Emojis（表情符号）Haveyoufoundthatmoreandmorepeopleareusingemojistocommunicateonline？Forexample，"HappyBirthday"hasbecomeacakewithlitcandles．And"Iamhappy"hasbecomeasmilingface．Emojishavebe

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Emojis（表情符号）
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 am 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"a new form of expression"，and one which can cross language barriers（障碍）．"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（灵活的）and show meanings beautifully'"，president of Oxford Dictionaries told The Wall Street Joural．
Since millennials became the biggest part in the American workforce（劳动力），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 feelor about emojis？

36．What emojis is"happy Birthday"according to the passage？___

37．Where ere emojis invented？___
A．In Japan 
B．In China 
C．In the UK 
D．In the US．
38．What does the underlined word"millennials"in the 3^th paragraph mean in Chinese？___
A．80后   
B．00后   
C．独生子女    
D．千禧一代
39．Why are emojis popular among millennials？___
A．Beacuse emojis limit what they say with pictures．
B．Beacuse they think emojis are a step back for humans．
C．Beacuse 6 billion emojis are used in text messages every day．
D．Beacuse young people are easily attracted by new technology and new things．
40．The writer makes us learn about the emojis in Paragraph 2 by___．
A．telling stories 
B．explaining the world"emojis"
C．listing numbers
D．making comparisons（比较）

Answer 1

36．答案C  细节理解题 由文中 For example，"Happy Birthday"has become a cake with lit candles可知 例如，"生日快乐"成了一个有蜡烛的蛋糕，故选C
37．答案A  细节理解题 由文中 Emojis have been warmly welcomed since they were invented in the 1990s in Japan可知 Emojis在上个世纪90年代在日本发明时就很受欢迎，故选A
38．答案D  常识理解题 由文中 Emojis are popular among millennials，who were born between late 1980s and early 2000s可知 emojis深受出生于上世纪80年代末和本世纪初之间的…喜欢，这一时间的人们被称为千禧一代，故选D
39．答案D 细节理解题 由文中 because they welcome new technology and new things and they think emojis are flexible（灵活的）and show meanings beautifully可知 因为他们喜欢新技术和新事物，他们认为emojis 很灵活而且表达很有美感，故选D
40．答案C 段落理解题 由文中 6 billion emojis are used in text messages around the world every day．Last yeaar，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可知 全世界每天就有60亿的emojis用于短信．去年，20%用于英国和17%用于美国的就是"笑哭脸"．它成为2015最广泛使用的图标，第二段都是在列数字来让我们了解emojis，故选C