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.