单选题
"Cool" is a word with many meanings. Its traditional meaning is used to (36) a temperature that is fairly cold. As the world has (37) , however, the word has expanded to (38) many different meanings. "Cool" can be used to express feelings of (39) in almost anything. When you see a brand-new car in the street, maybe you can't help (40) , "It's cool." You might think, "He's so cool," when you see your (41) footballer. We all enlarge the meaning of "cool". You can use it (42) many words such as "new" or "amazing." Here's an interesting story we can see (43) illustrate the usage of the word: A teacher asked her students to (44) the waterfall they had visited. On one student's paper was just the one (45) , "It's so cool." (46) he thought it was (47) to describe (48) he saw and felt. (49) the story also proes the shortage of words and expressions. (50) "cool," some people have no words to express the same meaning. So it is (51) to improve our word strength to maintain the (52) of language. As a popular word, "cool" stands for a kind of special (53) that people can accept easily. Except "cool," can you think of any other words that (54) your life as colorful? I can. And I think they are also very (55) .
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词义辨析。本句说明show在过去曾用来显示温度,find表示 “发现”;take表示“拿走”;show表示“显示”;make sure表示“确 信”。因此show the temperature为正确搭配。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词义辨析。本句说明在世界发生变化的时候,这个词也扩展了 它的意思。四个选项中只能用主动语态the world has changed,而不能 使用被动语态。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查短语辨析。本句说明这个词已经呈现出很多不同的意思。turn out表示“结果”;take on表示“具有,呈现”;take in表示“吸收”; come into表示“进入,取得”。结合句意,take on为正确选项。
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词义辨析。本句说明当我们看到自己喜爱的球员时会不自禁 地认为他很酷。famous表示“著名的”;out of date表示“过时的”; favorite表示“最喜爱的”;modern表示“现代的”。根据句意可知 favorite为正确答案。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查短语辨析。本句大意为我们可以用cool来替代很多其他的 词。install of表示“更换,而非…”;in place of表示“代替”;take place of是个错误表达法,正确的短语应为take the place of“替代”; exchange表示“交换”。本句只说明可以用cool替代其他词而不是不能 使用其他词。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查句子结构辨析。本句大意为这里有一个有趣的故事用以说明这 个词的用法。主句为Here's a story used to illustrate,此处的used to并非 表示“过去常常”而是表示“被用来”,是个过去分词短语修饰story。
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词义辨析定语从句that make your life as colorful修饰any other words put表示“放置”;change表示“改变”;better表示“改 善”;make表示“使”。只有make后可以接形容词colorful,因此[D] 为正确答案。