Question

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 oversea 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(杨振宁). He got the Nobel Prize Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.

1.“ABC” in this passage stands for “_______”.
A. a kind of banana           

B. three English letters   

C. American-born-Chinese

D Chinese-born-American

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

D. they were born in China but work in America

3.The underlined word “blood” may probably mean _________

A. 血统           B. 洪水             C. 身份     D. 流血

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. 

D. We don’t like him.

5.This passage mainly talks about________

A. Chinese                        B. the Nobel Prize   

C. the life story of C.N. Yang    D. What the ABC stands for.

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：你可能知道英文字母A，B和C，但你知道有人叫ABC吗？ ABC是指美国出世的中国人。一个ABC是中国人，但在美国出世。有时，人们称之 “香蕉人”。

1.第二段第一句ABC means American-born-Chinese.可知该选C 。

2.第二段中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.可知该选B。

3.词义猜测题。根据上句These people may be citizens(公民) of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore.可知本句是说但他们有中国血统，所以该选A。

4.推理判断题。根据短文最后we all know the famous scientist C.N. Yang(杨振宁). He got the Nobel Prize Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen. 可推知该选C。

5.主旨大意题。本文主要说了ABC所代表的意思，因此选D。

考点：社会现象类阅读。