高中英语(人教版 必修3)Unit 5 Section_Ⅰ Warming Up - Reading — Pre-reading

Section_ⅠWarming Up & Reading —Pre­reading 1．Canada is the second largest country and a multicultural country.How much do you know about it?
2．Read the following passage and find the main idea of the passage.
Canada is the second largest country in the world after Russia.It is larger than the USA and reaches nearly a quarter of the way round the earth.The distance from east to west is over 5,500 kilometres and the country covers six of the world's 24 time zones.However, its population, about 33.8 million, is only about one­fifth of Russia's.Nearly 90% of Canadians live within 200 km of the border with the United States, which means that Canada contains vast expanses (宽阔的区域) of wilderness to the north.Canada's native peoples make up less than two percent of the population.
The weather is different from area to area.In the north, the winters are long and hard, with snow for six months of the year.The temperature can fall to 60℃ below zero.In the capital, Ottawa, the average winter temperature is 10℃ below zero, and in summer 21℃.The west coast of Canada is the warmest place in winter.The average January temperature is 3℃，and in July it is 18℃.Here it rains a lot every month of the year.Plants grow well all the year round and the parks and gardens are famous for their flowers.
Canada has one third of the world's supply of fresh water.There are five great
lakes in the south, and there are many others, especially in the north.Most of the electricity is produced by water.The country has a great deal of coal, oil and natural gas, and these are all exploited (开发) for energy.
Much of the country is covered by forests, and wood is cut and sold all over the world.Canada is also the world's biggest producer of the kind of paper that is used for newspapers.Fishing is also very important for Canadians.Fish from the east and west coasts is sold to many other countries.
1．Which is the national flag of Canada?
2．Which is the national flower of Canada?
3．What language(s) do Canadians speak?
A．English.
B．English and German.
C．English and French.
D．English and Spanish.
4．Which is the capital of Canada?
5．Which is the national animal of Canada?
答案：1～5 ACCDA
1．“The whole continent” in Paragraph 1 refers to ________.
A．the USA
B．Canada
C．the Atlantic coast
D．the American continent
2．Why are the cousins not flying direct to the Atlantic coast?
A．Because there is no direct flight to the Atlantic coast.
B．Because the distance from the west coast to the east isn't so long.
C.Because they want to travel across Canada.
D．Because it is cheaper to take a train in Canada.
3．Two days later, why did they begin to realize that Canada is quite empty?
A．Because they found nobody all their way to the west.
B．Because Canada is surrounded by oceans on three sides.
C．Because there are too many lakes in Canada.
D．Because about 30 million people live on such a huge land and most of them live within the areas of the USA border.
4．What is “The True North” according to the text?
A．The northern part of Canada.
B．The name of a part of Canada.
C．The name of the train that goes across Canada.
D．The name that they call the whole country.
5．The sentence “Canada is quite empty” tells us that ________.
A．Canada has few resources
B．most Canadians prefer to live abroad
C．farms in Canada are extremely large in size
D．Canada has a small population for its large size
答案：1～5 BCDCD
1．
The passage is about the_trip_of_the_two_girls_across the whole Canada, and it tells us some information about the country.
2．Read the passage and match each part with its main idea.
Paragraph 1D A．The train went southward to Toronto.
Paragraph 2B B．Their friend Danny Lin met them at the airport and helped them to get to the station.On the way, Danny told them a lot of information about Canada.
Paragraph 3E C．The two girls went through a whea t­growing province and then back to the port city of Thunder Bay.
Paragraph 4C D．Li Daiyu and Liu Qian went to visit their cousins by flying to Vancouver first, and then taking the train across the whole continent.
Paragraph 5A E．When they crossed the Rocky Mountains，the girls saw many animals.Then they went to Calgary.
3．Read the passage carefully and complete the route of the trip.
答案：(1)the_Rocky_Mountains__(2)Thunder_Bay
(3)the_Great_Lakes
Li Daiyu and Liu Qian were 1.on a trip across Canada. 2.Instead of taking the aeroplane all the way, they would 3.cross Canada by train after arriving in Vancouver by air.Canada is the second rgest (large) country in the world.It is 5,500 kilometres from coast to coast.As they went 5.eastward,_they saw beautiful scenery, as well as large cities.Vancouver 6.is_surrounded (surround) by mountains and the Pacific Ocean. 7.Having_settled (settle) down in their train seats, they looked out of the window at some mountain goats and a grizzly bear and an eagle.They went
by the city of Calgary.It is famous for the Calgary Stampede.Many of the cowboys 8.taking (take) part in the competition there have a 9.gift for riding horses.Then they arrived in Thunder Bay，a city at the top of the Great Lakes, and learned even more about Canada and its 10.natural (nature) resources.
If someday your him to go? Why?
I_will_recommend_him_to_go_to_Vancouver.Because_it_lies_in_Canada's_warmes t_part_and_it_is_Canada's_most_beautiful_city,_surrounded_by_mountains_and_the _Pacific_Ocean.。