cool”.Youcanuseitinsteadofmanywordssuchas“new”or“surprising”.Here'saninterestingstorywecanusetoshowthewaythewordisused.Ateacheraskedherstudentstowriteaboutthewaterfall（瀑布）theyhadvisited.Ononestudent'spaperwasJusttheonesentence，“It'ssocool.Maybehethoughtitwasthebestwaytoshowwhathesawandfelt.
Butthestoryalsoshowsascarcity（缺乏）ofwords.Without“cool”，somepeoplehavenowordstoshowthesamemeaning.Soitisquiteimportanttokeepsomecredibility（可信性）.Canyouthinkofmanyotherwordsthatmakeyourlifeascolourfulastheword“cool”？Ican.AndIthinktheyarealsoverycool.
1.Weknowthattheword"cool"hashad________.
A.onlyonemeaning
B.nomeanings
C.manydifferentmeanings
D.thesamemeaning
2.Inthepassage，theword“express”means“________”.
A.see
B.show
C.know
D.feel
3.Ifyouare_______something，youmaysay，“It’scool.”
A.interestedin
B.angryabout
C.afraidof
D.unhappywith
4.Inthepassage，thewritersuggests（暗示）thattheword“cool”________.
A.canbeusedinsteadofmanywords
B.usuallymeanssomethinginteresting
C.canmakeyourlifecolorful
D.maynotbeascoolasitseems
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