Korean culture (韓國文化) is really exciting right now. The Korean Wave is sweeping Asian countries including China. Young people are going crazy (瘋狂的) 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 (演員) 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 (丟面子的).
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
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26. B[解析] 根據(jù)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.”知道答案選B。
27. C[解析] 根據(jù)第二段“he wrote these words down on a piece of paper”知道答案選C。
28. D[解析] 根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容知道前四天都沒有人來，于是小男孩把紙條燒掉了，第二天就有人來了，所以是第五天，答案選D。
29. A[解析] 根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容小男孩說“昨天晚上燒掉了”，那個不知情的陌生人以為說的是小男孩的父親死了火化了。所以答案選A。
30. A[解析] 根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容知道燒掉的實際上是那張紙條，所以答案選A。
31. D[解析] 由原文第一段的“It was designed in 1959 by an American businesswoman named Ruth Handler.”可知選D。
32. A[解析] 由第二段中的第一句話可知選A。
33. B[解析] 聯(lián)系上下文句意可推出：legend的意思是“傳奇”。所以選B。
34. C[解析] 注意題干問的是“作者沒有告訴我們什么?”選項A、B、D在文中都有提及。所以選C。
35. B[解析] 本文是介紹Barbie Dolls的文章，選項A、C、D對文意的概括都不夠全面。所以選B。
36. B[解析] 根據(jù)第一段最后一句“they were not paid”可以知道他們沒有任何報酬，所以答案選B。
37. D[解析] 根據(jù)文章的意思，可以知道從三百年前開始，倫敦的居民越來越多。選項A說沒有錢，而窮并不等于一點錢也沒有。選項B說在倫敦有大房子，文中沒有提到。選項C說很多人都變成了警察，而從第四段可以知道到1829年開始才有了很多警察。只有D選項說很多人都開始在倫敦居住，符合文章原意。
38. B[解析] 題目問為什么人們不離開住所，我們可以在第二段的最后一句找到，因為有很多人偷錢所以人們盡量足不出戶防止被盜。所以答案選B。
39. A[解析] 根據(jù)第三段可以知道“Bow Street Runners”是類似警察的一群人，所以他們的職能當(dāng)然是防止偷盜。B選項說他們偷錢，C選項說他們給偷錢的人報酬，D項說他們阻止騎馬的人，都不對，所以答案選A。
40. B[解析] 根據(jù)最后一段的最后一句“the pay is even better than for the others”可以知道他們比其他的工作人員報酬高，所以答案選B。
41. B[解析] 由文章第一段可知，韓劇、韓語、韓國流行歌曲都屬于韓國文化的內(nèi)容，韓流指的就是韓國文化，包括以上各個方面。
42. C[解析] 由第二段第一句話可知，韓流以電視劇《冬日戀歌》為起點。
43. D[解析] 由第三段第二句可知，在中國音樂排行榜上，韓國歌手Baby Vox, S.E.S and Finkle都排得很靠前。由此可以推斷，人們很喜歡他們演唱的歌曲。故D項正確。
44. B[解析] 畫線句子的意思是：那些沒整過容的明星感覺很丟面子。由此推斷：整容手術(shù)會使人們看上去更漂亮。B項意思最為相近，故答案為B。
45. A[解析] 文中第二段提到裴勇俊是位非常帥的男演員，但文中并沒有證據(jù)證明在中國他是最流行的韓國演員，故A項錯誤。
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.”可確定選B。
47. A[解析] 由第一段末尾一句“When you read, it gives you a good example for writing.”可確定A項正確。