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　　"Cool" is a word with many meanings. It s traditional meaning

　　is used to 16 a temperature that is fairly cold. As the world

　　has 17 , however, the word has expanded to 18 many different

　　meanings.

　　"Cool" can be used to express feelings of 19 in almost

　　anything.

　　When you see a brand-name car in the street, maybe you can't

　　help 20 , "It's cool." You might think, "He's so cool," when

　　you see your 21 footballer.

　　We all enlarge the meaning of "cool". You can use it 22 many

　　words such as "new" or "amazing." Here's an interesting story

　　we can see 23 illustrate the usage of the word: A teacher

　　asked her students to 24 the waterfall they had visited. On

　　one student’s paper was just the one 25 , "It's so cool." 26

　　he thought it was 27 to describe 28 he saw and felt.

　　29 the story also proves the shortage of words and

　　expressions. 30 "cool," some people have no words to express

　　the same meaning. So it is 31 to improve our word strength to

　　maintain some 32 .

　　As a popular word, "cool" stands for a kind of special 33 that

　　people can accept easily. Excepting "cool," can you think of

　　many words that 34 your life as colorful? I can. And I think

　　they are also very 35 .

　　16. A. find B. takeC. show D. make sure

　　17. A. changed B. been developed C. been cleaned D. informed

　　18. A. turn out B. take on C. take inD. come into

　　19. A. satisfaction B. interestC. senseD. interesting

　　20. A. to sayB. tellingC. shoutD. saying

　　21. A. famousB. out of date C. favourite D. modern

　　22. A. in stead of B. in place of C. to take place of D.

　　exchange

　　23. A. is used to B. showing C. used to D. explaining

　　24. A. write for B. copy down C. describe D. say something

　　25. A. phraseB. wordC. storyD. sentence

　　26. A. However B. May be C. As far as D. Perhaps

　　27. A. The just thing B. the very mean C. some methods D. the

　　best way

　　28. A. the means B. whatC. howD. wherever

　　29. A. AndB. If C. SoD. But

　　30. A. WithoutB. UsingC. Not being used D. With

　　31. A. important B. necessary C. impossible D. natural

　　32. A. trueB. beliefC. richness D. interest

　　33. A. habitB. cultureC. language D. enjoyment

　　34. A. put B. change C. betterD. make

　　35. A. coolB. easyC. difficult D. important