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 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. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.
1.“ABC” in this passage means .
A. an English song B. three English letters
C. Chinese born in America D. Americans born in China
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.The underlined word “blood” may probably mean .
A. 血统 B. 祖先 C.洪水 D. 身份
4.Which of the sentences is NOT true about ABCs?
A. ABCs may know little about China.
B. They are overseas Chinese.
C. They may speak little Chinese.
D. They are Chinese citizens.
In America, when people say “man’s best friend”, they don’t mean another person. Instead, they are talking about a lovely animal—a dog! These words show the friendship(友谊) between people and animals. Dogs and other pets can give joy to people’s lives. Some people think of their pets as their children. Some people even leave all their money to their pets when they die!
Animals can help people, too. Dogs can be taught to be the “eyes” for a blind person or “ears” for a deaf person. Scientists have found that pets help people live longer! They make people happier, too. Because of that, they bring animals into hospitals for “visits”.
Americans hold “Be Kind to Animals Week” in the first week of May. Pet shows are held during the week. Even if you don’t live in America, you can do this too. How? First think about how animals make your life richer. If you have a pet, take more time this week to play with it. Remember to give it delicious food.
If you don’t have a pet, be kind to animals around you. For example, if you see a street dog, just leave it alone, or make friends with it. If others around you do bad things to animals, try to speak up. As people, we must protect animals who can’t speak for themselves.
1.“Some people even leave all their money to their pets when they die!” is used to show that .
A. pets have the right to inherit(继承) money
B. money can make pets happy
C. it’s the best way to save money
D. some pets are as important to their owners as their children
2.Which of the following sentence is WRONG?
A. We should make friends with a street dog.
B. Dogs can help people live happier.
C. Dogs can help people make everything.
D. Dogs can make people’s lives richer.
3.What is the main idea of the passage?
A. A lot of people are interested in dogs.
B. Dogs can help people do many things.
C. Pets are lovely and need care and protection.
D. We have done a lot of things for pets.
The students were having their Chemistry（化学）class. Miss Hua was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students, “What's water?” No one spoke for a few minutes．Miss Hua asked again，“Why don't you answer my question？Didn't I tell you what water is like？”
Just then a boy put up his hand and said, “Miss Hua, you told us that water has no colour and no smell. But where to find such kind of water？The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell. ”Most of the children agreed with him．
“I'm sorry, children．”said the teacher，“Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier. That's a problem．
1.Miss Hua was telling the children what ______ is like．
A. river B. water C. earth D. weather
2.A boy said，“The water in the river behind my house is always _______．”
A. clean B. black C. white D. clear
3.The water in the river has a bad smell because it is getting ______．
A. more and more B. less and less
C. cleaner and cleaner D. dirtier and dirtier
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When I was little, I wanted to play basketball for school. But I wasn’t good at it. I kept on ________ though.
I started playing in the 2nd grade. My brother, who was the 7th grade, would always help me. He would the basket on purpose(故意) so I wouldn’t lose against him. One day, though, another boy shouted at my brother： “ Go away! You fool!” My brother had to stop basketball with me. I felt so that I wanted to stop playing. About a week later, though, I saw my brother play in a real game. He was so good that I realized I had to keep playing.
Now five years later I start in my school’s basketball . All my hard work has paid off.
I always tell others never to give up, either. If someone puts you , remember they are only one person, and you must never stop trying.
Never giving up helped me in other ways too.
At school, when someone told me that algebra (代数) is too hard for me to understand, I decided not to give up. I knew that if I just kept on trying, I would it in the end. Again, it took a lot of work, but now I understand algebra well.
You have to keep on trying, even when it hurts you so much that every part of your body you to stop. When you finally become a success, you’ll know that the reason you have become successful is that you gave up.
1.A. try B. trying C. tried D. to try
2.A. in B. on C. over D. under
3.A. catch B. miss C. hit D. get
4.A. play B. played C. playing D. to play
5.A. worried B. sad C. afraid D. lonely
6.A. team B. lesson C. school D. fan
7.A. up B. down C. in D. on
8.A. get B. have C. know D. find
9.A. hopes B. wants C. helps D. troubles
10.A. always B. sometimes C. ever D. never
— I just don’t think zoo is a good place for animals. They are not free in the zoo.
—________ . But don’t you think the zoo looks after animals well?
A. I don’t agree B. I don’t think so
C. Maybe you’re right D. You must be joking
She is better at English than ________ in her class.
A. any other student
B. the other student
C. the one of any other student
D. those of any other student
