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Reading (THE SECOND TERM) Variant 1 1. Read the text and complete it with the choices (a—f). There are two extra choices you don't need to use. The Australian Foreign Affairs Minister, Julie Bishop, was interviewed in 2015. She was asked a lot of questions about her life, the government of Australia, and relations with other countries. All these questions are normal for politicians and all government leaders, such as Julie Bishop, and they answer these questions very often. But this interview was quite different! Julie Bishop did not answer these questions (C) by speaking. And she did not answer by writing. Just imagine, there were not any words at all. The Foreign Minister answered all of the questions using emojis — (F) small pictures sent from her phone. When she was asked about her hobbies, the reply contained emojis of a book, a music device, and a television. The question about Australia's relationship with China was marked with an emoji of a smiling face. The question about physical exercises was answered with (E) an emoji of running shoes and an emoji of a dancing person. It is said to be the world's first political emoji interview. Not a serious one, of course. It was an important experiment. It shows changing communication. People around the world use rnobille phones to communicate. These phones allow people to communicate with each other (A) no matter where they are. Mobile phenes and emojis also allow you to talk without talking at all.