朱永涛《英语国家社会与文化入门》配套题库【课后习题】(加拿大的国际关系)

第22章加拿大的国际关系

Ⅰ. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F):

1. Canada plays an important role in international affairs and it is one of the five great powers which sit on the UN Security Council. _____

【答案】F

【解析】加拿大在国际事务中发挥重要作用，但它并不是联合国安理会五个常任理事国之一。

2. Canada provided the “air power” to support US military operations in the 1990 — 1991 Gulf War but this contribution was largely overlooked. _____

【答案】T

【解析】在海湾战争期间，加拿大为美国贡献了航空力量，但他们的贡献很大程度上被忽视了。

3. The US did not agree with Canada on the claims that Canadian territory stretched

to the Arctic Circle. _____

【答案】T

【解析】美国并不同意加拿大宣称要把领土范围扩展到北极圈内。

4. In geography, Canada has the world’s longest coastline and lies between two superpowers, therefore, militarily it is considered vulnerable. _____

【答案】T

【解析】地理上，加拿大拥有世界上最长的海岸线，并且位于俄国和美国两大超级大国之间，因此它的军事力量相对薄弱。

5. In order to draft more fighters to fight in Europe during WWⅡ, the Canadian government introduced conscription, which was resented by French Canadians. _____

【答案】F

【解析】1917年，一战已经持续三年之久，加拿大政府提出招兵政策，引起了不愿在英国旗帜下参战的法裔加拿大人的怨恨和不满

6. Canada came out of WWⅡas a full-fledged and sovereign state and entered a golden age of international diplomacy. _____

【答案】T

【解析】二战后，加拿大成为一个成熟的主权国家。二十世纪五十年代，加拿大在联合国和英联邦中表现活跃，经济实力不断增强。

7. Pierre Trudeau earned a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in easing the Suez Crisis in

1956. _____

【答案】F

【解析】莱斯特·皮尔森（Lester Pearson）曾任外交部长，在解决1956年苏伊士运河危机中起了重要作用。为此，皮尔森获得了诺贝尔和平奖。解决了苏伊士运河危机并获得诺贝尔

和平奖的是莱斯特·皮尔森而不是皮尔·特鲁多（Pierre Trudeau）。

8. Canada has often been called b y its allies as a “free rider” because it most of

the times follows the US policy. _____

【答案】F

【解析】加拿大作为北约成员受益，却没有像其他成员那样为其做足够的贡献，因而被批评是“免费乘客”或“无本获利者”。这一称号不是来源于加拿大对美国政策的跟风。

9. Canada strongly supports arms control and banning of nuclear technology. _____ 【答案】F

【解析】尽管加拿大国家军事力量稍弱，但加拿大并未强烈反对武装和核武器。

10. Canada felt a special commitment to helping the Third World countries because

it shared somewhat the same historical experience and had the same concerns.

_____

【答案】T

【解析】诸多历史原因促使加拿大致力于帮助第三世界国家，如加拿大的殖民历史使其对正在谋求独立解放的第三世界国家所面临的问题感同身受。同许多资源型经济体一样，加拿大的经济状况取决于波动的全球物价。加拿大文化长期处在被美国文化侵蚀的威胁之下。

Ⅱ. Choose the answer that best completes the statement or answers the question: 1. In more recent years, partly through Canadian diplomatic efforts, things like _____

and _____ have been put on the international agenda.

A. arms control, human rights

B. economic crisis, inequality

C. organized crime, drug trafficking

D. women’s issues, the environment

【答案】D

【解析】近几年，通过加拿大的外交努力，妇女问题和环境问题登上了国际日程。

2. When Britain lost its status as a world power after World War Ⅱ, Canada became

a junior partner helping _____ global interests.

A. Indian

B. Australian

C. American

D. Russian

【答案】C

【解析】二战后，英国失去了其世界大国的地位，加拿大称为帮助美国获得全球利益的“初级伙伴”，尤其在冷战期间。

3. Since the north is mainly unpopulated, the Canadian government, at one point,

asked the _____ to patrol the area.

A. the Americans

B. the local Inuits

C. the NATO allies

D. the Anzus

【答案】B

【解析】由于北部人烟稀少，加拿大政府曾命令本地的因纽特人靠机动雪橇来巡逻。

4. In 1988, Canada established with _____ the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to help facilitate economic integration, and later _____ joined the group.

A. the United States, Mexico

B. Australia, New Zealand

C. Great Britain, France

D. Norway, Mexico

【答案】A

【解析】1988年，加拿大与美国签订了北美自由贸易协定，墨西哥此后也加入了该组织。

5. Which Canadian prime minister referred to the two world wars as “the vortex of

European militarism”?

A. Lester Pearson.

B. Wilfred Laurier.

C. Pierre Trudeau.

D. Brian Mulroney.

【答案】B

【解析】威尔福德·劳瑞尔（Wilfred Laurier）将两次世界大战称为“欧洲军事漩涡”。

6. In 1917, the Canadian government introduced conscription, which resulted in bitter resentment in the French-speaking _____ province.

A. British Columbia

B. Nova Scotia

C. Ontario

D. Quebec

【答案】D

【解析】1917年，加拿大政府提出招兵政策，引起了不愿在英国旗帜下参战的法裔加拿大人的怨恨和不满。

7. According to the author, Canada entered into its golden age of international diplomacy in the 1950s, the period of which was capped by Canada’s role in _____.

A. the Suez Crisis of 1956

B. the World Trade Organization

C. the NATO

D. World Health Organization

【答案】A

【解析】二十世纪五十年代，加拿大在联合国和英联邦中表现活跃，经济实力不断增强。这有一部分原因是1956年加拿大对于解决苏伊士运河危机所起的作用。