Question

You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABCs? Do you know there is such a thing as “a banana person”? How strange! 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. So, when a person is a “banana”, he or she is white inside—thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside—looking like a Chinese.

Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. 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 people of People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C. N. Yang (杨振宁). He got the Nobel Prize for physics in 1957,Chinese people love him. but he is an American citizen.

1.“ABCs” in this passage means               .

A. three English lettersB. a kind of banana

C. Chinese born in AmericaD. Americans born in China

2.The underlined word “blood” may probably mean               .

A. 洪水B. 祖先C. 血统D. 身份

3.This passage mainly talks about               .

A. different kinds of bananasB. overseas Chinese

C. the Nobel PrizeD. the story of C.N. Yang

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.B

【解析】

试题分析：你可能知道英文字母A,B和c,但你知道有些人称为abc吗?你知道有一种东西是“香蕉人”吗?多么奇怪!ABC是出生在美国的中国人。ABC是一个中国人,但出生在美国。有时,人们叫ABC“香蕉人”。他们是海外的中国人。这些人可能是公民在另一个国家像美国,加拿大或新加坡。但有中国的血统。他们的父母,甚至祖父母或曾祖父母都来自中国。他们都有黑色的眼睛和黑色的头发。但他们不是中国公民。他们是中华人民共和国的人。例如,我们都知道著名的科学家杨振宁。在1957年他获得了诺贝尔物理学奖,中国人民爱他。但他是一个美国公民。

1.分析原文：An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States.句意：ABC是一个中国人,但出生在美国。故选：C

2.分析原文：But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China.句意：但有中国的血统。他们的父母,甚至祖父母或曾祖父母都来自中国。因此划线词为血统之意。故选：C

3.分析原文：They are overseas（海外的）Chinese.句意：他们是海外的中国人。故选：B

考点：科普类阅读。