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 did you know there is such a thing as 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. But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are overseas Chinese. These people may be citizens 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 PRC. 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."ABC" 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. 国籍 B. 血统 C.爱心 D. 皮肤

4.This passage mainly talks about_______.

A. different kinds of bananas B. overseas Chinese

C. the Nobel Prize D. the life story ofC. N. Yang

 

Mr. Brown was on his way home from the railway station. It was very late, and he was alone on the dark road. Suddenly he heard someone behind him. He began to walk faster. The man behind him walked faster, too. He walked more slowly, and the man moved more slowly, too. He began to run, and the man was following him and he was really scared.

There was a wall on one side of the road, and he quickly climbed up on it and jumped down on the other side. "If he passes and doesn't stop," Mr. Brown thought, "everything will be all right." But the man didn't pass. He climbed up on the wall and jumped down, too. Mr. Brown's only thought was, "I'm in great danger!" He stood up and shouted, "What do you want? Why are you following me?"

The man was so tired that at first it was difficult for him to speak. "I didn't know that you were a very good runner," he said at last, "I have to go to Mr. White's house, but I don't know the way. A man at the station told me that you lived next to Mr. White's and he told me to follow you. I'm too tired to go any farther."

1.Mr. Brown was really_______.

A. in great danger B. a policeman C. afraid of the man D. too tired to move

2.The man followed Mr. Brown because_______.

A. he wanted to scare Mr. Brown

B. he wanted to get some money from Mr. Brown

C. Mr. Brown lived next to Mr. White

D. Mr. Brown was one of his good friends

3.Which is wrong?

A. There were few people on the road.

B. The man didn't know where Mr. White lived.

C. Mr. Brown thought he was in great danger.

D. Mr. Brown didn't know where Mr. White lived

 

It seems to be strange to you there is a blind spot(盲点)on the eyes, Here is an interesting experiment(实验)that can make something disappear, when one eye is open.

Make a card about the size of a postcard and write two English letters L and R on it, Lon the left and R on the right. First, hold the card about 80 cm away and you see both the letters. Then close your right eye and look at the letter R only with your left eye. And now, as you move the card slowly towards you, you' 11 find the letter L disappearing. But if you move the card nearer to your face, the letter will be seen again. Now do the same experiment with your left eye closed, you'll find the letter R disappearing.

Why does the letter disappear? It is because there is a blind spot on the eye. When the image(影像)of the letter falls on the blind spot, it won't be seen. That is why either of the letters disappears.

1.The writer of the passage thinks that_______ there is a blind spot on the eye.

A. few people know B. no one knows C. only you know D. all the people know

2.The word "disappear" in the passage means_______ in Chinese.

A. 驱散 B.消散 C.消失 D. 遗失

3.You fail to see the letter L in the experiment because _______.

A. your eyes are poor B. its image falls on the blind spot

C. your left eye is not open D. you move it close to your eye

4.In which order(顺序)should you do the experiment?

Hold the card Move the card nearer Close your right eye

write two English letters Look at the letter R Make a card

A. ④⑥①②③⑤ B.①③⑥④⑤②

C.⑥①④③②⑤ D. ⑥④①③⑤②

5.The passage mainly tells us_______.

A. how to find the blind spot B. an interesting experiment

C. where the blind spot is D. there is a blind spot on the eyes.

 

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