According to a professor in the UK, emojis(表情符号) are developing faster than any other language in Britain. These images(图案) first appeared in Japanese mobile phones in the 1990s and are now very popular.

Why do we love them so much?

We really seem to like “big red heart” emojis! But why? They let us have fun and make people laugh. In the UK, the most-used emojis are “face with tears of joy”, and “love heart”.

Emojis also play a role in promoting diversity(多样性) and representation(代表性).

Emojis now come in five different skin colors to represent different countries. There is also an emoji of a woman wearing a headscarf, which came out after a German teenager campaigned(发起运动) for an emoji to represent her.

What is the future of emojis?

Are emojis developing so quickly that they will soon compete with English as a global(全球的) language? Or is technology changing so fast that emojis will die after the next big thing comes along? Even technology and language experts have different opinions on emojis. What do you think? I think we should keep our eyes open for new developments!

1.任务一 When did emojis first appear?

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2.任务二 Why do people like to use emojis?

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3.任务三 找出与所给句子意思相近的句子。

A British professor says emojis(表情符号) are the UK’s fastest-growing language.

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4.任务四 将划线句子翻译成汉语。

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5.任务五 写出划线处her所指代的内容__________________________________________________

6.任务六 What is the author’s opinion(想法) about the future of emojis?

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As a middle school student, I want to buy an iPod that can help me improve my spoken English. I don’t want my parents to buy it for me, so I have to look for a job. One day I stopped at the zoo. The zoo director said he had an interesting job. Their gorilla (大猩猩) was ill and sent to the animal hospital. But the visitors would be disappointed because they couldn’t see the gorilla. So my job was wearing a gorilla suit sitting in the cage for 4 hours at a time. It sounded good to me, so I told him I would.

The next day I went to the zoo, put on the gorilla suit and climbed into the cage. Soon some children walked to see me. I held the rope and swang (摇摆) across the cage. The children seemed to be very happy to see it.

In the next cage there was a lion and he was becoming angry at my actions and began to shake his cage. Suddenly I dropped right into the lion’s cage! I was afraid and shouted, “Help me, help me! I’m not who you think I am!”

Just as I shouted, the lion jumped on my back and knocked me to the ground. Then he said in a low voice in my ear, “Shut up, or both of us will be fired (被解雇).”

1.The writer ________.

A.is a university student

B.wants his parents to buy an iPod for him

C.wants to buy an iPod to improve his spoken English

2.The visitors would be disappointed if they couldn’t ________.

A.see the gorilla B.talk with the lion C.see the lion

3.What is the writer’s job in the zoo?

A.Playing with the children.

B.Making the director happy.

C.Dressing up as a gorilla and staying in the cage.

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A.The lion was angry because of the writer’s actions.

B.The lion knocked the writer to the ground and bit him.

C.The lion said something in a low voice in the writer’s ear.

5.Where can we read this passage?

A.In a sports magazine. B.On a story website. C.In a science book.

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