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 as “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 do not speak Chinese. Also, they are not interested in Chinese politics.

But if ABC cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. These people may be citizens of another country like the US, England and Canada, 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).He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957.Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizens.

1.What does “ABC” in this passage mean?

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2.Why are Chinese in Western countries called “banana persons”?

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3.What does this passage mainly talks about?

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4.What do the ABCs look like?

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5.When did C.N. Yang get the Nobel Prize for Physics?

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“Keep your eyes on your paper” is one of the rules that Mrs. Archer has taught us. It’s a simple rule, but it’s not a rule everybody chooses to____

This morning, I felt____was watching me too closely during an English exam. I turned my head quickly and saw James, who sat____me. My eyes caught his and he____, “Let me see your answers!”

I gave him a____, not sure if he was joking, and returned to my test. This time I moved a little more closely towards my own paper. “I can’t see!” James said in a low voice.

“What am I going to do?” I____Cheating(作弊) was wrong. I’d studied hard for the test, but James____I put my arm around my paper so that he couldn’t see the answers. I knew I did what I felt was right. Maybe it made James angry.

When the exam ended, I stood there for a moment, wondering____But I felt it necessary to let him know cheating was wrong. My____searched for the right words.

“Sorry, James, but you know me____to understand how I feel about cheating,” I said slowly and gently. “But maybe I can help you study before the next test.” “OK, Brain”, “You’re right. I should study hard.” I stood there for a moment, finally able to breathe again. I was happy my friendship with James wasn’t destroyed.

1.A. break B. follow C. take D. check

2.A. nobody B. anybody C. everybody D. somebody

3.A. in front of B. behind C. before D. around

4.A. whispered B. talked C. spoke D. answered

5.A. book B. no te C. hand D. smile

6.A. said to him B. asked the teacher C. thought to myself D. talked to me

7.A. had B. hadn’t C. has D. didn’t

8.A. how to say B. when to say C. what to say D. where to say

9.A. eyes B. body C. mind D. memory

10.A. well enough B. good enough C. hard enough D. bad enough

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