中考英语阅读训练（3）Thestudentswerehavingtheirchemistry（化学）class.MissLiwastellingthechildrenwhatwaterwaslike.Afterthat,sheaskedherstudents,“What’swater?”Noonespokeforafewminutes．MissLiaskedagain，“Whydon’tyouanswermyquestion？Didn’tItellyouwhatwaterislike？”Justthenaboyputuphishandandsaid，“MissLi，youtoldusthatwaterhasnocolourandnosmell．Butwheretofindsuchkindofwater？Thewaterintheriverbehindmyhouseisalwaysblackandithasabadsmell．”MostofthechildrenagreedWithhim．“I’msorry，children．”saidtheteacher，“Ourwaterisgettingdirtieranddirtier．That’saproblem．1．Thestudentswerehavingtheir_______class．A．EnglishB．ChineseC．chemistryD．maths2．MissLiwastellingthechildrenwhat______waslike．A．waterB．airC．earthD．weather3．Aboysaid，“Thewaterintheriverbehindmyhouseisalways_______．”A．whiteB．blackC．cleanD．clear4．Mostofthechildren_______theboy．A．agreedwithB．wrotetoC．heardfromD．sentfor5．Thewaterintheriverhascolourandsmellbecauseitisgetting_______．A．moreandmoreB．lessandlessC．cleanerandcleanerD．dirtieranddirtier中考英语阅读训练“Cool”isawordwithmanymeanings．Itsoldmeaningisusedtoexpressatemperaturethatisalittlebitcold．Astheworldhaschanged，thewordhashadmanydifferentmeaning．“Cool”canbeusedtoexpressfeelingsofinterestinalmostanything．Whenyouseeafamouscarinthestreet，maybeyouwillsay，“It’scool．”Youmaythink，“He’ssocool，”whenyouseeyourfavouritefootballer．Weallmaximize（扩大）themeaningof“cool”．Youcanuseitinsteadofmanywordssuchas“new”or“surprising”．Here’saninterestingstorywecanusetoshowthewaythewordisused．Ateacheraskedherstudentstowriteaboutthewaterfall（瀑布）theyhadvisited．Ononestudent’spaperwasJusttheonesentence，“It’ssocool．Maybehethoughtitwasthebestwaytoshowwhathesawandfelt．Butthestoryalsoshowsascarcity（缺乏）ofwords．Without“cool”，somepeoplehavenowordstoshowthesamemeaning．Soitisquiteimportanttokeepsomecredibility（可信性）．Canyouthinkofmanyotherwordsthatmakeyourlifeascolourfulastheword“cool”？Ican．AndIthinktheyarealsoverycool．1．Weknowthattheword“coolhashad________.A．onlyonemeaningB．nomeaningsC．manydifferentmeaningsD．thesam