You may know the English letters A,B and C. But do you know there are ________ called ABC? You may like eating bananas. But do you know there is such a thing as a “banana person”? How _________ ! Are these people from “another earth”? No, they are just Chinese people ________ you and me.

ABC means(意思是) American-born-Chinese. ________ ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people _________ an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside. ________, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside—living like a Westerner and yellow outside—________ like a Chinese.

Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know ________ about China or the Chinese language(语言). Some of them don’t ________ Chinese. But if ABCs can’t speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are overseas(海外的) Chinese. These people may be citizens(公民) of another ________ like the USA, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood(血统). Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair. But they are not Chinese citizens. For example, we all know the famous scientist Ding Zhaozhong. He got the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1976. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.

1.A. things B. animals C. people D. fruits

2.A. strange(奇怪的) B. nice C. fresh D. great

3.A. for B. like C. as D. about

4.A. A B. An C. The D. /

5.A. ask B. say C. give D. call

6.A. And B. But C. So D. Or

7.A. looking B. sounding C. smelling D. feeling

8.A. much B. many C. few D. little

9.A. know B. tell C. speak D. learn

10.A. city B. country C. village D. town

An Englishman shows a foreign visitor around London. “What is that strange building?” asks the visitor. “That’s the Tower of London.” “I see. How long did it take to build it? ”“About 20 years.” “In my country, we can build it in 20 months,” answers the visitor. A short time after that they come to St. Paul's Cathedral (圣保罗大教堂). “Very interesting,” says the visitor. “How long did it take to build it?” “About forty years.” “In my country we can finish it in forty days,” says the visitor. This goes on all day. They visit most of the best known buildings in the city. Every time they see a new one, the visitor always asks the same question. Then he always answers that they can do the same thing much faster in his country. At last, the Englishman gets angry with the visitor but he tries not to show it. At last they come to the House of Parliament and the visitor asks his usual question “What is that?” The Englishman answers “I don’t know. It wasn’t there last night.”

1.The visitor says that in his country it would take them _____ to build St. Paul's Cathedral.

A. more than half a year B. less than 2 months C. 20 years D. 40 years

2.The Englishman is very angry at the end of the day but he _____.

A. tries not to let the visitor know it B. tries not to show the visitor around

C. has no time to tell the visitor D. doesn't want to say anything

3.What the Englishman said at last means he ______.

A. is sorry that there is no such a building before

B. can say nothing because he doesn’t know anything about it

C. wants to give him a surprising answer

D. doesn't know the name of the building

Every year on April 22, People all over the world celebrate Earth Day. It is a time to work to keep our earth clean. People plan projects to clean up the land, air and water.

U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson first thought of the idea for Earth Day in 1962 when he saw polluted rivers and cities with smoke. He needed to get support from Americans to clean up the earth. Finally, on April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans celebrated the first Earth Day! Now many countries around the world celebrate it, and you can, too.

How can you celebrate Earth Day? Here are a few ideas:

Join a clean-up project-Clean up your street or a favorite beach.

Save energy-Turn off the lights when you leave a room, and use public transportation.

Use less water.

Reduce(减少)/ Reuse/ Recycle ― Practice the three Rs: First, reduce how much you use. Then reuse or recycle what you can.

You can make a difference on Earth Day and every day!

1.People celebrate World Earth Day every year to _____

A. have great fun B. keep our earth clean C. get to know each other D. get support

2.How do people around the world celebrate Earth Day?

A. By using more cars. B. By helping clean up the land, air and water.

C. By polluting rivers and cities. D. By taking fewer buses.

3.Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

A. Americans celebrated the first Earth Day.

B. Three Rs mean reduce, reuse and recycle.

C. Now about 20 million people celebrate the Earth Day.

D. People celebrate Earth Day by helping to do some public cleaning.

4.The best title of this passage is _____.

A. Three Rs B. A Clean-up Project C. World Earth Day D. Save Energy

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