"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 everything.
     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 football player.
     We all maximize (擴大) 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 meaning
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. worried about  
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. unhappy with
5. In the passage,  the writer suggests(暗示)  that the word "cool"                   .
A. can be used instead of few words
B. usually means something interesting
C. can make your life colourful
D. may not be as cool as it seems

     Bob Pearson is an old man.  He  has  two  big  houses and a new car.  He has no wife.But  he  is a
father of four children.  He has two sons and two daughters. One son is from England. His name is Bill.
The other son is from America .His name is Mike. One  of  his daughters is  from  China. Her  name is
Lanlan. Mikou is from Japan. Bob Pearson  is  not the children's real(真正的)father, but he loves them
very much .The  children  love  their "father"  too．Bob Pearson buys many toys for "his" children The
boys  play  with  toy cars. The girls play with dolls（洋娃娃）and  toy  animals. Bob  Pearson  is  the
children's "father",  and he is their good friend too.

1.There are          people in Bob’s family.

A．four    
B．five    
C.   six      
D．no

2. The children are           

A．Bob’s  children          
B．Bob's friend's real children
C．not Bob's friends          
D．not Bob's  children

3. Bob's children are from         countries．

A．the same  
B．two  
C．four      
D．three

4. Bob buys          for his sons.

A. toy cars    
B. dolls  
C. toy animals  
D. animals

5．下面的句子中符合短文意思的是          。

A. Bob PearSon is a young man.
B. Bill and Mikou like toy animals.
C. The young Bob has a nice wife.
D. Lanlan is a Chinese girl and  she likes dolls.

     Look at the child over there. H__1__ name is Jim Green. He is an English b__2__. He is my n__3__
friend. M__4__ name is Liu Ying.
     This is o__5__ school. It's No. 2 Middle S__6__. My father is a t__7__ at the school. Jim is eleven.
I'm twelve. He is in C__8__ Two. We are in the s__9__ class. We like our school v__10__ much.

     My name is Gary and I have one sister and a brother, Rose and Paul. We like bananas very much.
Rose and I like hamburgers. But I don’t like salad. Paul doesn’t like broccoli. But Rose does. My parents like tomatoes and French fries.

1. My ______ is Paul.
A. name      
B. sister    
C. brother    
D. father
2. My parents have ______ sons and ______daughter(s).
A. two, one    
B. one, two    
C. three, no    
D. no, three
3. My sister likes ______.
A. bananas    
B. hamburgers    
C. broccolis    
D. A, B and C
4. ______doesn’t(don’t) like salad.
A. My sister    
B. My brother    
C. My parents    
D. I
5. My mother likes ______.
A. hamburgers    
B. French fries    
C. oranges    
D. broccoli

     Tom gets up very e   l    every morning. He often r  2    English after breakfast.  He studies English w  3  . He usually g  4   to school at seven. S  5   he does his homework or plays basketball w  6   other
students. He 1  7   his school.
     In summer, he often goes s  8   after school. He is a helpful boy and many of the s  9  in his class like
to m  10   friends with him.
1.________  2.________  3.________  4.________  5.________
6.________  7.________  8.________  9.________  10.________

Dear Mum,
       I didn't think you understand my life, You think I should be studying all the time. I know you want me
to find a good job when I grow up, but I would like to have a wonderful time, too. You never think about
fun things for me to do like music, sports. Two days ago, when I was watching a football game on TV, you asked me to stop and do my homework. After finishing my homework, still I wasn't allowed to read my
football magazines. You said I had to go to bed early. That was bad enough, but yesterday was the worst day. I bought some computer games, and put them in my bag so that you wouldn't see them. I told you I
had to do my homework first. I know it was wrong to lie to you, but you told me that Dad would talk to
me later. Mum, I didn't quite like what you did to me! I really love you, Mum, but I wish you could try not to be so hard on me.
                                                                                                                                                    Love,
                                                                                                                                                    Bob

1. Bob's mother wants him             when he grows up.        

A. to be a teacher                
B. to find a good job        
C. to work in a big city            
D. to become a football star

2.          is Bob's favorite sport.        

A. Football        
B. Volleyball        
C. Basketball        
D. Baseball

3. Bob's mother asked him           .        

A. to watch TV                                  
B. to do sports        
C. to play computer games                  
D. to study all the time

4. Why did Bob put the computer games in the bag? Because           .          

A. he didn't like them          
B. he played them many times          
C. he wouldn't like his mother to find them          
D. there was nothing wrong with them

5. We know from the letter that           .          

A. Bob lives a very happy life          
B. Bob hates his mother            
C. Bob wishes to study all the time            
D. Bob's mum is very strict with him

I have a small room.In my room I have a bed,a desk,two chairs and a bookcase.The bed is near the wall.The desk is near the window.A chair is at the desk and the other chair is next to the bed.The bookcase is beside the desk,and I have many Chinese books and one English dictionary in the bookcase.
I have a good picture,too.It is on the wall near the bed.My doll is on the bed and my ball is under the bed.My room is small,but it is clean and tidy.I like it very much.

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