英语试题同步练习题考试题教案新目标八年级英(8)

八年级英语下学期阅读理解

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 ________.

A. only one meaning C. many different meanings

B. no 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

C. afraid of

B. angry about D. unhappy with

4. The writer takes an example to show he is _________ the way the word is used.

A. pleased with

C. worried about

B. strange to D. careful with

5. In the passage, the writer suggests (暗示) that the word