四、阅读理解(30分)

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The Spring Festival is the biggest festival for Chinese people all around the world. The celebration usually lasts for 15 days. There is a lot to do.

On the eve of the Spring Festival, family members get together and have big meals. Their favorite 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 color red is everywhere during the Spring Festival. People think red is a happy color and will bring them a bright future. People wear red, too. They decorate (装饰) 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.

根据短文，选择最佳答案：

1. What do most people do on the eve of the Spring Festival?

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.

2. Why do people clean their houses days before the Spring Festival?

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.

3. Which of the following things is not supposed to happen during the Spring Festival?

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.

4. The underlined phrase “running out” probably means “____”.

A. 跑出去  B. 打碎  C. 耗尽  D. 离开

5. We can tell from the story that the Spring Festival is ____.

A. a time of harvest and fun

B. celebrated for one whole month

C. only celebrated in China

D. a time for families to get together

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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.

根据短文，选择最佳答案：

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. Finkle

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 sham