Question

【题目】You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABCs? You may like eating bananas. But do you know there are such people with the name of "banana persons"? Are these people from "another planet (星球)"? 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, a "banana person" 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 Chinese language. Most of them don't speak Chinese. Also, they are not interested in Chinese politics (政治). 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 other countries 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 China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C.N. Yang (杨振宁). He got the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.

【1】"ABC" in this passage means "_________".

A. a kind of banana

B. three English letters

C. American-born-Chinese

D. Chinese-born-America

【2】Chinese born 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 were born in America but work in China

【3】The underlined word "blood" may probably mean _________ in the passage.

A. 血统

B. 洪水

C. 血样

D. 流血

【4】C. N. Yang is mentioned here to show that __________.

A. American Chinese are great

B. Chinese people can win Nobel Prize

C. American Chinese aren't Chinese citizens

D. we don't like him

【5】This passage mainly talks about _________.

A. Chinese

B. the Nobel Prize

C. the story of C. N. Yang

D. the meaning of "ABC"

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】

你听说过ABC吗？是的，他们是英语中的字母，但是他们还可以指一类人，你知道是什么吗？这篇短文中给我们解释了ABC的意思。

【1】细节理解题。根据短文第二段中ABC means American-born-Chinese. 可知，ABC的意思是指在美国出生的中国人。故应选C。

【2】细节理解题。根据短文第二段中So, a "banana person" is white inside -- thinking like a westerner and yellow outside -- looking like a Chinese.可知，“香蕉人”指的是里面是白色的，即思维方式像西方人；而外面是黄色的，即外表是中国人。由此可知应选B。

【3】词义猜测题。根据这个划线单词所在的第三段中These people may be citizens (公民) of other countries 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.可知，ABC这样的人是其他国家的公民，但是他们的父母、祖父母甚至曾祖父母都是中国人，他们都有黑色的眼睛和黑色的头发。由这些内容我们可以知道blood指的是血统，故应选A。

【4】推理判断题。根据短文的最后For example, we all know the famous scientist C.N. Yang (杨振宁). He got the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.可知，文章最后以杨振宁举例，告诉我们他就是一个ABC，他在1957年获得了诺贝尔奖，中国人民都很喜欢他，但是他是美国公民，不是中国公民。故应选C。

【5】主旨大意题。根据短文中But do you know there are people called ABCs?、ABC means American-born-Chinese.可知，这篇短文作者给我们介绍了ABC的意思，故D选项是符合文意的，选D。

这篇短文给我们解释了ABC的意思，它是American-born Chinese的缩写，指出生在美国的中国人。短文解释清楚，通过阅读文章，我们可以清楚的了解文意，这对我们做题是比较有利的。后面的题目设置有细节理解、推理判断、词义猜测和主旨大意题，考查比较全面。细节题考查我们快速搜索文章中有用信息的能力，答案往往都可以在原文找到，做题时，根据题干所问，定位到原文相关地方，搜索信息作答。例如第2小题，我们用题目中的banana person作为关键词，可以定位答案在第二段，根据这一段的最后一句话就可以知道答案。再如第4小题，这是一个推理题。短文的最后提到了杨振宁，是作者举例告诉我们他就是一个ABC，他是中国人，他获得了诺贝尔奖，但他是美国的公民，不是中国公民。故应选C。