You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABCs? Do you know there is such a thing as “a banana person”? How strange! 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. So, when a person is a “banana”, he or she is white inside—thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside—looking like a Chinese.

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 overseas(海外的)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 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. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.

1.“ABCs” in this passage means .

A. three English letters B. a kind of banana

C. Chinese born in America D. Americans born in China

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 go to study in America

D. they like to eat bananas

3.The underlined word “blood” may probably mean .

A. 洪水 B. 祖先 C. 血统 D. 身份

4.Which of the sentences is WRONG about ABCs?

A. ABCs may know little about China. B. They are overseas Chinese.

C. They may speak little Chinese. D. They are Chinese citizens.

5.This passage mainly talks about .

A. different kinds of bananas B. overseas Chinese

C. the Nobel Prize D. the story of C.N. Yang

It's 5 a.m.! James has to get up. He is in Africa, on the grassland of Kenya. He is visiting the Masai people(马赛族人). He is helping them with their cows. James even carries a stick to keep the lions away. Yes, it's a hard job for a 14-year-old boy from Virginia. But James wants to help them.

James' trip to Africa isn't a holiday. It's part of classes at Langley School. James' teacher is Joseph. He is a member or Africa's Masai people of Kenya. Every summer he takes some of his students and their parents on a two-week trip to his hometown. Kenya is a whole new world for the kids from Virginia. When they get there, the American kids put on Masai clothes. Boys takes care of cows. Girls collect firewood and water. Families there live on their cows. As a result, the Masai and the students have to move a lot, so the cows have grass to eat.

Back in the United States, Kenya is on the minds of the students at Langley School all year. Dry weather has killed many cows in Kenya, so the students created an activities called Cows for Kids to raise money for them. They use the money to buy cows. Each cow costs about $100. "One cow means more to the health of a family than money," says Joseph. "Here we're really giving life. A cow will give a child milk every day." Joseph wants to help people in his hometown. "I'm just trying to give my students a different way of thinking," says Joseph. He says helping the Masai is just one step. He hopes the kids will find out ways to help all those who need it, too.

1.Boys to help the Masai in Kenya.

A. look after cows B. collect firewood

C. get water D. make phone calls

2.From the passage we can know that the life in Kenya is .

A. easy B. hard C. rich D. calm

3.How did students helps the Masai when they came back to the US?

A. They collected old clothes for them.

B. They moved to Africa to help feed cows.

C. They bought mild for the children in Kenya.

D. They created an activity to raise money for them.

4.From the passage we learn that .

A. the students don't like to go to Kenya.

B. James goes to Africa to spend the holiday.

C. the Masai feed their cows at the same place

D. Joseph wants to teach his students in a different way.

There are many kinds of cars in this world. My grandfather thinks this is because cars are like their drivers. He says, “Rich people have expensive cars, big people have large cars, and old people drive old cars.” But I don’t agree with him.

My neighbour(邻居), Mrs Hill, is 82 years old. She drives only on Tuesday, and then she drives only to the bank. She never drives more than 30 kilometres an hour. Do you think Mrs Hill has a very old and small car? No!Her car is new. It’s very large, and it can go 200 kilometres an hour!

My friend Mike is an artist. He paints beautiful pictures with lots of colours. But his car is black. Mrs Bates has a very, very old car. It often has some trouble. Does she drive that kind of car because she is poor? No, she has four restaurants and two million dollars in the bank. My uncle Joe has a very small car. Every Sunday, he drives to the country with his wife, his three children, his mother and his dog.

Now, you have read about my friends and their cars. Do you agree with my grandfather? Maybe you have a car. Does it say something about you?

1.What does the writer’s grandfather think of the relationship between people and cars?

A. A person has the same kind of car as himself(herself).

B. Different people have cars of the same kind.

C. Poor people have large cars.

D. Artists have black cars.

2.Though Uncle Joe has a very small car, .

A. he has a dog

B. he has a large family

C. he has no children

D. he has few members in his family

3.The writer’s friend Mike paints .

A. pictures in black

B. colourless pictures

C. colourful pictures

D. pictures with only a few colours

4.Which one is RIGHT according to the passage?

A. His grandfather’s idea about cars is right.

B. Cars are often the same as their drivers in many ways.

C. Artists shouldn’t drive black cars.

D. A car doesn’t say anything about its owner.

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