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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 feel
or
about emojis？
36．What emojis is"happy Birthday"according to the passage？C
37．Where ere emojis invented？A
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？D
A．80后
B．00后
C．独生子女
D．千禧一代
39．Why are emojis popular among millennials？D
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 byC．
A．telling stories
B．explaining the world"emojis"
C．listing numbers
D．making comparisons（比较）
