3．AIt is a world where the closest feelings and desires can be expressed with a single emoticon（情感符号）．
And it seems the quick nature of social media and texting is having an impact on English language as the words we most frequently use are getting shorter．
Helen Newstead，the head of language content at Collins，said most of the"words of the year 2016"are used by or related to the younger generation born towards the end of the last century．Their contribution to the constant evolution of the English language should not be ignored．
Ms Newstead put the changing nature of language down to social media where space is often small and messages are sent in a hurry．She told the Telegraph："I think because so many of our communications are by social media，there is a lot more sharing and words come to light a lot quicker than they used to．"
The Collins list is put together by a panel of lexicographers and experts，who look at terms that are becoming increasingly used．There are around 4.5 billion words in the Collins Corpus，but between 10and 12are picked for the final list．
2016|Collins‘Words of the Year
Brexit：The withdrawal of the United Kingdom Union
Dude food：Junk food considered particularly appealing to men
Hygge：A concept of creating a comfortable atmosphere that promotes well-being
Jomo（joy of missing out）：Pleasure gained when one decides to refuse a party invitation without any fear of missing the event．
Mic drop：the act of pretending to drop a microphone after speaking
Sharenting：The habitual use of social media to share news and images of one's children
Snowflake generation：Young adults who are more likely to become angry than previous generations
Throw shade：To publicly show contempt（轻视）
Trumpism：The policies advocated by the US politician Donald Trump
Uberization：A business model where services are offered directly to customers usually by mobile technology
51．Which of the following words best describes the situation："You're enjoying what you're doing instead of constantly checking social media to see what everybody else is doing．"？C
A．sharenting B．hygge C．jomo D．uberisation
52．Which of the following is related to politics？B
A．mic drop B．Trumpism C．throw shade D．sharenting
53．These factors contribute to words getting shorter exceptD．
A．limited space in social media
B．the hurry to send texts
C．the younger generation
D．evolution of English．
