A Kind of Special Language

唐嚴(yán)

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People in different countries speak different languages. But is there a language that can be understood① by everyone in the world？ If there is， the answer might be EMOJIS②.

Emojis are a kind of special language. Pictures are used to put meaning across. A group called the Unicode Consortium works on choosing emojis. It has added new emojis every year since 2014. They show what people think about and like.

Emojis can be used to represent③ different groups of people. In 2015， emoji faces with different skin tones④ were added. In 2016， different jobs were added， such as doctor， police officer and painter. In 2019， emojis of disabled⑤ people were added including emojis of blind people and people in wheelchairs.

But there is also more to emojis. They can also refer to （指的是） pop culture and new cultural trends⑥.

New emojis in 2019 also include several animals， such as sloths⑦ and flamingos⑧. These animals are not very common， but are known to many people. For example， sloths have become popular because of the 2016 film Zootopia（《瘋狂動(dòng)物城》）. Many fashion designers⑨ have included flamingos in their designs in recent years. These animals make people feel like theyre on a vacation.

It seems that emojis are a mirror of the world we live in. It will be interesting to see how they change and grow in the years to come.

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1. Emojis use ____ to express ideas.

A. music????????? ?? B. sounds???????????????? ? C. words?????????????? D. pictures

2. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to？

A. The Unicode Consortium.???????? ?????????? B. An emoji.

C. A country.????????????? ?????????????????? D. A language.

3. In which year were emojis of disabled people added？

A. In 2014.??????? ? B. In 2015.??????? ?????? C. In 2016.??????????? ? D. In 2019.

4. According to the passage， emojis include the following EXCEPT ____.

A. people with different skin tones????????? ????? B. popular films

C. some interesting animals?????????????????? D. different jobs

5. Which sentence is Not True according to the passage？

A. People all over the world might understand emojis.

B. Emojis can represent pop culture.

C. New emojis in 2016 also include several animals.

D. Emojis are changing and growing every year.