Tens of thousands of years ago, before the development of written languages, ancient humans drew pictures of animals on cave walls and decorated them with markings, which appear to have been an early form of symbolic communication. Flash forward to today. Communicating in images and symbols seems to be coming back in a big way. The difference is that we're tapping the screens of our smartphones to summon forth tiny digital images and icons to express various meanings. Since the first emoji was created in 1999, emojis have become so popular and < underlined word > ubiquitous< /underlined word > that they're used more than 5 billion times each day on social platforms. Emojis have become so much a part of the modern discourse that linguistics scholars recently came together at Stanford University to ponder how little human communication is affected. At an event earlier this year, an executive from a mobile phone maker even proclaimed that emojis actually are replacing words, and that images are becoming the new mode of expression. Indeed, in the United Kingdom, teachers are utilizing emojis to help children make sense of Shakespeare's plays, while scientists want to develop an emoji for warning people about earthquakes. That has led some to wonder if we're regressing back to the sort of pictorial, symbolic communication style that ancient humans used. But one expert in visual communication says that isn't likely to happen. Dr. Neil Cohn, the author of the book < underlined word > The Visual Language of Comics< /underlined word >, said that he didn't see the use of emojis as a regression to the sort of communication that existed before written language. "In fact, it's a bit demeaning to the graphic domain to think that drawing falls at a more evolutionary basic level on the communicative ladder," he said. "Because of historical circumstances, we've come to think of bare written language as the norm, and also transport that notion to speaking (as if speech alone was communication). This has never been the case. In a speech, we gesture when we talk, and those gestures play an essential role in our communication." 68)What does the writer mean by "communicating in images and symbols seems to be coming back in a big way"? A. The images and symbols we create are more complicated.B. We can convey far more meanings by using emojis.C. We have more emojis than pictures drawn by ancient humans.D. The tools we use to create emojis are more advanced. 69)What does the underlined word "ubiquitous" in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A. Unique.B. Superficial.C. Significant.D. Universal. 70)Why did linguistics scholars get together at Stanford University?A. To discuss the influence of emojis on communication.B. To decide if emojis are a new mode of expression.C. To proclaim emojis actually are replacing words.D. To reflect on the utilization of emojis in daily life. 71)What makes people wonder that we're going back to the symbolic communication style?A. The concern of emojis in the linguistic circle.B. The practical use of emojis in many fields.C. The use of emojis for scientific purposes.D. The application of emojis in British literature.
Tens of thousands of years ago, before the development of written languages, ancient humans drew pictures of animals on cave walls and decorated them with markings, which appear to have been an early form of symbolic communication.
Flash forward to today. Communicating in images and symbols seems to be coming back in a big way. The difference is that we're tapping the screens of our smartphones to summon forth tiny digital images and icons to express various meanings. Since the first emoji was created in 1999, emojis have become so popular and < underlined word > ubiquitous< /underlined word > that they're used more than 5 billion times each day on social platforms.
Emojis have become so much a part of the modern discourse that linguistics scholars recently came together at Stanford University to ponder how little human communication is affected. At an event earlier this year, an executive from a mobile phone maker even proclaimed that emojis actually are replacing words, and that images are becoming the new mode of expression.
Indeed, in the United Kingdom, teachers are utilizing emojis to help children make sense of Shakespeare's plays, while scientists want to develop an emoji for warning people about earthquakes. That has led some to wonder if we're regressing back to the sort of pictorial, symbolic communication style that ancient humans used. But one expert in visual communication says that isn't likely to happen.
Dr. Neil Cohn, the author of the book < underlined word > The Visual Language of Comics< /underlined word >, said that he didn't see the use of emojis as a regression to the sort of communication that existed before written language. "In fact, it's a bit demeaning to the graphic domain to think that drawing falls at a more evolutionary basic level on the communicative ladder," he said. "Because of historical circumstances, we've come to think of bare written language as the norm, and also transport that notion to speaking (as if speech alone was communication). This has never been the case. In a speech, we gesture when we talk, and those gestures play an essential role in our communication."
68)What does the writer mean by "communicating in images and symbols seems to be coming back in a big way"?
- A. The images and symbols we create are more complicated.
- B. We can convey far more meanings by using emojis.
- C. We have more emojis than pictures drawn by ancient humans.
- D. The tools we use to create emojis are more advanced.
69)What does the underlined word "ubiquitous" in Paragraph 2 probably mean? - A. Unique.
- B. Superficial.
- C. Significant.
- D. Universal.
70)Why did linguistics scholars get together at Stanford University? - A. To discuss the influence of emojis on communication.
- B. To decide if emojis are a new mode of expression.
- C. To proclaim emojis actually are replacing words.
- D. To reflect on the utilization of emojis in daily life.
71)What makes people wonder that we're going back to the symbolic communication style? - A. The concern of emojis in the linguistic circle.
- B. The practical use of emojis in many fields.
- C. The use of emojis for scientific purposes.
- D. The application of emojis in British literature.
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本题主要考查对文章内容的理解、词汇含义的推测以及对细节信息的把握。解题时需要仔细阅读文章，理解每个段落的主旨和关键信息，然后根据题目要求进行分析和推理。
68题
- 文章提到“Communicating in images and symbols seems to be coming back in a big way”，结合后文可知这里指的是emoji这种图像和符号交流方式的复兴。
- 选项A说我们创造的图像和符号更复杂，文章未提及，排除；选项C说我们的emoji比古代人类画的画多，这与“交流方式复兴”的核心意思无关，排除；选项D说创造emoji的工具更先进，也不是“交流方式复兴”的关键，排除。
- 选项B“通过使用emoji我们可以传达更多的含义”，因为emoji可以表达各种复杂的情感和意义，符合“交流方式复兴”所带来的影响，所以该选项正确。
69题
- “ubiquitous”所在句子“Since the first emoji was created in 1999, emojis have become so popular and ubiquitous that they're used more than 5 billion times each day on social platforms”，从“每天在社交平台上被使用超过50亿次”可以看出emoji的使用非常广泛。
- 选项A“Unique”意为独特的，不符合语境；选项B“Superficial”意为表面的，也不正确；选项C“Significant”意为重要的，没有突出“广泛”的意思。
- 选项D“Universal”意为普遍的、广泛存在的，与“ubiquitous”意思相近，所以该选项正确。
70题
- 根据文章“Emojis have become so much a part of the modern discourse that linguistics scholars recently came together at Stanford University to ponder how little human communication is affected”可知，语言学家们聚集在斯坦福大学是为了思考emoji对人类交流的影响。
- 选项B说决定emoji是否是一种新的表达方式，文章重点是讨论影响，而非决定是否是新方式，排除；选项C说宣称emoji实际上正在取代文字，这是手机制造商高管的观点，不是学者们聚集的目的，排除；选项D说反思emoji在日常生活中的使用，范围太窄，学者们关注的是对交流的整体影响，排除。
- 选项A“讨论emoji对交流的影响”符合文意，所以该选项正确。
71题
- 文章提到“Indeed, in the United Kingdom, teachers are utilizing emojis to help children make sense of Shakespeare's plays, while scientists want to develop an emoji for warning people about earthquakes”，说明emoji在教育、科学等多个领域都有实际应用。
- 选项A说语言圈对emoji的关注，这不是人们认为我们回到符号交流方式的原因，排除；选项C说emoji用于科学目的，只是其中一个方面，不全面，排除；选项D说emoji在英国文学中的应用，同样只是一个方面，不全面，排除。
- 选项B“emoji在许多领域的实际应用”全面概括了这些情况，所以该选项正确。