「OMG」の最古の記録は1917年。英国海軍の元帥がチャーチルに送った手紙だった

Q1. What is the passage mainly about?

1. AHow to write a letter to a politician
2. BAn old example of a word that seems new
3. CWhy people stopped using OMG
4. DThe history of the British navy

新しく見える OMG に1917年の例があった、という話なので B。

Q2. Who did Lord Fisher write the letter to?

1. AThe Oxford English Dictionary
2. BA little old lady
3. CWinston Churchill
4. DA British king

wrote "O.M.G." in a letter to Winston Churchill とあるので C。

Q3. What did LOL mean in 1960?

1. ALaughing out loud
2. BLots of love
3. CLittle old lady
4. DLord of London

Back in 1960, it was used for "little old lady." とあるので C。

Q1. What did the dictionary's researchers discover?

1. ASome texting abbreviations were older than people thought.
2. BOMG was first used on social media in 2011.
3. CChurchill invented the word FYI.
4. DLOL has always meant "laughing out loud."

its researchers found that some were much older than expected とあるので A。

Q2. When was Fisher's letter written?

1. AIn 1941
2. BIn 1960
3. CIn 1917
4. DIn 1919

a letter dated September 9, 1917 とあるので C。1919年は本が出た年。

Q3. Why does the writer mention FYI and office memos?

1. ATo show that FYI is now used only in offices
2. BTo give another example of a short form with a longer history than people expect
3. CTo explain how Fisher's letter was sent
4. DTo show that memos are no longer used

LOL に続いて、FYI も1941年の連絡メモから始まったと述べ、意外に古い略語の例を足しているので B。

Q1. What is the main point of the passage?

1. AOMG was invented by Winston Churchill.
2. BOMG has an early written example from 1917, but that example is not clearly the source of today's usage.
3. CBritish honors are no longer written as initials.
4. DThe dictionary removed OMG in 2011.

1917年の最古の例を紹介しつつ、today's OMG が手紙から来た形跡はないと述べているので B。

Q2. What evidence does the writer give for reading "O.M.G." as a joke about honors?

1. AFisher explained the joke in a later letter.
2. BChurchill wrote back and laughed at it.
3. CHonors are often written as initials, and Fisher himself appears as "G.C.B., O.M." in the same book.
4. DThe dictionary says Fisher received the O.M.G. award.

British honors are often written as initials ... lists Fisher himself as "G.C.B., O.M." とあるので C。

Q3. What does the writer mean by "A first example only tells us where the written record begins"?

1. AThe oldest known example does not prove how a word later spread.
2. BWritten records are always wrong.
3. CFisher was the first person to say "oh my God."
4. DDictionaries never change their first examples.

最古の例は記録の始まりを示すだけで、その後どう広まったかの証明にはならない、という意味なので A。