18．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�。�．
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 （丟面子的）．
Are all the faces of beautiful Korean girls not real？Find out for yourself when you next visit South Korea．
56．What does the Korea Wave refer to？It refers toB．
A．Korean TV dramas   
B．Korean culture  
C．Korean language  
D．Korean actors
57．When did the Korean Wave start？It started withC．
A．the Korean pop songs      
B．Taekwondo
C．the TV series"Winter Sonata"
D．the Korean food
58．Who is the famous actor in Korean dramas？A
A．Bae Yong Jun   
B．Baby Vox   
C．S．E．S    
D．Finkle
59．Korean stars often change their looks byD．
A．singing pop songs   
B．a(chǎn)cting in TV dramas
C．trying different food    
D．having plastic surgery
60．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage？D
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．

17．The Spring Festival is the biggest festival for Chinese people all around the world．The celebration usually lasts for 15days．There is a lot to do．
On the eve of the Spring Festival，family members get together and have big meals．Their favourite dish on this day is dumplings．
Days before the Spring Festival，families will clean their homes．People think cleaning sweeps away bad luck．It makes the house ready for good luck．
The colour red is everywhere during the Spring Festival．People think red is a happy colour and will bring them a bright future．People wear red，too．They decorate their homes with pieces of red paper．Kids get a lot of"hong bao"．It is a red paper bag with money in it．Usually，older people give younger ones hong bao．They think it brings good luck．
The Spring Festival is the time to make everybody happy．So don't say any bad words or do anything that will bring unhappiness to other people．
For instance，you'd better not say any bad words like"death"．Don't break anything．People think that it means your luck is running out．
Also，don't borrow or lend money on these days．If you have borrowed money，return it before the Spring Festival．
51．What do most people do on the eve of the Spring Festival？A
A．Family members gather for a big meal．
B．Friends eat dumplings together．
C．They borrow money from friends．
D．They give each other hong bao．
52．Why do people clean their houses days before the Spring Festival？B
A．Because they enjoy being clean．
B．Because it is believed that cleaning will sweep away bad luck．
C．Because they think it will bring happiness to others．
D．Because it is thought that cleaning brings in money．
53．Which of the following things is not supposed to happen during the Spring Festival？B
A．Returning money before the Spring Festival．
B．Saying words that have to do with death．
C．Wearing red clothes．
D．Decorating houses with red paper．
54．The underlined phrase"running out"probably means"D"．
A．跑出去 
B．打碎 
C．耗盡 
D．離開
55．We can tell from the story that the Spring Festival isD．
A．a(chǎn) time of harvest and fun     
B．celebrated for one whole month
C．only celebrated in China     
D．a(chǎn) time for families to get together．

16．This computer is _______________．（　�。�

	A．	twice as expensive as that one
	B．	twice expensiver than that one
	C．	as twice expensive as that one
	D．	two times as expensive as that one

15．Do you still remember the lovely boy _________ Charlie？Which of the following is wrong？（　�。�

A．

named

B．

called

C．

names

D．

with the name

14．Only when the war was over ____ to go back to the village where he had lived for years．（　�。�

A．

was able he

B．

he was able

C．

able he was

D．

was he able

13．I know the number of people in this city _____ 55，000and a number of them ____ from Asia．（　�。�

A．

are； are

B．

is； is

C．

is； are

D．

are； is

12．James insisted that Mary _____ to see a doctor and Mary insisted that she _____ so．（　�。�

A．

went； did

B．

go； does

C．

goes； had done

D．

go； had done

11．It was in the village _____ he once lived _____ he got his junior education．（　�。�

A．

that； where

B．

where； that

C．

which； where

D．

where； which

10．Mary will never forget the first time she saw him．He suddenly appeared in class one day，（56）wearing（wear ） sun glasses．He walked in as if he（57）had bought （ buy ） the school．And the word quickly got around that he was from New York City．
For some reason he sat beside Mary．Mary felt（58）pleased （ please ），because there were many empty seats in the room．But she quickly realized that it wasn't her，it was probably the fact that she sat in（59）thelast row．（60）if
 he thought he could escape attention by sitting at the back，he was wrong．It might have made it a little（61）harder（ hard ） for everybody because it meant they had to turn around，but that didn't stop the kids in the class．Of course whenever they turned to look at him，they had to look at Mary，（62）which made her feel like a star．
"Do you need those glasses for medica l reasons？"the teacher asked．The new boy shook his head．"Then I'd appreciate it if you didn't wear them in class．I like to look at your eyes when I'm speaking to you．"The new boy looked at the teacher（63）for  a few seconds and all the other students wondered  （64）whatthe boy would do．Then he took （65）themoff，gave a big smile and said"That is cool．"

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