辽宁师大附中2015-2016学年高一下学期第一次模块考试 英语
第一部分 阅读理解（每小题2分，共40分）
第一节 (共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A, B, C和D)中.选出最佳选项，并在答题卡对应题号上将该项涂黑。
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Wicked! Note the intonation(语调). It means “wonderful”, “great”, “cool”, “splendid”. It came into English from United States’ slang in the 1980s or maybe earlier. Certainly it arrived in Britain in the late 1980s.
It was part of a trend which goes back decades to use bad words to mean good concepts, or the other way round. I mean you might remember saying, “ That’s great” meaning “ It isn’t great”. And always there’s been this use of the word “naughty” to mean “nice”. So it’s part to a general trend.
It’s mainly used as an adjective in front of a noun, for example “ We had a wicked time!” Or, of course, you can use it on its own by just saying “ Wicked!” as a reaction ― that’s how youngsters use it. And youngsters, of course, knowing that grown-ups are now using it as well, have decided to use other bad words in the same sort of way ― I’ve heard young people in recent years use words like “ evil” meaning “good”, or “brutal” meaning “good”.
“Wicked” is still around. This means, of course, that the traditional sense of “wicked” is now being squeezed out. So with "wicked", tone of voice is the only way to tell the old meaning from the new meaning, and even that’s ambiguous(含糊不清的) sometimes, so you have to be careful, and pay very careful attention to the context.
And notice that the word is extending its use. The other day, for the first time, I heard somebody say “wicked cool”, meaning “very cool”.
21. What does the text mainly tell readers?
2．The changing meaning of English words.
3．The change of the word ”wicked” in meaning.
4．The way to use English words.
5．English words from American slang.
22. The author tells readers to pay attention to the intonation of the word “wicked” because_____.
(1)the word is easy to misunderstand
(2)there is another word with the same pronunciation
(3)its intonation decides its meaning
(4)there are many meanings of the word
