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 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—thinking like a Westerner 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.
But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call
them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are overseas
Chinese. These people may be citizens 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 the
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 for Physics in 1957. The Chinese love him, but he is an American citizen.
1.What’s the author’s purpose in writing this passage?
A．He wants to
tell us something about “ABC”.
B．He wants to
show that Chinese are well respected in America.
C．He wants to
tell us some knowledge about the English language.
D．He wants to
introduce the American culture to us.
2.Chinese in Western 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 like to
eat bananas
3.C.N. Yang is mentioned here to show that ____.
A. American Chinese are
great
B. we love American Chinese
C. The Chinese can win Nobel Prizes
D. American Chinese are not Chinese citizens
4.Which is NOT true?
A. ABCs are Chinese people.
B. ABCs are all “banana persons”.
C. If you go to America or another country one day,
you’ll really become an ABC.
D. ABCs know our country very little.
5.What does the underlined word in the passage mean?
A．People who
born and live or work in other countries.
B．People who
love other countries.
C．People who
know other countries very much.
D．People who
can speak other countries’languages.
