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 — looking 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). H e 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 letters
B．a(chǎn) kind of banana
C．Chinese born in America
D．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:He underlined word “blood” may probably mean__________.
A．國籍B．血統(tǒng) C．愛心D．皮膚
小題4:N.Yang is mentioned (提到) here to show that ____________
A．American Chinese are great.
B．We love American Chinese.
C．Chinese people can win Nobel Prizes.
D．American-Chinese are not Chinese citizens.
小題5:This passage mainly talks about _____.
A. different kinds of bananas
B. overseas Chinese
C. the Nobel Prize
D. the life story of C.N. Yang

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:B

試題分析：這篇短文主要給我們介紹了生活在海外的華人。
小題1:根據(jù)第二段ABC means American–born Chinese. 描述，可知這個單詞指的是在美國出生的中國人，故選D。
小題2:根據(jù)第二段A banana is yellow outside and white inside — looking like a Westerner and yellow outside — looking like a Chinese.描述，可知選B。
小題3:聯(lián)系上下文，可知指的是這些人含有中國血統(tǒng)。故選B。
小題4:根據(jù)But he is an American citizen.描述，可知楊振寧是個美國人。故選D。
小題5:這篇短文重要給我們介紹了生活在國外的華人，故選B，海外華人。
點評：本文中長句較多，一時很難讀懂句子含義，注意多讀幾遍，不要強求非得理解一詞一句的含義，能把握文章大意就行。然后帶著問題閱讀短文，一般就能順利找出答題依據(jù)。對于不能直接找到根據(jù)的問題注意聯(lián)系上下文，根據(jù)短文中心總結(jié)出正確答案。
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