Korean culture (韩国文化) is really exciting right now. The Korean Wave is sweeping Asian countries including China. Young people are going crazy (疯狂的) about Korean TV plays, Korean pop songs, taekwondo and the Korean language.
The Korean Wave started a few years ago with the TV series Winter Sonata. This love story is still popular. People, especially girls, like the beautiful story and goodlooking actors (演员) like Bae Yong Jun.
In the music world Korean girls are making themselves heard in China. You can often find big Korean names like Baby Vox, S.E.S and Finkle at the top of the Chinese music charts (排行榜).
The Korean Wave has also make young people want to try the clothes and hairstyles of pop stars, too. Not only that. Now some girls in China are having plastic surgery (整容) to change the way they look. People say some beautiful Korean stars have had plastic surgery. These stars dont make plastic surgery look shameful (丢面子的).
Are all the faces of beautiful Korean girls not real? Find out for yourself when you next visit South Korea.
41. The Korean Wave refers to (指) .
A. Korean TV plays B. Korean culture
C. Korean language D. Korean pop songs
42. is the start of the Korean Wave.
A. Taekwondo B. Korean music
C. The TV series Winter Sonata D. Korean clothes
43. From the third paragraph we know .
A. many Korean girls often come to China and sing pop songs
B. Korean pop songs are liked by many Chinese people, especially the young
C. girls like goodlooking Bae Young Jun more than Baby Vox, S.E.S and Finkle
D. many Chinese people enjoy the songs sung by Baby Vox, S.E.S and Finkle
44. The underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph means .
A. people cant tell which beautiful face is a real one
B. plastic surgery really makes the stars look more beautiful
C. the Korean stars dont think plastic surgery is a shameful thing
D. people dont think plastic surgery is a shameful thing any longer
45. Which of the following is Not True according to the passage?
A. Bae Yong Jun is the most popular Korean actor in China.
B. Young people like most pop stars clothes and hairstyles.
C. Now the Korean TV series Winter Sonata is still loved by people.
D. Some Chinese girls are trying to change their faces by having plastic surgery.
E
When you are learning English, listening, speaking and writing are important, but reading can also be very helpful. When you read, you can not only learn some new words, but also you can learn how to use these English words. When you read, it gives you a good example for writing.
Good reading tips.
Try to read at the right level(水平). Read something that you can(more or less) understand. If you need to stop every three words to use a dictionary, it is not interesting.
Try to increase the number of your new words. If there are four or five new words on a page, write them in your notebook. But you dont have to write them while you read. Instead, try to guess their meaning as you read: mark them with a pen. Then come back when you have finished reading to look them up in a dictionary and write them in your own vocabulary book. Then try to remember them.
Try to read regularly. For example, read for a short time once a day. Fifteen minutes every day is better than two hours every Sunday. Fix(固定) a time to read and keep to it. You could read for fifteen minutes when you go to bed, or when you get up or at lunchtime.
Read what interests you. Choose a book or a magazine about a subject that you like, because you are going to spend time and money reading it. So, choose an interesting book. You can also read newspapers. There are many English newspapers in China. For example, 21st Century Teens. It is easy enough for you to understand it. There is something interesting in it.
46. According to the passage, how many reading tips does the writer give us?
A. Three.B. Four.
C. Five.D. Six.
47. Which of the following sentences is right?
A. Reading a lot can help you write better.
B. When you read, you can only learn some new words.
C. It is interesting for you to stop every three words to use a dictionary.
D. Try to read something that you cant understand to make your English better.
48. If you meet a few new words on a page while reading, .
A. give up reading
B. guess the meaning at first
C. write them down at once
D. look them up in a dictionary at once
49. To make your reading better, .
A. its enough for you to read 21st Century Teens
B. only read a magazine about a subject that you like
C. you should read something that you like for a short time once a day at least
D. reading English for two hours every Sunday is much better than for a short time once a day
50. The passage is mainly about .
A. what to readB. reading is very helpful
C. when to readD. how to make reading better
【答案解析】
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26. B[解析] 根据第一段“if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea.”知道答案选B。
27. C[解析] 根据第二段“he wrote these words down on a piece of paper”知道答案选C。
28. D[解析] 根据文章内容知道前四天都没有人来，于是小男孩把纸条烧掉了，第二天就有人来了，所以是第五天，答案选D。
29. A[解析] 根据文章内容小男孩说“昨天晚上烧掉了”，那个不知情的陌生人以为说的是小男孩的父亲死了火化了。所以答案选A。
30. A[解析] 根据文章内容知道烧掉的实际上是那张纸条，所以答案选A。
31. D[解析] 由原文第一段的“It was designed in 1959 by an American businesswoman named Ruth Handler.”可知选D。
32. A[解析] 由第二段中的第一句话可知选A。
33. B[解析] 联系上下文句意可推出：legend的意思是“传奇”。所以选B。
34. C[解析] 注意题干问的是“作者没有告诉我们什么?”选项A、B、D在文中都有提及。所以选C。
35. B[解析] 本文是介绍Barbie Dolls的文章，选项A、C、D对文意的概括都不够全面。所以选B。
36. B[解析] 根据第一段最后一句“they were not paid”可以知道他们没有任何报酬，所以答案选B。
37. D[解析] 根据文章的意思，可以知道从三百年前开始，伦敦的居民越来越多。选项A说没有钱，而穷并不等于一点钱也没有。选项B说在伦敦有大房子，文中没有提到。选项C说很多人都变成了警察，而从第四段可以知道到1829年开始才有了很多警察。只有D选项说很多人都开始在伦敦居住，符合文章原意。
38. B[解析] 题目问为什么人们不离开住所，我们可以在第二段的最后一句找到，因为有很多人偷钱所以人们尽量足不出户防止被盗。所以答案选B。
39. A[解析] 根据第三段可以知道“Bow Street Runners”是类似警察的一群人，所以他们的职能当然是防止偷盗。B选项说他们偷钱，C选项说他们给偷钱的人报酬，D项说他们阻止骑马的人，都不对，所以答案选A。
40. B[解析] 根据最后一段的最后一句“the pay is even better than for the others”可以知道他们比其他的工作人员报酬高，所以答案选B。
41. B[解析] 由文章第一段可知，韩剧、韩语、韩国流行歌曲都属于韩国文化的内容，韩流指的就是韩国文化，包括以上各个方面。
42. C[解析] 由第二段第一句话可知，韩流以电视剧《冬日恋歌》为起点。
43. D[解析] 由第三段第二句可知，在中国音乐排行榜上，韩国歌手Baby Vox, S.E.S and Finkle都排得很靠前。由此可以推断，人们很喜欢他们演唱的歌曲。故D项正确。
44. B[解析] 画线句子的意思是：那些没整过容的明星感觉很丢面子。由此推断：整容手术会使人们看上去更漂亮。B项意思最为相近，故答案为B。
45. A[解析] 文中第二段提到裴勇俊是位非常帅的男演员，但文中并没有证据证明在中国他是最流行的韩国演员，故A项错误。
46. B[解析] 由“Good reading tips”下的每段句首“Try to read at the right level.”“Try to increase the number of your new words.”“Try to read regularly.”“Read what interests you.”可确定选B。
47. A[解析] 由第一段末尾一句“When you read, it gives you a good example for writing.”可确定A项正确。