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). H e got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen. ( ) 16.―ABC‖ in this passage means ―____________‖. A. three English letters B. a kind of banana
C. Chinese born in America D. Americans born in China
( ) 17.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
( )18.he underlined word ―blood‖ may probably mean__________. A. 国籍 B. 血统 C. 爱心 D. 皮肤
( )19..N.Yang is mentioned (提到) here to show that ____________ A . American Chinese are great. B. We love American Chinese.
C. Chinese people can win Nobel Prizes.
D. American-Chinese are not Chinese citizens. ( ) 20.This passage mainly talks about _____.
A. different kinds of bananas B. overseas Chinese C. the Nobel Prize D. the life story of C.N. Yang
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1-5 A C D D B 6-10 B A C A B
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