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【題目】Though they have been around since the late 1990's, emoji usage has increased sharply with the wide use of smartphones.

Recently, a team from the University of Michigan and Peking University analyzed 427 million messages sent by users in 212 countries to look into the differences in emoji use by location and culture. The findings indicated the French are emoji power users and included them in 19.7% of their texts. It's almost twice that of Russia, where only 10.9% of the messages contained emojis. Americans came in a close third at 9.2% and was followed by Mexico at 7.9%.

Also, though the easily wins the title as the most popular emoji, the French appear to prefer the . They are also more likely to use variations of the heart emoji.

Not surprisingly, the study found that women tend to use emojis more widely than men. However, they stick to a handful of favorites. Men, on the other hand, show better judgment and appear to go to extra length to find an emoji that matches the situation. But even so, they select from the top 119 of the 1281 emojis available.

The researchers say people living in Australia and France who believe one person's need is greater than that of a society or group, used happier emojis. Conversely, those from countries with closely-connected societies, like Colombia, prefer using sad or angry emojis.

Also, cultures like Turkey and Russia, known for their strictness, appeared to be more satisfied, at least according to the emojis. On the other hand, people in tolerant cultures, like Mexico, seemed unhappy or dissatisfied.

The researchers believe the findings of this "first large-scale analysis of emoji usage" will help develop input methods (輸入法) and perhaps even increase our emoji vocabulary! Who knew the tiny image we add to brighten up our texts could show so much about our culture?

【1】How are men different from women in using emojis?

A. Men often choose the seldom used emojis.

B. Men use more variations of the heart emoji.

C. Men can better match the emojis with the situation.

D. Men use emojis more casually than women do.

【2】What does the underlined word "Conversely" mean?

A. In general.B. On the opposite.

C. In other words.D. As a result.

【3】What did researchers find in the study?

A. Emojis can show people's true feelings.

B. The invention of smartphones brought emojis into being.

C. Emojis could strengthen relationships between people.

D. The choice of emoji is influenced by our culture.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【解析】

文章介紹了世界上流行的表情符號以及各國的使用情況。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Men, on the other hand, show better judgment and appear to go to extra length to find an emoji that matches the situation可知男士選擇表情符號來匹配情況上更精心，而且判斷力也更好；故選C

【2】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)從本段內(nèi)容可知，法國人喜歡使用表示開心的表情符號，而哥倫比亞人更傾向于使用不滿意、不開心的表情符號，前后句表示相反，故選B

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章中對各個國家的人對表情符號的使用情況介紹以及Who knew the tiny image we add to brighten up our texts could show so much about our culture?可知表情符號受文化的影響；故選D