Korean culture is really 1 right now. The Korean Wave is sweeping Asian countries 2 China. Young people are going crazy about Korean TV dramas, Korean pop songs, taekwondo（跆拳道）and the Korean language.
The Korean Wave started a few years ago with the TV series “Winter Sonata”. This love story is 3 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 4 of the Chinese music charts (排行榜).
The Korean Wave has also made young people 5 to try the clothes and hairstyles of pop stars, too. Not only 6 . Now some girls in China 7 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 8 the faces of beautiful Korean girls not 9 ? 10 for yourself when you next visit South Korea.
1.A. exciting B. excited C. interested D. boring
2.A. includes B. included C. including D. is including
3.A. never B. not C. still D. no
4.A. middle B. top C. popular D. better
5.A. want B. to want C. wants D. wanted
6.A. this B. these C. those D. that
7.A. is having B. are having C. have D. has
8.A. none B. neither C. both D. all
9.A. true B. truly C. real D. really
10.A. Find out B. Find C. Look D. Look for
Concorde’s Birthday
CONCORDE, the world’s fastest passenger plane, will soon be over 33 years old. It first __51__ on 2 March 1969 in France. Concorde was developed by both France and Britain. From 1956 these two countries had a _52__ of a supersonic passenger plane. In 1962 they started to __53__ together on the project. The plane __54_ over 1.5 billion pounds to develop. It is the most tested plane in the history. It was given over 5000 hours of testing. Concorde flies at twice the speed of _55__. This means that it _56_ only 3 hours 25 minutes to fly between London and New York, compare with 7—8 hours in other passenger jets. Because of the five-hour time difference between the USA and Britain, it is _57__ to travel west on Concorde and arrive in New York before you leave London! You can catch the 10:30a.m. _58__ from London, Heathrow and start work in New York an hour _59_! Concorde is much used by business people and film stars. Each Concorde is built at a cost of 55 million pounds. Twenty have been built so far. Air France and British Airway _60_ the most. They each have seven planes.
1.A. invented B. produced C. flew D. took off
2.A. talk B. dream C. meeting D. fight
3.A. work B. do C. carry D. finish
4.A. paid B. wanted C. needed D. cost
5.A. voice B. sound C. noise D. shout
6.A. spends B. takes C. covers D. travels
7.A. possible B. impossible C. real D. unreal
8.A. plane B. passenger C. flight D. airline
9.A. later B. late C. earlier D. early
10.A. build B. make C. sell D. own
I’m new at the party and I don’t have a friend ____.
A. to talk with B. talking to C. to talk D. speaking to
This kind of cloth feels _____ and sells_____.
A. softly; nice B. soft ; good C. soft ; well D. soft ; nice
The problem children often get into trouble ____ teachers.
A. on B. at C. in D. with
The art club is for members only. You can’t go in ____ you are a member.
A. unless B. because C. if D. though
