Question

Korean culture is really exciting right now. The Korean Wave is sweeping Asian countries including China. Young people are going crazy about Korean TV dramas, 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 handsome actors like Bae Yong Jun (裴勇俊).

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 made 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 don’t 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.

1. What does the Korea Wave refer to? It refers to ____..

A. Korean TV dramas      B. Korean culture     

C. Korean language    D. Korean actors

2.When did the Korean Wave start? It started with ____ 

A. the Korean pop songs       B. Taekwondo    

C. the TV series “Winter Sonata”    D. the Korean food

3.Who is the famous actor in Korean dramas?

A. Bae Yong Jun.       B. Baby Vox.     C. S. E. S              D. Finke

4.Korean stars often change their looks by ____.

 A. singing pop songs      B. acting in TV dramas 

C. trying different food     D. having plastic surgery

5.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?.

A. Winter Sonata tells a very famous love story.

B. Young people like Korean pop stars’ clothes and hairstyles.

C. Chinese girls also want to try plastic surgery.

D. Korean pop stars think plastic surgery is shameful.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：“韩流”袭来！人们喜欢韩国的东西，追韩国的明星，甚至学他们整容……你怎么看这股韩流？

自己去韩国体验吧！

1.词义理解题。文章主要讲了韩国文化对亚洲，尤其是中国的影响，年轻人似乎很喜欢韩国文化，在生活的各个方面都有韩国文化的影子。因此“韩流”指的是韩国文化。故选B。 

2.细节理解题。由“The Korean Wave started a few years ago with the TV series “Winter Sonata”.”可知，在电视剧《冬日恋歌》之后韩流就开始流行了。 故选C。

3.细节理解题。由“People, especially girls, like the beautiful story and handsome actors like Bae Yong Jun .”可知人们喜欢里面的演员裴勇俊。 故选A。

4.细节理解题。由“People say some beautiful Korean stars have had plastic surgery.”可知韩国明星通过做整容手术来改变外表。 故选D。

5.细节理解题 。由“These stars don’t make plastic surgery look shameful ”可知他们不认为做整形手术是丢面子的。故选D。

考点：社会现象类短文阅读。