linguists, Lauren Spradlin and Taylor Jones, share the same view. The two analysed hundreds of examples of totes-speak and discovered totesing has complex roots.

　　It isn't simply an adult version of baby talk, nor a clever way to minimize your word count. Rather, it is a highly organized system that relies on a speaker's mastery of English pronunciation. It is about sounds, follows sound system of English and has strict rules.

4. Why do young people like using e-slangs?

A. They are time-consuming. B. They are in fashion.

C. They are complex. D. They are in order.

5. What's the author's purpose of mentioning "Bae" in Paragraph 5?

A. To support that totesing is no baby talk.

B. To analyse the usage of millennial slangs.

C. To inform people how it became mainstream.

D. To explain the complex origins of millennial slangs.

6. Which statement may Rosey Billington agree with?

A. Totesing is a loosely organized system.

B. Millennial slangs lower the value of English.

C. It's simply a clever way to reduce the word count.

D. Totes-speak requires a good command of English.

7. What's the best title of the passage?

A. Millennial Slangs Catch on Among Youth

B. Linguists Disapprove of Totesing

C. Millennial Slangs Take the Lead

D. English Has Greatly Changed

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　　It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to-ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set up his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength. At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon.

The following year he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at