Question

 Canada is the second biggest country in the world. It has an area of about ten million square kilometers,1       most of the northern part of the North American continent and with a(n) 2       larger than that of the United States. Canada 3       to the southwest of Greenland. To the south,it 4       to the same latitude as southern France. The 5       from the Pacific coast in the west to the Atlantic in the east is greater than that from North America to Europe. But 6       its large size,twothirds of the population of Canada live in a 7       belt of land no more than 200 kilometers from the U. S. territory. In the east are the Great Lakes that lie on the 8        with United States. These huge inland seas 9        into the St. Lawrence River,which 10       them with the Atlantic Ocean. The 11       of government and finance is in Ontario. So are many of Canada's industries.

  Canada is a country of ten provinces and three territories. The first inhabitants of Canada were North American Indians and Inuit. France and Britain each 12        Canada to their rule in the past. At that time the population of Canada was almost 13        the French,but in the next few decades,thousands of British colonists 14        to Canada from the British Isles and from the American colonies. In 1849,the right of Canada to selfgovernment was finally 15       . To?day,18 percent of Canadians still speak only French.

Canada is often 16       a land of the future. The 17       is that the country's rich oil and mineral 18        have hardly been touched. It is among the ten 19        industrial nations of the world. Its capital is Ottawa and the largest city is Toronto. Other important cities 20        Montreal,Vancouver,Edmonton,Calgary,Winnipeg,Hamilton,and Quebec.

(   ) 1. A. making   B. recovering   C. covering   D. determining

(   ) 2. A. altitude   B. nation   C. area   D. water

(   ) 3. A. limits   B. lies   C. spreads   D. connects

(   ) 4. A. rises   B. wanders   C. grows   D. reaches

(   ) 5. A. distance   B. scenery   C. culture   D. atmosphere

(   ) 6. A. instead of   B. in spite of   C. as for   D. as with

(   ) 7. A. sensitive   B. wide   C. tight   D. narrow

(   ) 8. A. border   B. valley   C. forest   D. bank

(   ) 9. A. float   B. run   C. hide   D. fall

(   ) 10. A. surrounds   B. provides   C. links   D. combines

(   ) 11. A. centre   B. balance   C. connection   D. mixture

(   ) 12. A. protected   B. frightened   C. subjected   D. impressed

(   ) 13. A. originally   B. accidentally   C. usually   D. entirely

(   ) 14. A. turned   B. moved   C. devoted   D. led

(   ) 15. A. recognized   B. organized   C. honored   D. settled

(   ) 16. A. allowed   B. called   C. named   D. said

(   ) 17. A. fact   B. truth   C. reason   D. idea

(   ) 18. A. materials   B. resources   C. sources   D. energies

(   ) 19. A. leading   B. fortunate   C. possible   D. growing

(   ) 20. A. replace   B. conclude   C. represent   D. include

Answer 1

1- 5 CCBDA   6-10 BDABC 

11-15 ACDBA   16 -20 BCBAD

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1. C cover此處表示"占地面積"。

Canada的國土面積覆蓋了北美大部分地區(qū)。其他的選項不符合句意。

2. C此處"with an area larger than that of the United States "仍然是介紹Canada的國土面積。

nation指的是"國家"，Canada本身就是一個國家;altitude指"海拔";water指"水域"。

3. B此處開始介紹Canada的地理位置，Cana?da位于Greenland的西南。

lie to "位于"; spread是"延伸"的意思，Canada的國土沒有延伸到Greenland,其他選項不符合句意。

4. D此處仍在介紹Canada的位置。Canada的南部還延伸到了與法國南部同一諱度的位置。

reaches意思是"延伸，達到"；rise "上升";wander"漫游";grow"增長"。

5. A此句是一個比較句。從太平洋的西海岸到大西洋東部的"距離(distance) "比從北美到歐洲的距離更長。

6. B從此句的"but"—詞可知，盡管Canada面積大,但人口分布不平衡，in spite of意為"盡管，即使"。

7. D從此句的"no more than200 kilometers" 可知Canada的人口分布在一個狹長的地帶。

narrow belt正符合句意。wide意思相反。

8. A Canada的東部是"the Great Lakes"，正好與美國交界，border是"邊界，交界"之意。

9. B "the Great Lakes"正好流向"St. Lawrence River"，只有"run"倉g與inland seas搭配。

10. C此句中的"which"指的是St. Lawrence River ,它最終流向大西洋。因此St. Lawrence River將"These huge inland seas"和 "Atlantic Ocean"連接起來。其他選項與句意不符。

11. A根據(jù)事實"Ontario"既是Canada的金融中心，又是政府的中心地帶，因此是"cen?tre"。

12. C在歷史上，Canada曾遭受多個國家的人侵。

France和Britain都曾人侵過Canada ,故選subject"使隸屬"。

13. D從本句的"almost"可知，只有entirely可與之搭配，表^:那時Canada的人幾乎全部都是法國人，因為Canada曾是法國的殖民地。

14. B從上句的"France and Britain each sub?jected Canada"可知Canada也曾是英國的殖民地。英國從本國向Canada移民，因此選moved。

15. A從本句中的"the right of Canada"可知，加拿大本國政府的權(quán)利被承認、認可。只有recognize可與right搭酉己。

16. B call意為"被稱為"；allow"允許";name "命名";say"說"。

called用在此處最恰當，人們稱Canada為"a land of the future"。

17. C這一段第一句和第二句構(gòu)成因果關(guān)系，因此只能用reason。

18. B加拿大豐富的油田和礦產(chǎn)資源未被開發(fā)a resource"資源";material"材料";source "來源";energy"能量，精力"。

19. A Canada是世界上十個頂尖級的工業(yè)大國之一，選leading ,表示"領(lǐng)頭的，主要的"，最符合句意。

20. D上一句介紹了Canada的首都和最大的城市,接下來介紹其他的重要城市，因此選include"包括".