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 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.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.

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文为我们介绍的是ABC，即美国出生的中国人，或外国出生的中国人。这样的人有着中国人的外貌，中国人的血统，但是他们不是中国的公民。也许他们不懂得中国的文化，也不会说中国话。

1.C细节理解题。根据文章中第二行ABC means American-born Chinese，ABC，即美国出生的中国人。A 三个英语字母；B 一种香蕉；C 美国出生的中国人；D中国出生的美国人。故选C。

2.B推理判断题。文章中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.，意为，有时候人们称ABC为香蕉人。香蕉外面是黄色的。所以香蕉人就是里面是白色的，即像西方人那样的思考；而外面是黄色的，就像中国人一样。故这里的香蕉人是来比喻这些有着中国人的外表却有着西方人思想的人。故B选项是最佳答案。

3.D细节理解题。根据文章最后一段But they are not Chinese citizens，可知，他们不是中国的公民。故D表述不对。根据第二段Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language可知A、C选项表述正确；根据They are overseas Chinese可知B选项表述正确。故选D。

考点：文化类短文阅读。