“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.
【小题1】What does “ABC” mean?

A.American-born ChineseB.American-born Canadian
C.Australian-born ChineseD.Chinese-born Chinese
【小题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.
【小题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.
【小题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.
【小题5】Which person of the following is a “banana person”?
A.杨利伟B.科比C.杨振宁D.姚明


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. 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 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). He 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 lettersB.a kind of banana
C.Chinese born in AmericaD.Americans born in China
【小题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 got to study in America
D.they like to eat bananas
【小题3】The underlined word “blood” may probably mean       .
A.国籍B.血统C.爱心D.皮肤
【小题4】This passage mainly talks about ______.
A. different kind of bananas                B. the life story of C.N.Yang
C. the Noble Prize                      D. overseas Chinese

根据短文内容,判断下列句子是否正确,对的涂(A),错的涂(B)。
Plants are very important living things. Life could not go if there were no plants. This is because plants can produce food from the air, water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot produce food from the air, water and sunlight as plants do. Animals get their food by eating plants or other animals which eat plants. So animals and man need plants in order to live.
If you look carefully at the plants around you, you will find that there are two kinds of plants: flowering plants and non-flowering ones.
Flowering plants can make seeds. The seeds are protected by the fruits. Some fruits have one seed. Some have two, three or four. Some have many. But a few fruits have no seeds at all. An example of a fruit without seeds is the banana.
Most non-flowering plants don’t grow from seeds. They grow from spores (孢子). Spores are very, very small. Some spores are so small and light that they can float in the air. We may say that spores are quite the same as the seeds. When these spores fall on wet and shady places, they usually grow into new plants.  
【小题1】Plants are very important to life.
【小题2】Both animals and plants can produce food from the air, water and sunlight.
【小题3】Banana is a fruit that does not have seeds.
【小题4】All the flowering plants have many seeds.
【小题5】Spores can grow into new plants wherever they fall.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Plants are very important living things. Life could not go on if there were no plants. This is because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals get their food by eating plants and other animals. Therefore animals and man need plants in order to live. This is why we find that there are so many plants around us.

If you look carefully at the plants around you, you will find that there are two kinds of plants: flowering plants and non-flowering(不开花的) plants.

Flowering plants can make seeds(种子). The seeds are protected by the fruits. Some fruits have one seed, some have two, three or four, and some have many seeds. But a few fruits have no seeds at all. An example of a fruit without seeds is the banana fruit.

Most non-flowering plants do not grow from seeds. They grow from spores(孢子). Spores are very, very small. Some spores are so small and light that they can float in the air. We may say that spores are quite the same as seeds. When these spores fall on wet and shady(阴凉的) places, they usually grow into new plants.

1.What fact does the passage lead you to believe?

A. Of all living things, animals are most important.              

B. Spores are seeds.

C. All fruits of flowering plants have seeds.                          

D. Without plants, man will die out.

2.The paragraph following the passage will be about ________.

A. how plants can make food from air                                   

B. how spores grow into new plants

C. why some plants have no seeds                      

D. why non-flowering plants are more important than flowering plants

3.This passage is most likely to be taken from ________.

A. a story book                                            B. a novel

C. a science magazine                                             D. a laboratory report

 

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