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 such a thing as 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---hinting like a Westerner(西方人) 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(政治), But if ABCs can’t speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are oversea 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 Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.
【小題1】“ABC” in this passage stands for “_______”.
A. a kind of banana           
B. three English letters   
C. American-born-Chinese
D Chinese-born-American
【小題2】Chinese in Westerner 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 were born in China but work in America
【小題3】The underlined word “blood” may probably mean _________
A.血統(tǒng)B.洪水C.身份D.流血
【小題4】C. N. Yang is mentioned here to show that _________
A. American Chinese are great.
B. Chinese people can win Nobel Prize.
C. American Chinese are not Chinese citizen. 
D. We don’t like him.
【小題5】This passage mainly talks about________
A. Chinese                   B. the Nobel Prize   
C. the life story of C.N. Yang    D. What the ABC stands for.


【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】A
【小題4】C
【小題5】D

解析試題分析:這篇短文中作者主要給我們介紹了什么是ABC,它指的是在美國(guó)出生的中國(guó)人。這樣的人具有美國(guó)的國(guó)籍,從小受美國(guó)的思想影響,但是在外表上仍然是中國(guó)人,有中國(guó)的血統(tǒng)。短文中作者還給我們舉例向我們解釋了ABC。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文的第二段中ABC means American-born-Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. 可知,ABC的意思是美國(guó)出生的中國(guó)人,他是一個(gè)中國(guó)人,但是出生在美國(guó)。故選C。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段中So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside---hinting like a Westerner(西方人) and yellow outside --- looking like a Chinese.可知,我們說(shuō)一個(gè)人是香蕉人,是因?yàn)樗锩媸前咨模枷刖拖裎鞣饺艘粯;而外面是黃色的,外表就像中國(guó)人。故選B。
【小題3】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)劃線的單詞所在的句子以及上下文可知,ABC具有其他國(guó)家的國(guó)籍,但是有中國(guó)的血統(tǒng),因?yàn)樗麄兊母改、祖父母,甚至曾祖父母都是?lái)自中國(guó)的。故這里的blood 的意思是血統(tǒng)。故選A。
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文的最后一段He got the Nobel Prize Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen. 可知,這里提到了楊振寧,他在1957年獲得了諾貝爾物理獎(jiǎng),但是他是一個(gè)美國(guó)公民。故這里作者提到這個(gè)例子是說(shuō)明美國(guó)出生的中國(guó)人,他們是美國(guó)國(guó)籍,所以他們不是中國(guó)的公民。故選C。
【小題5】主旨大意題。這篇短文中作者主要給我們介紹了什么是ABC,它指的是在美國(guó)出生的中國(guó)人。這樣的人具有美國(guó)的國(guó)籍,從小受美國(guó)的思想影響,但是在外表上仍然是中國(guó)人,有中國(guó)的血統(tǒng)。短文中作者還給我們舉例向我們解釋了ABC。故應(yīng)該選D。
考點(diǎn):文化類短文閱讀。 

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