题目内容
CHINESE IN FRANCEAn exposition（展览会）on modern living in China and an exhibition of 20th-century Chinese paintings, which opened in Paris, kicked off a year of cultural exchanges.
The“China-France Culture Year”is the largest Chinese exchange of its kind with a foreign country.
The Year of China in France actually runs from October 2003 to July 2004. It will be followed by the Year of France in China, from autumn 2004 to July 2005.The two events are part of celebrations surrounding the 40th anniversary of formal diplomatic（外交）recognition between the two countries, which took place on January 27,1964.
The activities will include expositions on“China Seen Closely--Art of Living in Modem Times”“The Enigma（迷）of Bronze Man--Archaeology（古迹）in Sichuan”“The Bronze Age”“Confucianism”and“Science and Technology of Contemporary（当代的）China”.
There will also be traditional music, acrobatics（杂技）, marionettes（牵线木偶）, dances, garden arts and martial arts（武术）shows for the French public. And, contemporary art, photography, cinema and literature expositions will give a look at modern creators.
An exhibition of Chinese paintings of the 20th century also opened in Paris, displaying works of Xu Beihong and Qi Baishi.
The Chinese National Orchestra of Traditional Music and Central Ballet of China will be performing.
Next spring, Paris will have a traditional Chinese Spring Festival with a show on the Champs Elysees, the boulevard（林阴大道）that runs through the centre of the French capital.
Other expositions will include one on Emperor Kang Xi, a retrospective（回顾）of Chinese films and a week of Chinese fashion.
In July, the“Art of Dunhuang”and“Week of Shanghai Culture”will end the activity.
There will also be performances and exhibitions in other French cities, organized by Chinese cities with sister-city ties.
There are now 47 sister-province and sister-city programmes. Some of the bigger cities, like Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Guangzhou, will have their own“culture week”in Paris, Mar-seilles, Toulouse and Lyon.
The China-France Culture Year was initiated（创始）by Chinese President Jiang Zemin and French President Jaques Chirac in 1999.
(1) When did the formal diplomatic recognition between China and France begin?
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(2) The China-France Culture Year will last ________.
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(3) The underlined phrase“kicked off”probably means“________”.
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(4) This passage mainly tells us ________.
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A．the different shows for China to give in France to mark the China-France Culture Year
B．France will come to China for the China-France Culture Year
C．a lot of contemporary cultures will be exhibited in France
D．the activities for the China-France Culture Year will be held in Paris
(5) Which of the following won't appear in Paris during the exhibition?
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解析：
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(1) A ；由第三自然段最后一句可判定。(2) A ；从第三段中from October 2003 to July 2004以及from autumn 2004 to July 2005可看出。(3) B ；“开幕”之意。(4) A ；全文主要描述中国文化艺术的特点。(5) C ；从全文中可看出，dishes未在展览会上出现。 |
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 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.
But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are overseas (海外) 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 the people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C.N. Yang(杨振宁). He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. The Chinese love him, but he is an American citizen.
【小题1】What’s the author’s purpose in writing this passage?
| A．He wants to tell us something about “ABC”. |
| B．He wants to show that Chinese are well respected in America. |
| C．He wants to tell us some knowledge about the English language. |
| D．He wants to introduce the American culture to us. |
| 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 like to eat bananas |
A. American Chinese are great. B. we love American Chinese
C. The Chinese can win Nobel Prizes D. American Chinese are not Chinese citizens