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 do you know there is such a thing 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. Also, they are not interested in Chinese politics.
But if ABCs can not speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are overseas 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(楊振寧). He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.
小題1:“ABC” in this passage means “     ”.
A．three English lettersB．a(chǎn) kind of banana
C．Chinese born in AmericaD．Americans born in China
小題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 got to study in America
D．they like to eat bananas
小題3:The underlined word “blood” may probably mean       .
A．國籍B．血統(tǒng)C．愛心D．皮膚
小題4:This passage mainly talks about ______.
A. different kind of bananas                B. the life story of C.N.Yang
C. the Noble Prize                      D. overseas Chinese

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:B
小題4:D

小題1:細節(jié)理解題，由文中語句“ABC means American-born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States.”可知。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題，由文中語句“when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside-thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside-looking like a Chinese.”可知。
小題3:詞義推斷題，由文中語句“Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair.”推斷理解可知。
小題4:推斷理解題，縱觀全文內(nèi)容理解可知。
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