第二节：完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题 四个选项（A、 B、 C、 D中选出能填入相应空白处 最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑．
"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 illustrate¹ the usage² 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 shortage³ 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 out of date  C. favourite  D. modern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. enjoyment⁴
34. A. put B. change   C. betterD. make
35. A. coolB. easyC. difficult  D. important  
第三部分：阅读理解
阅读下列短文,从每题所给 四个选项（A、 B、 C和D）中,选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A Reading is not the only way to gain knowledge of the work in the past. There is another large reservoir (知识库) which may be called experience, and the college student will find that every craftsman⁵ (工匠) has something he can teach and will generally teach gladly to any college student who does not look down upon them . The information from them differs from (不同于) that in textbooks and papers chiefly in that its theoretical (理论 ) part -- the explanations of why things happen -- is frequently quite fantastic (神奇 ) . But the demonstration⁶ (示范) and report of what happens , and how it happens are correct even if the reports are in completely unscientific terms (术语). Presently the college student will learn, in this case also, what to accept and what to reject. One important thing for a college student to remember is that if Aristotle could talk to the fisherman, so can he.
Another source of knowledge is the vast store of traditional (传统 ) practices handed down from father to son , or mother to daughter, of old country customs (习惯), of folklore⁷ (风俗). All this is very difficult for a college student to examine, for much knowledge and personal experience is needed here to separate good plants from wild grass. The college student should learn to realize and remember how much of real value science has found in this wide, confused wilderness⁸ and how often scientific discoveries of what had existed in this area long age.  
36.In the last paragraph the phrase "this wide, confused wilderness" refers to _____.
A. personal experience B. wild weeds among good plants
C. the information from the parentsD. the vast store of traditional practices
37. Which of the following statements is supported by the passage?
A. The college students have trouble separating good plants from wild grass
B. Craftsman's experience is usually unscientific
C. The contemptuous (傲慢 ) college students will receive nothing from craftsmen⁹
D. Traditional practices are as important as experience for the college student
38. From this passage we can infer that ______.
A. we'll invite the craftsman to teach in the college
B. schools and books are not the only way to knowledge
C. scientific discoveries late based on personal experience
D. discoveries and rediscoveries are the most important source of knowledge for a
college student
39. The author advises the college student to ______ .
A. be contemptuous to the craftsman
B. be patient in helping¹⁰ the craftsman with scientific terms
C. learn the craftsman's experience by judging it carefully
D. gain the craftsman's experience without rejection¹¹
40. The main idea of this passage is about ________.
A . what to learn from the parents B. how to gain knowledge
C. why to learn from craftsman D. how to deal with experience

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