In the modern world more and more people meet the problem of identity．The most interesting example is that of a so – called “banana”, which refers to an American who has an Asian face but holds Western values．
In Shanghai, there now live a group of people from abroad．They look no different from the locals and speak fluent Chinese or even Shanghai dialect, but when it comes to writing Chinese characters, they are almost illiterate（文盲）．Jack is such an example．He never learned to read or write Chinese characters, which he finds mysterious and difficult．From time to time, he files to the US as he does not feel Shanghai is where he comes from．“But when I am in the States, I feel that’s not my home either,” he said．
At De Gaulle Airport in France, there is a Swiss man who has been living in the waiting – room for a long time because he lost h is passport during his travels．He was refused entry into several countries．But when he was eventually allowed to return to Swizerland, he refused to leave the airport．His reason was very simple—“I am sure who I am．I need no acknowledgement from others,” he said during an interview．For th is reason  he was honored by the Western media as “the Hero of identity．”
As the Internet becomes more and more popular, the problem of identity becomes more serious．In a virtual world, people can have different addresses registered with different names．In the Internet chat room, even one’s gender（性別） is hard to determine．It seems that in the glohal village, people are saying hello every day to each other without knowing whom they are talking to．
What will be the next crisis（危機(jī)） of identity? With the development of cloning technology, it might be: who is the real “I”?
小題1:What does the passage mainly talk about?
A．The importance of identity．
B．The crisis of identity．
C．Differences between Eastern and Western cultures．
D．Difficulty in living in foreign counties．
小題2:The Swiss man had to live in De Gaulle Airport in France because      ．
A．he needed to board a plane at any time
B．he couldn’t afford to live in a hotel
C．he needed others acknowledgement
D．he couldn’t prove who he was
65．A “banana” in the passage is in fact an     ．
A．American traveling to Asia   B．American keeping Eastern culture
C．American born in Asia    D．America – born Asian
小題3:We can infer from the passage that the author believes      ．
A．there will be more problems relating to identity in the future
B．Internet technology helps solve problems of identity
C．only people traveling abroad have problems of identity
D．people don’t need to worry about identity

小題1:B
小題1:D
小題1:D
小題1:A  

小題1:根據(jù)In the modern world more and more people meet the problem of identity．及下文描述可知選B。
小題1:根據(jù)because he lost h is passport during his travels．他在旅途中丟了護(hù)照，可知選D，他無法證明他是誰。
小題1:根據(jù)定語從句which refers to an American who has an Asian face but holds Western values．，選D，美國出生的亞洲人。
小題1:根據(jù)As the Internet becomes more and more popular, the problem of identity becomes more serious．和With the development of cloning technology, it might be: who is the real “I”?
可知在未來有關(guān)身份的問題會(huì)更多，故選A。
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