20．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（杨振宁）．He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957．Chinese people love him．But he is an American citizen．
56．"ABCs"in this passage meansD．
A．three English letters
B．a kind of banana
C．Chinese born in America
D．Americans born in China
57．Chinese in Western countries are called"banana persons"becauseB．
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
58．The underlined word"blood"may probably meanC．
A．洪水
B．祖先
C．血统
D．身份
59．Which of the sentences is WRONG about ABCs？A
A．They are Chinese citizens．
B．They are overseas Chinese．
C．They may speak little Chinese．
D．ABCs may know little about China．
60．This passage mainly talks aboutB．
A．different kinds of bananas
B．overseas Chinese
C．the Nobel Prize
D．the story of C．N．Yang．
分析 这篇短文主要给我们介绍了生活在海外的华人，及其海外华人的含义．
解答 答案：56．D 细节理解题．根据第一段第一行句子ABC means American-born Chinese．ABC表示出生在美国的中国人．可知这个单词指的是在美国出生的中国人，故选D．
57．B 细节理解题．根据第一段第二行句子A banana is yellow outside and white inside-looking like a Westerner and yellow outside-looking like a Chinese．当一个人被称为香蕉时，一根香蕉是黄色的，外面是白色的，内在看起来像个西方人，外表看起来像个中国人．可知他们像西方人一样思考，但看起来像中国人．故选B．
58．C 词义猜测题．根据上下文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．这些人可能是其他国家的公民，比如美国，加拿大，或是新加坡，但是他们体内流淌着中国人的…他们的父母，祖父母甚至太祖父母都是来自中国的，他们都拥有黑色的眼睛和黑色的头发，可知结合选项，应是说但是他们体内流淌着中国人的血．"blood"指的是这些人含有中国血统．故选C．
59．A 细节判断题．根据第二段第二行句子These people may be citizens（公民）of another country like the US，Canada or Singapore．这些人可能是其他国家的公民，比如美国，加拿大，或是新加坡，和最后一段句子But they are not Chinese citizens．但是他们不是中国公民，可知他们是中国公民是错误的．故选A．
60．B 主旨归纳题．根据整篇文章内容及其第一段句子ABC means American-born Chinese．An ABC is a Chinese，but was born in the United States．ABC是代指那些在美国出生的华人．ABC其实是中国人，但在美国出生．可知这篇短文重要给我们介绍了生活在国外的华人，故选B．
点评 在通读全文的基础上，根据全文大意，展开逻辑思维，瞻前顾后，认真观察选项，仔细推敲，确定最佳答案．
