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【題目】A smiling face with tears, or “Tears of joy”, was chosen as the most popular emoji globally in 2016, according to a report【1】（publish）by Chinese tech startup Kika.

In 2015,emoji was the country’s fastest-growing language in the UK and “Tears of joy”also became the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year, 【2】（make）it popular on social media worldwide.

As a language expert pointed out, the reasons【3】this are as follows. For one thing, with the development of the Internet, especially the 【4】（popular）of smartphones, English alone is proving not enough to meet the needs of 21st-century digital communication. For【5】, emojis can offer greater freedom than verbal language. Meanwhile, compared with text messages, they are often more intuitive（直觀的）and 【6】（simple）,which is also the reason why more and more People choose【7】（express）their emotions and ideas by using emojis.

Even if you don’t send emojis yourself, you will【8】（probable）receive them.

However, nobody can definitely-tell 【9】emojis will finally come to look something more like traditional language that we understand and use daily some day or they are just in fashion for【10】while like many things. “After all, it’s an addition to language rather than a language itself,”Dr Drummond says.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】published

【2】making

【3】for

【4】popularity

【5】another

【6】simple/simpler/more simple

【7】to express

【8】probably

【9】whether/if

【10】A

【解析】文章主要講述了網(wǎng)絡(luò)上流行的表情符號。

【1】此處考查過去分詞做后置定語。譯為根據(jù)最近發(fā)表的一則報(bào)告。

【2】此處考查現(xiàn)在分詞作結(jié)構(gòu)狀語。此處表達(dá)哭笑成為牛津詞典中的詞匯，這使得它在社會媒體中流行。

【3】此處考查固定搭配，。。。的原因：the reason for

【4】根據(jù)語境可知此處考查名詞，與前面的結(jié)構(gòu)with the development of the Internet, 相似，所以此處用popularity。

【5】此處考查固定搭配，根據(jù)前文的for one thing，可推知此處用for another

【6】根據(jù)前文的以及并列連詞and 可知此處用形容詞的比較級，所以用more simple/ simpler

【7】此處考查動詞搭配。Choose to do 選擇做某事。此句譯為為什么越來越多的人選擇用表情符號表達(dá)情感。

【8】此句用副詞修飾動詞receive，譯為：你很有可能收到表情符號。

【9】此處考查賓語從句。譯為沒人能分清是否表情符合會變得像傳統(tǒng)語言一樣。

【10】此處考查固定短語，for a while 暫時(shí)，一會