They come from the USA. They are _______.
A.Chinese        B.America    C.Americans     D.China

American people like to say “Thank you” when others help them or say something kind to them. People of many other countries do so, too. It is a very good habit.

You should say “Thank you” when someone passes you the salt on the table, when someone walking before you keeps the door open for you, when someone says you have done your work well, or you have bought a nice thing, or your city is very beautiful. “Thank you” is used not only between friends, but also between parents and children, brother and sisters, husbands and wives.

“Excuse me” is another short sentence they use. When you hear someone say so behind you, you know that someone wants to walk past you.

It is not polite to break others while they are talking. If you want to speak to one of them, say “Excuse me” first, and then begin talking. You should also do so when you want to cough(咳嗽) or make any noise before others.

1.You should say “Thank you” when _______ .

A. you say something kind to others.

B. you help others.

C. someone helps you.

D. you need others to help you.

2.From the passage we know “Thank you.” is _________

A. widely used in the world.

B. used more than “Excuse me”.

C. used only by Americans.

D. used only between friends.

3.You should say “Excuse me” if you want to ______

A. cough B. make some noise

C. go first D. all of above.

4.When you are going to ask someone to tell you the way, you should say “________”

A. Thank you. B. That’s kind of you.

C. Excuse me. D. I’m sorry.

5.This passage mainly(主要地) tell us the way ________

A. to be happy B. to be polite

C. to help others D. to learn from Americans.

“ABC”and “Banana Persons”

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 are people called “banana persons”? If you don’t know, I will tell you. They are Chinese people like you and me, but they aren’t in China.Why do people call them like that?

“ABC” means American-born Chinese. An “ABC” is a Chinese,

but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people also call them

“banana persons”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So when

a person is a banana, he or she is white (American) inside and yellow (Chinese)

outside.

They are born in America and they live in America for a long time. Even

their nationality(国籍) is American. So they think like Americans and do things

like Americans. But they still have Chinese blood(血). Their parents, grandparents

or even great-grandparents were from China.They all have black eyes and black hair.

So they look like us Chinese people. For example, we all know the famous scientist

C.N.Yang. He is an “ABC” and he is a “banana person”. We like him, although(虽然)

his nationality isn’t Chinese.

1.What does “ABC” mean?

A．American-born Chinese                  B．American-born Canadian

C．Australian-born Chinese                  D．Chinese-born Chinese

2.Why do people call an “ABC” a “banana person”?

A．They look like Americans but they think like Chinese.

B．They look like Chinese but they think like Americans.

C．They like to eat bananas.

D．They can speak “ABC” very well.

3.Why do ABCs think like Americans?

A. Because they live in America for a long time

B. Because they are born in America.

C.Because they want to be Americans.

D.Both A and B.

4.What colour are their eyes and hair?

A．Their eyes and hair are black.

B．Their eyes and hair are yellow.

C．Their eyes and hair are white.

D．Their eyes and hair are black and yellow.

5.Which person of the following is a “banana person”?

A．杨利伟           B．科比             C．杨振宁           D．姚明

Tom and Jerry were ______. Last year they travelled in Spain(西班牙). One day they came into a restaurant for lunch. They didn’t know Spanish(西班牙语), and the waiter didn’t know English,_____. They want to have some milk and bread.  At first, Tom said the word “milk”_______times. Then, Jerry _______ it down on the table. _______the waiter could not understand them at all. At last Tom took out _______and began to draw a cow. The waiter looked at it and ran out of (跑出)the restaurant.

    “You are so ________”said Jerry happily, “He understands us at last!” After _______, the waiter came back. He brought no ________ with him, but he ________ two tickets for a bullfight(斗牛赛) in his hand.

1.A.America     B. American        C.Americans        D.Americen

2.A.too          B.either           C.also              D.again

3.A.some        B.much           C.any              D.many

4.A.wrote        B.took            C.made             D.set

5.A.And         B.Then            C.But              D.So

6.A.a paper       B.a piece paper     C.piece of paper      D.a piece of paper

7.A.happy        B. clever          C.nice              D.kind

8.A.sometimes    B.some time        C.sometime         D.some times

9.A.milk         B.cake            C.food              D. money

10.A.hold        B.took            C.carried           D.brought

American people like to say “ Thank you” when others help them or say something kind to them. People of many countries do so, too. It is a very good habit(习惯).

You should say “Thank you” when someone passes you the salt on the table, when someone walking ahead of you keeps the door open for you, when someone says you have done your work well, or you have bought a nice thing, or your city is very beautiful. “Thank you” is used not only between friends, but also between parents and children, brothers and sisters.

“Excuse me” is another short sentence they use. When you hear someone say so behind you,

you know that somebody wants to walk past you without touching you. It’s not polite to break others when they are talking. If you want to speak to one of them, say “Excuse me” first, and then begin talking. You should also do so when you begin to cough or make any noise before others.

Let’s learn to say “Thank you” and “Excuse me”.

1.You should say “Thank you” when______.

A. you say something kind to others

B. you help others

C. someone helps you

D. you need others to help you

2.From the passage we know “Thank you” is ______.

A. widely used in the world

B. used more often than “Excuse me”

C. used only by Americans

D. used only between friends

3.You should say “Excuse me” if you want to ______.

A. cough B. make some noise C. go first D. all the above

4.When you are going to ask someone to tell you the way, you should say “_____”

A. Thank you B. That’s very kind of you

C. Excuse me D. I’m sorry

5.This passage mainly tells us the way ______.

A. to be happy B. to be polite

C. to help others D. to learn from Americans