Question

阅读下面短文和问题，根据短文内容和每个题后的具体要求，在答题卡相应题号后的横线上写下相关信息，完成对该问题的回答。答语要意思清楚，结构正确，书写工整。

It’s 2010, outside the gate of a school somewhere in the UK. Some teenagers are talking. One says to another,” I’m tired of jamming after school---it’s really vanilla. Let’s go for a za, OK?” Two adults are walking past. They hear what the teenagers are saying, but they don’t understand a word. (What the teenagers said was,” I’m tired of hanging around after school---it’s really boring. Let’s go for a pizza.”)

This is nothing new---teenagers always invent new words and phrases. They create words for everyday things---words that mean good or porents or bad or good-looking, and so on. Look at these different ways of saying good in recent decades:

1960s---groovy (or fab)

1970s---neat

1980s---ace

1990s---wicked

2000s---cool

But, of course, the words you use depend on your interests, your friends, the music you listen to and the part of the country you live in. Different groups of teenagers have different likes and dislikes, and so they also have different expressions.

So why do teenagers invent new words, or invent new meanings for old words? Many people think it’s because they don’t want adults to understand, but that probably isn’t true---the real reason is that teenagers like to be creative and play with language, so they have fun creating new words.

And what do parents and old people think about it all? Most of them don’t worry about it---after all, they had their own special words when they teenagers too. But, some adults complain about “teen talk” and get quite annoyed by it. But that’s all part of the fun for the teenagers!

1.What is the way of teenagers’ saying good in the 2000s?（只用一个单词）

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2.Why do teenagers invent new words?   （不多于七个单词）

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3.What is the topic of the passage?     （不多于四个单词）

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Answer

1.Cool.

2.Because they have fun creating new words.

3.Teen talk

【解析】

试题分析：青少年总是爱用新词。从good这个词的表达就可见一斑，不是因为他们本想让成年人知道，而是他们喜欢创造一些新词。

1.Cool. 细节理解题。根据Look at these different ways of saying good in recent decades: 2000s---cool可知，青少年在2000年代是用cool表示good。

2.Because they have fun creating new words. 细节理解题。根据the real reason is that teenagers like to be creative and play with language, so they have fun creating new words.可知，年轻人总是喜欢创造新词。

3. 主旨大意题。根据文章最后一段可知，本段主要讲述的是青少年说的话Teen talk。

考点：任务型阅读。