Question

OK, I admit it: emoticons(表情符號)are popular. Some people even think they are fun. Many seem unable to get through an e-mail or Instant Message chat sentence without using one. Some feel that they add feeling and character to otherwise cold digital communications.

Some people, such as a Hollywood scriptwriter John Blumenthal, however, blast the use of emoticons as “infantile(幼稚)just like the people who use them”. He believes that words themselves should be enough. “If you’re funny, happy or sad, that should be apparent from the comment that goes before the emoticons,” he argues.

In the eyes of Blumenthal, the use of emoticons is a gender issue. “Men don’t use emoticons very much. Maybe not at all,” he said, “Teenage girls and women seem to use them a lot. Maybe there’s an emoticon gene.”

It’s an interesting opinion, but it is not shared by all.

In an interview with The New York Times, Dacher Keltner, professor of psychology at the University of California, said that emoticons are popular because our brains are programmed “to seek out representations of humanity”. He believes that they are popular not because they are shortcuts for the lazy, but because they bring in something beyond language. They satisfy our needs to be with and communicate with people.

All of these arguments may be somehow right. Each one of us will choose to communicate in our own way. I tried to use one once and felt like I was stealing into a primary school class that I had no place being in. I’d rather let my words do the talking.

Friends, however, send me messages and e-mails full of emoticons. I have no problem with this. I don’t regard any of my friends as lazy or immature. It’s just a question of individuality.

1.What does the underlined word “blast” in the second paragraph mean?

A. clarify B. criticize C. support D. approve

2.Which of the following views would John Blumenthal agree with?

A. It’s enough to use language in digital communication.

B. Instant Message chatters are childish.

C. Men never use emoticons.

D. There must be an emoticon gene in everybody.

3.From the text, we can conclude that the author______________.

A. feels he has no difficulty using emoticons

B. thinks emoticons don’t suit him

C. encourages his friends to use emoticons

D. believes that emoticons are suitable for everyone

4.What is the main point of the article?

A. Advice on language used over the Internet.

B. Arguments over the use of emoticons.

C. The history of the use of emoticons.

D. Reasons for the popularity of emoticons.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.B

【解析】

試題分析:本文是一篇論述文，主要講述了人們對于使用表情符號的不同看法。有的人覺得表情符號非常有趣，有人覺得表情符號給文字增添了感情色彩。但是有的人卻認為使用表情符號是非常幼稚的事情。

1.詞義猜測題。根據(jù)該詞后內(nèi)容the use of emoticons as “infantile(幼稚)可知John Blumenthal是不贊同甚至是批評表情符號的使用，由此判斷選B。

2.細節(jié)理解題。從文章第二段John Blumenthal所說的內(nèi)容 He believes that words themselves should be enough. “If you’re funny, happy or sad, that should be apparent from the comment that goes before the emoticons,”可知他認為語言本身就可以完全表達清楚人們的思想，故選A。

3.推理判斷題。從文章倒數(shù)第二段內(nèi)容 I tried to use one once and felt like I was stealing into a primary school class that I had no place being in.可以推斷作者認為自己不適合使用表情符號，選B。

4.主旨大意題。文章主要講述了人們對于表情符合的不同看法，有的人贊同，有的人反對，但是作者認為這只是個人喜好的問題，由此判斷選B。

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