Question

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(语言学家) Neil Cohn says, "To many, emojis are an exciting evolution of the way we communicate, but to others, they are a linguistic Armageddon（大决战）."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.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

【解析】本文主要讲述了人们在使用智能手机时，经常会用到表情符号。作者对表情符号的起源及用途进行了阐述。

1.细节理解题。根据第三段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，人们用emoijs可以有效地表达自己的情感，故选C。

2.常识题。根据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?以及生活常识可知，大拇指向上的表情符号表示赞扬，故选B。

3.细节理解题。根据倒数第二段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，给你朋友发一个锤子的表情符号，你可能要表达“你很笨拙”，故选A。

4.推理判断题。根据最后一段But as linguist（语言学家）Neil Cohn says,"To many,emojis are an exciting evolution of the way we communicate, but to others, they are a linguistic Armageddon（大决战）."It does show there is a lot more to our communication than words alone but does this mean the decline in traditional writing?可判断出，Neil Cohn认为表情符号既带来了方便，也为语言带来了挑战，故选D。