You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABC? You may like eating bananas. But did you know there is such a thing as a “banana person”? How strange! Are these people from “another earth” ? No. They are just Chinese people like you and me.
ABC means American-born-Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside---hinting like a Westerner(西方人) and yellow outside --- looking like a Chinese.
Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. Also, they are not interested in Chinese politics(政治),But if ABCs can’t speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are overseas(海外的) Chinese. These people may be citizens(公民) of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair. But they are not Chinese citizens. They are not people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C.N. Yang(楊振寧). He got the Nobel Prize Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.
小題1:“ABC” in this passage stands for “_______”.
A. a kind of banana       B. three English letters     C. Chinese born in American
小題2:Chinese in Westerner countries are called “banana persons” because __________
A. their bodies are white inside but yellow outside.
B. they think like Westerners but look like Chinese
C. they were born in China but go to study in America
小題3:The underlined word “blood” may probably mean _________
A. 血統(tǒng)           B. 洪水             C. 身份
小題4:C. N. Yang is mentioned here to show that _________
A. American Chinese are great    
B. Chinese people can win Nobel Prize.
C. American Chinese are not Chinese citizen.
小題5:This passage mainly talks about________
A. overseas Chinese        B. the Nobel Prize       C. the life story of C.N. Yang

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:A

試題分析:這篇短文主要講述了ABC其實就是香蕉人是指中國人出生在美國,而且加入了美國國籍,意思是表面是黃種人實質(zhì)是美國人,他們不是中國公民但是他們是中國人他們的祖先是中國人。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段ABC means American-born-Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States意思是中國人出生在美國。故選C。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside---hinting like a Westerner(西方人) and yellow outside --- looking like a Chinese.故選B。
小題3:詞義猜測題。根據(jù)短文最后一段But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China.可知是血統(tǒng)的意思。故選C。
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文最后一句But they are not Chinese citizens. They are not people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C.N. Yang(楊振寧)可知是美籍華人不是中國人,故選C可知可知啊
小題5:主旨大意題。通讀全文后可知本文組要講述海外中國人。故選C。
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