"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.

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

A. only one meaning

B. no meanings

C. many different meanings

D. the same meaning

2. In the passage,the word "express" means "________".

A. see

B. show

C. know

D. feel

3. If you are ________ something,you may say,"It's cool."

A. interested in

B. angry about

C. afraid of

D. unhappy with

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

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

答案

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考点名称：历史文化类阅读

历史文化类阅读：

本类题型常用的方式是夹叙夹议。叙述的目的是为了议，所以要把握其议才是主要方面。

阅读这类文章，先弄清其引入的话题，再弄清里面人物对其不同的看法，然后理解作者本身对话题的观点看法或思考。

初中英语阅读理解的解题技巧：

一、要注意养成良好的阅读心理，阅读时要去掉杂念，心绪要安定，精神要专一，要形成一种惬意的顺向心理。

切不可一遇到几个生词难句，就心烦意乱，失去自控能力。心理学家告诉我们，任何恐慌，过分紧张的情绪都会形成一种消极因素妨碍大脑的正常思维功能。

因此，遇到困难一定要从容不迫，心无旁骛。这样才能对所读的文章印象清晰，理解深刻。

二、要提高视读的速度，考阅读理解，从另一个方面来说，考的是考试速度。因此做阅读理解时，要注意培养自己快速阅读的习惯。

切不可在个别难懂的词句上磨蹭，只要全篇理解了，个别难懂的词句可以根据上下文和构词法去猜测，去推断。

三、对文章的评价分析，一定要坚持“词不离句，句不离篇”，要理解文章作者的原意，而不能按你自己的意愿去想当然。

切记：一想当然，就会出错。