AnewsocialmediasuperstarhasarrivedontheChineseinternet.

OnOct8LeonardoDiCapriojoinedSinaWeiboposting:“HelloChina!I’mLeonardo.”

Butdespitelotsoflikessharesandcommentsmanyotheruserssenthumorousmemes(表情包)includingphotosshoppedimagesoftheUSactortoDiCaprio’saccount.

TheChinesearenottheonlyoneswholovetousememes.AstheSizzlewebsitenoted“Memeshavebecomeahumorousmeansofcommunicationandexpressionacrosscultures.”

Whathasmadememessopopular?

Memescanbeafunnyreferencetorealpeopleoreventswithseriousideasbehindthem.Forexampleduringthe2016USpresidentialelectionalotofmemeshavebeencreatedaboutthecandidates(候选人)DonaldTrumpandHillaryClintonmeaningthatmemeshavetheabilitytoshowpoliticalviews.

Memeshavealsocometoshowasimpleformofhumorthathasmanagedtotiemuchoftheworldtogether.“Perhapsitisnotthehumorofthememeitselfthatgetspeopletopostandsharebuttheidentitytiedtothehumorinthatonlypeople‘intheknow’willgetitsmeaningatthesametimealienatingotheraudiences”thePlainsmanwebsitenoted.

Wearedigitalnativeslivinginatimewhenwehaveeverythingatourfingertips.Wenolongersettleforjustconsumingcontent;wewanttoproduceittoo.Memescomeinhandy.Theysumuppopularculturepoliticssportsfashionandart.“Memesgiveusinstantgratification(即时满足).Theygiveusinformationinaneasyhumorousway”Hungermagazinecommented.“Peoplewouldmuchratherrepostamemethatgivestheiropinionthanreadandrepostapieceoftextonthesametopic.”

24.TheauthormentionsDiCaprio’sstoryatthebeginningofthetextto_________.

A.introduceanewtrend B.presentanargument

C.proveanopinion D.putforwardasuggestion

25.Whatcanweconcludefromthetextaboutmemes?

A.Memestendnottobeaboutimportantmatters.

B.Theappealofmemesonlyliesintheirsimplehumor

C.Memesarealllinkedtoeventswithseriousideasbehindthem

D.Memesareusedindifferentfieldsandgiveinformationinanamusingway

26.Theunderlinedword“alienating”inParagraph7probablymeans________