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   Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do; once or twice she had looked into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, “and what is the use of the book,” thought Alice, “without pictures and conversations?”

   So she was considering in her own mind whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain(雏菊花环) would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a white rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.

  There was nothing so very remarkable in that; but when the rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit- hole under the bush.

  The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself falling down a very deep well.

    Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end? “I wonder how many miles I’ve fallen by this time?” she said aloud. “I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth. Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think. I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth! How funny it’ll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downward! The Antipathies, I think—but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know. ‘Please, Ma’am, is this New Zealand or Australia?’ And what an ignorant little girl she’ll think me for asking! No, it’ll never do to ask.”

  Down, down, down. There was nothing else to do, when suddenly, thump! thump! Down she came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and the fall was over.

What kind of books do you think will interest Alice most?

  A. Books that her sister was reading.

  B. Books without pictures or conversations.

  C. Books about white rabbits.

  D. Books with pictures and conversations.

Which of the following is true?

  A. Alice suddenly saw a white rabbit with a strange umbrella.

  B. Alice managed to fall right through the earth.

  C. Alice ran after the white rabbit across the field out of curiosity.

  D. The people on the opposite side of the earth walk with their heads downward.

Which is the right order of the story?

  a. Alice jumped into a large hole.

  b. A white rabbit ran close by her.

  c. Alice sat by her sister, doing nothing.

  d. She fell upon some sticks and dry leaves.

  A. c-b-a-d     B. d-a-c-b       C. a-b -c-d        D. d-c-a -b

From the passage, we can see Alice is a(n)________girl.

  A. helpful and friendly           B. curious and imaginative

  C. brave and curious             D. ignorant and pretty

The following paragraph “In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.” can be put between_________.

  A. Paragraphs 1 and 2             B. Paragraphs 2 and 3

  C. Paragraphs 3 and 4             D. Paragraph 4 and 5

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do; once or twice she had looked into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, “and what is the use of the book,” thought Alice, “without pictures and conversations?”
So she was considering in her own mind whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain(雏菊花环) would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a white rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.
There was nothing so very remarkable in that; but when the rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit- hole under the bush.
The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself falling down a very deep well.
Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end? “I wonder how many miles I’ve fallen by this time?” she said aloud. “I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth. Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think. I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth! How funny it’ll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downward! The Antipathies, I think—but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know. ‘Please, Ma’am, is this New Zealand or Australia?’ And what an ignorant little girl she’ll think me for asking! No, it’ll never do to ask.”
Down, down, down. There was nothing else to do, when suddenly, thump! thump! Down she came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and the fall was over

1. 1.

   What kind of books do you think will interest Alice most?

   1. A.
      Books that her sister was reading
   2. B.
      Books without pictures or conversations
   3. C.
      Books about white rabbits
   4. D.
      Books with pictures and conversations
2. 2.

   Which of the following is true?

   1. A.
      Alice suddenly saw a white rabbit with a strange umbrella
   2. B.
      Alice managed to fall right through the earth
   3. C.
      Alice ran after the white rabbit across the field out of curiosity
   4. D.
      The people on the opposite side of the earth walk with their heads downward
3. 3.

   Which is the right order of the story?
   a. Alice jumped into a large hole.
   b. A white rabbit ran close by her.
   c. Alice sat by her sister, doing nothing.
   d. She fell upon some sticks and dry leaves

   1. A.
      c-b-a-d
   2. B.
      d-a-c-b
   3. C.
      a-b -c-d
   4. D.
      d-c-a -b
4. 4.

   From the passage, we can see Alice is a(n)________girl

   1. A.
      helpful and friendly
   2. B.
      curious and imaginative
   3. C.
      brave and curious
   4. D.
      ignorant and pretty
5. 5.

   The following paragraph “In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.” can be put between_________

   1. A.
      Paragraphs 1 and 2
   2. B.
      Paragraphs 2 and 3
   3. C.
      Paragraphs 3 and 4
   4. D.
      Paragraph 4 and 5

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 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 (海外) 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 the 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. The Chinese love him, but he is an American citizen.

1.What’s the author’s purpose in writing this passage?

2. Chinese in Western countries are called “banana persons” because ____.

3.C.N. Yang is mentioned here to show that ____.

A. American Chinese are great.        B. we love American Chinese

C. The Chinese can win Nobel Prizes   D. American Chinese are not Chinese citizens