题目内容
B. are used; to
C. use; with
D. are used; for
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 (杨振宁). H e got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.
【小题1】“ABC” in this passage means “____________”.
| A.three English letters |
| B.a kind of banana |
| C.Chinese born in America |
| D.Americans born in China |
| 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 |
| A.国籍 | B.血统 | C.爱心 | D.皮肤 |
| A.American Chinese are great. |
| B.We love American Chinese. |
| C.Chinese people can win Nobel Prizes. |
| D.American-Chinese are not Chinese citizens. |
A. different kinds of bananas
B. overseas Chinese
C. the Nobel Prize
D. the life story of C.N. Yang
Su Su is a 16-year-old Beijinger. She studies at the High School Affiliated to Renmin University. She has just published(发表) her first book, The Enigma of the Universe (《宇宙之谜》).
The Enigma of the Universe tells a story of a girl called April. One day she meets an alien(外星人) boy named Kaka. Kaka takes April on a journey into the universe. Later April finds out a big secret about Kaka...
What's special about this book? It's a book written in both Chinese and English.
Su wrote the book when she was 14 years old. She was influenced(影响) by the book Sophie's World (《苏菲的世界》) and the movie The Truman Show (《楚门的世界》). Sophie is a girl who is interested in philosophy(哲学). Truman's life is run by television.
These stories gave Su an idea for her own book. She decided to write it in English.
"My English teacher asked us to write something," says Su. "I thought I'd write about my idea."
Su spent a whole summer vacation writing the story.
"Sometimes I had to stop because I couldn't find the right words," says Su. "I used the dictionary all the time."
After finishing the English novel, Su had another idea. She decided to translate it into Chinese. The job took her just a few days. "It was easy because Chinese is my native language (母语)," she says.
Su says her story is "a mixture of philosophy (哲学) and detective (侦探) story and science fiction".
"My classmates and I have turned it into a DV play," says Su. "I wrote the play and I played April. We will show it in our school soon!"
【小题1】What did Su Su write?
| A.Harry Potter | B.Sophie's World |
| C.The Truman Show | D.The Enigma of the Universe |
| A.Chinese | B.English |
| C.French | D.Both Chinese and English |
| A.She wrote it in Chinese first and then translate it into English. |
| B.She wrote it in English first and then translate it into Chinese. |
| C.She wrote it half in Chinese first and then wrote it half in English. |
| D.She wrote it half in English first and then wrote it half in Chinese |
| A.It talks about how to learn English well. |
| B.It is a mixture ofphilosophy(哲学) anddetective(侦探) story and science fiction. |
| C.It talks about how to learn English grammar well. |
| D.It is a mixture oflove. |
Tea bag drinking is most Westerners' favorite way of drinking tea. Do you know how it came about?
The tea bag was invented in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan, an American tea seller. He was sending out free tea in silk bags for people to try. People put the bags together with the tea leaves into the cup and added(增加) hot water. The tea tasted good, and people thought it was easy to clean the cup. They were not happy when Sullivan started sending them loose (散的) tea again.
Sullivan realized that he had a hot new thing in his hands, and he built a machine to pack the bags. As tea bags became popular, they were changed from silk to gauze (薄纱) and later paper. In 1952, Lipton Tea made the tea bag even more popular with its invention of the four-sided tea bag. Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK, and today 85%of the tea in the UK is packed in paper bags.
However, many people still prefer loose-leaf tea. This is because some tea companies put not very good tea in their tea bags. But for most drinkers, tea bags are still the easy and tasly way to go.
【小题1】Who invented the tea bag?
| A.An English tea seller. | B.Chinese. |
| C.Lipton. | D.Thomas Sullivan. |
| A.the tea in bags was free and very good |
| B.the tea tasted good and the cup was easy to wash |
| C.people were happy, with the loose tea |
| D.people didn't know any better way to enjoy the tea |
| A.silk | B.gauze | C.paper | D.plastic |
| A.Tea bags soon became popular |
| B.Tea bags surprised everyone very much |
| C.Tea bags kicked the loose-leaf tea out of the market |
| D.Tea bags weren't allowed to be sold |
| A.the invention of tea |
| B.the way of drinking tea |
| C.the history of tea bags |
| D.people' s favorite tea in the world |