阅读理解 People who have red hair and people who are losing their hair could finally get their own emoji

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People who have red hair and people who are losing their hair could finally get their own emoji(表情符号)．The Emojipedia website has shown new emojis following demands that they should be more diverse. If its ideas are approved, the new emojis could be added in 2018, alongside new characters that have gray, curly or Afro hair.
“New styles focus on appearances that aren't currently supported in the informal skin tone and hair color pairings(组合) used on many cellphones，” showed one page on the website. The page gave Jessica Chastain and Ed Sheeran as examples of people with red hair. Sinead O'Connor and Samuel L. Jackson were given as examples of people with no hair or a shaven head.
The emojis could be released in 2018 if chosen by the Unicode Consortium which met in January, 2017 following a number of complaints about lack of diversity. “Non­naturally occurring features, such as blue hair and tattoos, are not included in this project，” the website added.
At the end of 2016, Apple published its iOS 10.2 software update which included 72 new emojis such as firefighters, astronauts, rockstars and so on. But people who have red hair were notably absent, causing a global protest.
A website in Scotland demanding ginger emojis got 20,000 signatures. The main issue is that there is one organization, known as Unicode Consortium, who controls emojis on iPhone.
In March, a new list of emojis was published by Emojipedia which might be released later this year. However, the emojis need to be approved by the Unicode Technical Committee before people can use them.
In 2015, ginger emojis were published on the Google Play Store for Android. But up until now, the Unicode Consortium has not been willing to give in to ginger campaigners.
【语篇解读】 Emojipedia网站推出了新一批不同发色和肤色组合的表情符号，如果这些表情符号被统一码联盟批准，那么红发人士和光头人士在2018年就能获得他们的专属表情符号了。
5．Which of the following emojis could be included in 2018?
A．Characters with black hair.
B．Characters with white skin.
C．Characters with shaven heads.
D．Characters with smiling faces.
【答案】C
【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段第一句及最后一句可知，红发人士和光头人士在2018年可能会有自己的专属表情符号。
6．Tattoos are rejected by the Unicode Consortium because ________.
A．there is no demand for them
B．people dislike such emojis
C．they are out of fashion
D．they are not natural identity
【答案】D
【解析】细节理解题。根据文章第三段第二句中的“Non­naturally occurring features, such as blue hair and tattoos, are not included in this project”可知，文身不属于自然特征，所以被统一码联盟拒绝了。
7．What is the Unicode Consortium's attitude to ginger emojis?
A．Favorable.   B．Ambiguous.
C．Disapproving.   D．Uncaring.
【答案】C
【解析】观点态度题。根据文章最后一段最后一句“But up until now, the Unicode Consortium has not been willing to give in to ginger campaigners.”可知，统一码联盟并未打算对姜黄色的表情符号让步，说明它反对采用该表情符号。favorable意为“赞许的”；ambiguous意为“含糊的；模棱两可的”；disapproving意为“不赞同的；不同意的”；uncaring意为“漠不关心的”。
8．What is the best title for the text?
A．New Emojis to Be Added in 2018
B．Complaints about the Present Emojis
C．Demands for New and Informal Emojis
D．Global Protests Against the Lack of Diversity
【答案】A
【解析】标题归纳题。文章开篇点题，2018年将收录更多的表情符号，下文进行了具体阐述，如红发人士、光头人士可能会有自己的专属表情符号。A项(2018年将添加新的表情符号)最能概括文章内容。