Question

【題目】Emojis（表情符號）

Have you found that more and more people are using emojis to communicate online? For example. "Happy Birthday" has become a cake with lit candles. And "I’m happy" has become a smiling face.

Emojis have been warmly welcomed since they were invented in the 1990s in Japan. According to a survey of a mobile technology company， 6 billion emojis are used in text messages around the world every day. Last year，20 percent of all emojis used in the UK and 17 percent of those used in the US was the icon.It became the most widely-used icon in 2015.

Emojis are now used as % new fo~ of expression"， and one which can cross language barriers(障礙). "'Emojis are popular among millennials， who were born between late 1980s and early 2000s， because they welcome new technology and new things and they think emojis are ' flexible(靈活的 ) and show meanings beautifully'"， president of Oxford Dictionaries told The Wall Street Joural.

Since millennials became the biggest part in the American workforce(勞動 )， emojis have been more accepted in the workplace. For many people， the tiny pictures also show that the users are part of mainstream(主流) society. In the digital age， emojis are "how most people communicate and show their personality many times every day. "

But not everyone thinks the use of emojis is a good thing. Jonathan Jones of The Guardian said that the success of emojis is "a step back for humans"， hurting people's ability to use languages.

"There are strict limits on what you can say with pictures--the written word is necessary to express your ideas and feelings to their highest level，" he said.

Do you feelorabout emojis?

【1】What emoji is "Happy Birthday" according to the passage?

A. B. C. D.

【2】Where were emojis invented?

A. In Japan B. In China.

C In the UK. D. In the US.

【3】What does the underlined word "millennials" in the 3rd paragraph mean in Chinese?

A. 80后 B. 00后 C. 獨生子女 D. 千禧一代

【4】Why are emojis popular among millennials?

A. Because emojis limit what they say with pictures.

B. Because they think emojis are a step back for humans.

C. Because 6 billion emojis are used in text messages eve~ day.

D. Because young people are easily attracted by new technology and new things.

【5】 The writer makes us learn about the emojis in Paragraph 2 by______.

A. telling stories

B. explaining the word "emojis"

C. listing numbers

D. making comparisons(比較)

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了在網(wǎng)絡上越來越多的人使用表情符號進行交流。表情符號跨越了語言障礙，表達非常靈活，但是也有人認為表情符號的使用是人類的退步，對人類語言的使用沒有好處。

【1】C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文For example. "Happy Birthday" has become a cake with lit candles.故選C。

【2】A細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Emojis have been warmly welcomed since they were invented in the 1990s in Japan.故選A。

【3】D詞義猜測題。根據(jù)who were born between late 1980s and early 2000s，可知是指出生在二十世紀八十年代末及二十一世紀處的人，即千禧一代，故選D

【4】D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)because they welcome new technology and new things and they think emojis are ' flexible(靈活的 ) and show meanings beautifully'"，故選D。

【5】C歸納理解題。根據(jù)第二段作者通過列舉大量的數(shù)字說明表情符號應用越來越廣泛，故選C。