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 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.“ABCs” in this passage means             .

A.three English letters B.a kind of banana

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 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.洪水 B.祖先 C.血统 D.身份

4.Which of the sentences is WRONG 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.

5.This passage mainly talks about              .

A.different kinds of bananas B.overseas Chinese

C.the Nobel Prize D.the story of C.N.Yang

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.B

【解析】

本文主要介绍了海外华人，他们被称香蕉人，他们内心白色----像西方人一样思考，而外表黄色----看起来像一个中国人，他们有中国的血液,，他们的父母,甚至祖父母或曾祖父母来自中国，他们都有黑色的眼睛和黑色的头发。

1.题意： ABC在短文中是什么意思？考查细节理解题。A. three English letters三个英文字母；B. a kind of banana一种香蕉；C. Chinese born in America出生在美国的中国人； D. Americans born in China在中国出生的美国人。根据第1段第5和6句ABC means American-born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States.（ABC是出生在美国的中国人。ABC是一个中国人,但出生在美国。）可知选C。

2.题意：为什么称在西方国家的中国人为“香蕉人”？考查细节理解题。根据第1段最后一句when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside - thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside - looking like a Chinese.（当一个人是一个香蕉,他或她是内心白色----像西方人一样思考，而外表黄色----看起来像一个中国人。）可知选B

3.题意：画线词“blood”的意思是什么？考查细节理解和词意猜测题。文中此句But they have Chinese blood, Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China They all have black eyes and black hair.的句意：他们有中国的血液,他们的父母,甚至祖父母或曾祖父母来自中国，他们都有黑色的眼睛和黑色的头发。根据句意可以猜测出blood是血统的意思，故选B。

4.题意：关于ABCs哪句话是错误的？考查细节理解题。A. ABCs may know little about China. ABCs可能不了解中国；B. They are overseas Chinese. 他们是华侨；C. They may speak little Chinese. 他们可能不会说中国话；D. They are Chinese citizens. 他们是中国公民。根据第二第2段第1句Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language.和第4句They are overseas（海外的）Chinese. 可知A，B和C正确，根据第2段第5句These people may be citizens（公民）of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore.可知D错误。选D。

5.题意：本短文主要谈论了什么？A. different kinds of bananas不同种类的香蕉；B. overseas Chinese海外华人；C. the Nobel Prize诺贝尔奖；D. the story of C.N. Yang杨振宁的故事。

这篇短文主要为我们介绍了生活在国外的华人，根据本文主要内容可知选B，

通过对短文的理解得知是讲述海外的中国人。故选B