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

　　Emojis（表情符号）

　　Haveyoufoundthatmoreandmorepeopleareusingemojistocommunicateonline？Forexample，"HappyBirthday"hasbecomeacakewithlitcandles．And"Iamhappy"hasbecomeasmilingface．

　　Emojishavebeenwarmlywelcomedsincetheywereinventedinthe1990sinJapan．Accordingtoasurveyofamobiletechnologycompany，6billionemojisareusedintextmessagesaroundtheworldeveryday．Lastyear，20percentofallemojisusedintheUKand17percentofthoseusedintheUSwastheicon．Itbecamethemostwidely-usediconin2015．

　　Emojisarenowusedas"anewformofexpression"，andonewhichcancrosslanguagebarriers（障碍）．"Emojisarepopularamongmillennials，whowerebornbetweenlate1980sandearly2000s，becausetheywelcomenewtechnologyandnewthingsandtheythinkemojisare‘flexible（灵活的）andshowmeaningsbeautifully'"，presidentofOxfordDictionariestoldTheWallStreetJoural．

　　SincemillennialsbecamethebiggestpartintheAmericanworkforce（劳动力），emojishavebeenmoreacceptedintheworkplace．Formanypeople，thetinypicturesalsoshowthattheusersarepartofmainstream（主流）society．Inthedigitalage，emojisare"howmostpeoplecommunicateandshowtheirpersonalitymanytimeseveryday．"

　　Butnoteveryonethinkstheuseofemojisisagoodthing．JonathanJonesofTheGuardiansaidthatthesuccessofemojisis"astepbackforhumans"，hurtingpeople'sabilitytouselanguages．

　　"Therearestrictlimitsonwhatyoucansaywithpictures-thewrittenwordisnecessarytoexpressyourideasandfeelingstotheirhighestlevel，"hesaid．

　　Doyoufeeloraboutemojis？

　　36．Whatemojisis"happyBirthday"accordingtothepassage？___

　　37．Whereereemojisinvented？___

　　A．InJapan

　　B．InChina

　　C．IntheUK

　　D．IntheUS．

　　38．Whatdoestheunderlinedword"millennials"inthe3thparagraphmeaninChinese？___

　　A．80后

　　B．00后

　　C．独生子女

　　D．千禧一代

　　39．Whyareemojispopularamongmillennials？___

　　A．Beacuseemojislimitwhattheysaywithpictures．

　　B．Beacusetheythinkemojisarea