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

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中作者主要给我们介绍了什么是ABC，它指的是在美国出生的中国人。这样的人具有美国的国籍，从小受美国的思想影响，但是在外表上仍然是中国人，有中国的血统。短文中作者还给我们举例向我们解释了ABC。

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考点：文化类短文阅读。