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【題目】Happy,angry,amazed—these are some of the emotions we like to express these days when we're sending a message on our smartphones.That's a quick way of telling someone how we're feeling.Yes,emojis have become a vital tool for communication.

The emoji was first invented in Japan in the late 1990s and the word "emoji" comes from the Japanese words for "picture" and "character".The number of different images has dramatically increased since then and now we have a picture for every mood or situation.

So now we are giving this new creation the visual "thumbs-up" but have you thought why we've become so addicted to using emojis? Professor Vyv Evans has written a book called The Emoji Code, saying "increasingly, what we're finding is that digital communication is taking over certain aspects of face-to-face interaction...one of the reasons why emojis are so popular is that they really do enable us to express our emotional selves more effectively."

Another advantage of emojis is that they are an international language—they don't use words but some pictures so they can be easily interpreted whatever your native language is. However, the emojis can sometimes be misinterpreted—if a friend sends you an emoji of a hammer, you may think he/she is angry when really he/she is saying he/she is clumsy!

Emojis are a good way for showing similar feelings. But as linguist(語言學(xué)家) Neil Cohn says, "To many, emojis are an exciting evolution of the way we communicate, but to others, they are a linguistic Armageddon（大決戰(zhàn)）."It does show there is a lot more to our communication than words alone but does this mean the decline in traditional writing?

【1】How do emojis help people in communication?

A. They can interpret the foreign languages.

B. They will take the place of face-to-face interaction.

C. People can express their emotions effectively with emoijs.

D. People can express themselves clearly with emojis at any time.

【2】Which of the following words can replace the underlined "thumbs-up"in Paragraph 3?

A. doubt B. praise

C. ignorance D. attention

【3】What do you probably mean by sending your friend an emoji of B hammer?

A. You are awkward. B. You need a hammer.

C. He/She loses his/her temper. D. He/She should apologize to you.

【4】What is Neil Cohn's opinion on emojis?

A. They are not used by linguists.

B. They will take over the traditional writing.

C. They will become an international language.

D. They bring convenience and challenges to language.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】本文主要講述了人們?cè)谑褂弥悄苁謾C(jī)時(shí)，經(jīng)常會(huì)用到表情符號(hào)。作者對(duì)表情符號(hào)的起源及用途進(jìn)行了闡述。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段one of the reasons why emojis are so popular is that they really do enable us to express our emotional selves more effectively.可知，人們用emoijs可以有效地表達(dá)自己的情感，故選C。

【2】常識(shí)題。根據(jù)So now we are giving this new creation the visual "thumbs-up" but have you thought why we've become so addicted to using emojis?以及生活常識(shí)可知，大拇指向上的表情符號(hào)表示贊揚(yáng)，故選B。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段However,the emojis can sometimes be misinterpreted—if a friend sends you an emoji of a hammer,you may think he/she is angry when really he/she is saying he/she is clumsy!可知，給你朋友發(fā)一個(gè)錘子的表情符號(hào)，你可能要表達(dá)“你很笨拙”，故選A。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段But as linguist（語言學(xué)家）Neil Cohn says,"To many,emojis are an exciting evolution of the way we communicate, but to others, they are a linguistic Armageddon（大決戰(zhàn)）."It does show there is a lot more to our communication than words alone but does this mean the decline in traditional writing?可判斷出，Neil Cohn認(rèn)為表情符號(hào)既帶來了方便，也為語言帶來了挑戰(zhàn)，故選D。