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! 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．

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.

1.“ABCs” in this passage means .

A. three English letters

B. a kind of banana

C. Chinese born in America

D. Americans born in China

2.The underlined word “blood” may probably mean .

A. 洪水 B. 祖先 C. 身份 D. 血统

3.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

用所给动词的适当形式填空

1.Too much homework _________ (lead) to students’ poor health.

2.Work harder, and you (get) better grades in your lessons.

3.John’s mother often hears him ____________（sing）in his room, and the songs are beautiful.

4. — Look! The little boy is swimming in the river.— I ________ (not know) he could swim.

5.Someone _____________ (knock) at the door, go and see who it is.

6.We should prevent people from wild animals. (kill)

7.They did everything they could___________the animals in danger. (protect)

8.You will fail in the exam if you (not be) careful.

— My dream is to build ________ university on the moon some day.

— It sounds like _______ unusual dream. I wish you could realize it.

A. a; a B. an; a C. a; an D. an; an

He hasn’t come back home the end of last week.

A. until B. since C. at D. in

When I have some worries, my close friends always advise me _______ too much.

A. don’t worry B. not to worry C. worry D. worrying

—Mom, when shall we go to Meilanfang Park this weekend?

—I’m free this weekend. ____ Saturday ____Sunday is OK.

A. Neither, nor B. Both, and

C. Either, or D. Not only, but also

—Thank you, Mille and Kitty. It was kind of you to help me with my lessons.

—_______.

A. With pleasure B. Better not

C. Of course not D. It’s our pleasure.

Gabriel Garqacia Marquez , who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in

1982, passed away at the age of 86 on April 17, 2014. The world paused (停顿) to

remember the cultural giant.

Garcia Marquez was born in Colombia, but he spent most of his adult life in Mexico City. As one of the most famous writers, he was widely regarded as “a giant of 20th- century literature.” Garcia Marquez wrote in a style called “ magical realism(魔幻现实主义).” In such works, people live a daily life in a certain period of time in history. But meanwhile , magical things happen to them.

Garcia Marquez is best known for his 1967 novel, One hundred years of Solitude （《百年孤独》）, which has sold about 50 million copies. It tells the tale of the small and isolated town of Macondo which was separated from the outside world- of its founding and its troubled history over a hundred years. The story is a metaphor(暗喻)for the development of Colombia since the 19 century. As Colombian President Juan Manuel Santons said, Garcia Marquez wrote about “the essence(本质) of the Latin American beings.”

1.Garcia Marquez was born in _________.

A. 1914 B.1928

C.1967 D.1982

2.We can know from paragraph 2 that Garcia Marquez __________.

A. was born in Mexico City.

B. spent most of his abult life in Colombia.

C. had a writing style called “magical realism.”

D. was famous but lived a simple daily life.

3. The underlined word “ isolated “ means _________.

A.隔绝的 B. 安逸的 C. 喧嚣的 D.繁华的

4. The writer quotes （引用）from the President to __________.

A. Praise Garcia Marquez for his achievement.

B. show the deep sadness of the President.

C. explain the writing style of Garcia Marquez.

D. describe the character of Garcia Marquez.

完形填空

Charlie came from a poor village. His parents had money to send him to school when he was young. The boy was very sad. Mr. King lived next to him. He found the boy and had pity on him and lent some money to him. So the boy could go to school. He studied hard and all his lessons. When he finished middle school, the man introduced him to his friend in the town. And he began to work.

Once Mr. King was seriously hurt in an accident. Dying，he asked Charlie to take care of his daughter，Sharon. The young man and several years later he married the girl. He loved her very much and tried his best to make her happy. He often bought beautiful clothes and delicious food for her. He was good at cooking and he cooked for her. So she became very fat and she felt it difficult to walk. And one day she found there was something wrong with her heart. Her husband wasn’t at home and she had to go to at once. The doctors looked her over and told her eat meat, sugar，chocolate and things like these. She was afraid the doctor’s words and wrote all the names of the food on the paper. When she got home，she put the list on the table and . When she returned home that afternoon, she found many kinds of food：meat，sugar and chocolate in the kitchen. Charlie was busy there. As soon as he saw her，he said happily，“I’ve bought all the food you like, dear！”

1.A. no B. some C. much D. enough

2.A. lazy B. naughty C. careful D. diligent

3.A. did well in B. was poor at C. was working D. was good for

4.A. was angry B. thought hard C. agreed D. said “No.”

5.A. a little B. a few C. many D. a lot

6.A. rest B. sleep C. hospital D. work

7.A. should B. would C. to D. not to

8.A. to remember B. to forget C. to catch D. to teach

9.A. slept B. went out C. cooked D. ate

10. A. reading B. seeing C. cooking D. writing

I went to a volunteer orientation（志愿者活动情况介绍会） at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital in California several days ago.

Before I went there, I thought it was just a meeting for us to learn some basic information on how to do volunteer work. To my surprise, this meeting lasted for four hours! It told us in detail how to be a good volunteer at hospital.

For example, Graham, the director, told us to keep eye contact while offering help and never wait to be asked but offer help first. She also told us to bend down（弯下腰） to listen while patients are talking to show that we’re willing to hear. We should lead them to ask others for help if we can’t answer their questions and never say: it is not my business.

For the whole meeting, Miss Graham taught us how to satisfy patients through our words, body language and manners. It impressed me a lot. Americans pay so much attention to serving people with a professional attitude（专业的态度）.

I suddenly realized why many people feel foreigners are really nice and friendly. They have been trained to do so since they were young. They always ask themselves: How do people feel toward my service? How can I improve to let them feel better? I really like this kind of culture.

1.According to the first two paragraphs, we learn the following about the volunteer orientation EXCEPT ____.

A. it was held in a hospital

B. it lasted for four hours

C. it told people how to be a good volunteer at hospital

D. it talked about the kinds of volunteer work there are

2.As a volunteer at hospital, you should ____.

A. always wait to be asked

B. bend down to listen when being asked

C. show them that you know everything

D. leave them alone if you can’t help

3.The last paragraph mainly talks about ____.

A. what the whole meeting was about

B. why the meeting was successful

C. cultural differences between China and the US

D. what the writer learned from the meeting

4. What does the writer think of such culture in the US?

A. She feels that it is great.

B. She doesn’t like it.

C. She feels that it is hard to understand.

D. She thinks only the US has this kind of culture.