Question

【题目】A smiling face with tears, or “Tears of joy”, was chosen as the most popular emoji globally in 2016, according to a report【1】（publish）by Chinese tech startup Kika.

In 2015,emoji was the country’s fastest-growing language in the UK and “Tears of joy”also became the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year, 【2】（make）it popular on social media worldwide.

As a language expert pointed out, the reasons【3】this are as follows. For one thing, with the development of the Internet, especially the 【4】（popular）of smartphones, English alone is proving not enough to meet the needs of 21st-century digital communication. For【5】, emojis can offer greater freedom than verbal language. Meanwhile, compared with text messages, they are often more intuitive（直观的）and 【6】（simple）,which is also the reason why more and more People choose【7】（express）their emotions and ideas by using emojis.

Even if you don’t send emojis yourself, you will【8】（probable）receive them.

However, nobody can definitely-tell 【9】emojis will finally come to look something more like traditional language that we understand and use daily some day or they are just in fashion for【10】while like many things. “After all, it’s an addition to language rather than a language itself,”Dr Drummond says.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】published

【2】making

【3】for

【4】popularity

【5】another

【6】simple/simpler/more simple

【7】to express

【8】probably

【9】whether/if

【10】A

【解析】文章主要讲述了网络上流行的表情符号。

【1】此处考查过去分词做后置定语。译为根据最近发表的一则报告。

【2】此处考查现在分词作结构状语。此处表达哭笑成为牛津词典中的词汇，这使得它在社会媒体中流行。

【3】此处考查固定搭配，。。。的原因：the reason for

【4】根据语境可知此处考查名词，与前面的结构with the development of the Internet, 相似，所以此处用popularity。

【5】此处考查固定搭配，根据前文的for one thing，可推知此处用for another

【6】根据前文的以及并列连词and 可知此处用形容词的比较级，所以用more simple/ simpler

【7】此处考查动词搭配。Choose to do 选择做某事。此句译为为什么越来越多的人选择用表情符号表达情感。

【8】此句用副词修饰动词receive，译为：你很有可能收到表情符号。

【9】此处考查宾语从句。译为没人能分清是否表情符合会变得像传统语言一样。

【10】此处考查固定短语，for a while 暂时，一会