You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABCs? Do you know there is such a thing as “a banana person”? How strange! 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. So, when a person is a “banana”, he or she is white inside—thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside—looking like a Chinese.
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 overseas（海外的）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 people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C. N. Yang（楊振寧）. He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.
【小題1】“ABCs” in this passage means               .

從A—G中選出可以填入對話空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

    M：Hello．Jane．Have you ever been to the new sports centre?

1．W：No．never，Bob!   1 

    M：On Straight Road You know，near Long Street，beside the station．

    W：Oh．Is it good?

2．M：Yes，it's great!  2   Last week l went there with my father and we played table tennis and volleyball．

3．W：  3 

    M：Not yet．They are going to build a swimming pool next year.

    W：Is it expensive?

    M：Not really．Jane．And on Saturday and Friday it stays open late-till 10 o'clock．

4．W：Oh，great．  4   

    M：I got the number 14 bus．It’s only ten minutes from the bus station Do you want to go next week?

  W：OK．Any day except Sunday．

5．M：  5   Then we can stay late．

    W：OK．Let's meet after school．

A．That's a good idea．

B．You can do lots of sports there

C．Where is it?

D．Why don't we go on Friday?

E．What about swimming?

F．It sounds like a great place to visit

G．How did you get there last week?

根據(jù)對華內(nèi)容，從方框內(nèi)選擇恰當?shù)木渥樱⊿=Sam Y=YuFei）

S：Wow! It’s unbelievable ! 1 _________

Y：Yeah，China’s developing quickly．

S：2_________

Y：Of course．Life in China is more colorful now．Since the Chinese are getting richer，they have

  more choices to enjoy their free time

S：3_________

Y：We take outdoor activities such as camping，mountain—climbing and sports．We may also stay at home playing cards，chess or computer games．

S：4_________

Y：Yeah，they are doing yangge（秧歌），a kind of folk dance in China．

S：5_________

Y：Yes，they do．yangge dance is especially popular among the retired people．

S：That sounds like a really interesting activity

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(楊振寧). He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.
【小題1】“ABC” in this passage means “     ”.