Unit 5 Canada－“The True North”
Section Ⅰ Warming Up, Pre-reading and Reading
[随堂巩固]
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1.The________(大陆) are Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, and Oceania.
2.Personally, I’m________(极其) satisfied with what you said. 3.Before the storm came，all the ships went back to the h________. 4.It was raining s________when I came in. 5.The thought of flying t________him so much that he decided to go by boat. 6.What is the o________language in Canada? 7.Ireland b________the Atlantic Ocean. 8.Astronomers can measure the d________of the moon from the earth. 9.The river Thames f________into the North Sea. 10.We were w________a few miles of home when the accident occurred. 答案 1.continents 2.extremely 3.harbour 4.slightly 5.terrified 6.official 7.borders 8.distance 9.flows 10.within
Ⅱ.用所给短语的适当形式填空
manage to, have a gift for, catch sight of, settle down, rather than, have a chat with, within, be on a trip
1.The driver didn’t____________another car in time so the accident happened. 2.The Greens have an eight-year-old girl who______________painting.She has won two national prizes up to now.
3.I am here for business____________on holiday.
4.The family went to the United States of America and____________there. 5.The work should be finished__________two months. 6.He worked hard so that he________________pass the exam. 7.They____________to Xi’an when I called them up.
8.It is good for you to________________your friends sometimes.
答案 1.catch sight of 2.has a gift for 3.rather than 4.settled down 5.within 6.managed to 7.were on a trip 8.have a chat with
Ⅲ.完成句子
1.Although she was busy, she________________________So Young.(manage) 虽然她很忙，但是还是设法看了电影《致我们终将逝去的青春》。
2.I found myself____________a group of children full of curiosity.(surround) 我发现自己被一群充满好奇心的孩子围住了。
3.______________________________________his headteacher, the boy ran away.(catch) 看到校长后，那个男孩跑开了。 4.She
______________________________________in
the
armchair
with
a
newspaper.(settle)
她手拿报纸舒适地坐在扶手椅上。
5.__________________________, we’d better have a holiday at weekends.(permit) 如果时间允许，我们最好周末去度假。
答案 1.managed to see the film 2.surrounded by 3.Catching sight of 4.settled down 5.Time permitting Ⅳ.课文语法填空
Li Daiyu and her cousin were on a trip to Canada.They decided to fly and then take the train rather than 1.________(go) by air all the way.After 2.____________(arrive) at the airport in Vancouver, they took the cross-Canada train to Vancouver, a city 3.____________(surround) by Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.The coast north of Vancouver has some of 4.________oldest and most beautiful forests in the world.It is so wet there that the trees are 5.________________(extreme) tall, some 6.____________(measure) over 90 metres.That afternoon aboard the train, they settled down in their seats.When they crossed the Rocky Mountains, they managed 7.________(catch) sight of some mountain goats and even a grizzly bear and an eagle.Their next stop was Calgary, 8.________is famous for the Calgary Stampede.Cowboys from all over the world come 9.____________(compete) in the Stampede.Many of them have a gift 10.________riding wild horses and can win thousands of dollars in prizes.Then they arrived in Thunder Bay, a city at the top of the Great Lakes, and learned even more about Canada and its natural resources.
答案 1.go 2.arriving 3.surrounded 4.the 5.extremely 6.measuring 7.to catch 8.which 9.to compete 10.for
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Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
Canada is a very large country.It is the second largest country in the world.By contrast(比较) it has a very small population.There are only about 29 million people there.
Most Canadians are of British or French origin, and French is an official language of Canada as well as English.About 45% of the people are of British origin,_that is, they or
their parents or grandparents, etc., come from Britain.Nearly 30% are of French origin.Most of the French-Canadians live in the province of Quebec.
Over the years, people have come to live in Canada from many countries in the world.They are from most European countries and also from China, besides other Asian countries.
However, Canada was not an empty country when the Europeans began to arrive.Canadian-Indians lived along the coast, by the rivers and lakes and in forests.Today there are only about 350,000 Indians in the whole country, with their own languages.In the far north live the Inuit.There are only 27,000 Canadian-Inuit.Their life is hard in such a difficult climate.
[语篇解读] 文章主要介绍加拿大人口。
1.According to the passage，about________live in Quebec. A.350,000 Indians B.45% of the Canadians C.29,000,000 people
D.8,700,000 French-Canadians
解析 推理计算题。加拿大大约有2 900万人口；近30%的为法国人的血统；并且大都居住在魁北克省，故此省的法裔加拿大人约为870万。
答案 D
2.The official languages of Canada are________. A.English and Chinese B.French and English C.Indian and English D.Chinese and Inuit
解析 事实细节题。从文章的第二段可知，加拿大的官方语言为英语和法语。 答案 B
3.The word “origin” in this passage means________. A.血统 B.后裔 C.先驱 D.猿人
解析 词义猜测题。从该词所处的位置及句中的解释来看，该词意为“血统”最为接近。 答案 A
4.Which of the following is true according to this passage? A.There are 27,000 Canadian-Indians in Canada.
B.More than 13 million people have come from Britain and France in recent years. C.There are 30% of the population whose parents or grandparents come from France. D.There are no people when the Europeans began to arrive in Canada.
解析 综合判断题。纵观全文，根据文章提供的数字信息，可推出30%的人口是法国
血统。
答案 C
B
Choose Your One-Day Tours!
Tour A－Bath & Stonehenge including entrance fees to the ancient Roman bathrooms and Stonehenge－￡37 until 26 March and ￡39 thereafter.
Visit the city with over 2,000 years of history and Bath Abbey, the Royal Crescent and the Costume Museum.Stonehenge is one of the world’s most famous prehistoric monuments dating back over 5,000 years.
Tour B－Oxford & Stratford including entrance fees to the University St Mary’s Church Tower and Anne Hathaway’s house－￡32 until 12 March and ￡36 thereafter.
Oxford：Includes a guided tour of England’s oldest university city and colleges.Look over the “city of dreaming spires(尖顶)” from St Mary’s Church Tower.
Stratford：Includes a guided tour exploring much of the Shakespeare wonder.
Tour C－Windsor Castle & Hampton Court including entrance fees to Hampton Court Palace－￡34 until 11 March and ￡37 thereafter.
Includes a guided tour of Windsor and Hampton Court, Henry Ⅷ’s favourite palace.Free time to visit Windsor Castle(entrance fees not included).With 500 years of history, Hampton Court was once the home of four Kings and one Queen.Now this former royal palace is open to the public as a major tourist attraction.Visit the palace and its various historic gardens, which include the famous maze(迷宫) where it is easy to get lost!
Tour D－Cambridge including entrance fees to the Tower of Saint Mary the Great－￡33 until 18 March and ￡37 thereafter.
Includes a guided tour of Cambridge, the famous university town, and the gardens of the 18th century.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇应用文。主要介绍了一日游的四条线路、不同时间的费用、旅途中的景点，以及是否有导游陪伴讲解等内容。
5.Which tour will you choose if you want to see England’s oldest university city? A.Tour A. B.Tour B. C.Tour C. D.Tour D.
解析 细节理解题。根据Tour B中Oxford部分的“Includes a guided tour of England’s oldest university city and colleges.”可知，这条线路包括英国最古老的大学城，故选B。
答案 B
6.Which of the following tours charges the lowest fee on 17 March? A.Windsor Castle & Hampton Court. B.Oxford & Stratford. C.Bath & Stonehenge. D.Cambridge.
解析 细节理解题。根据Tour D－Cambridge中的“￡33 until 18 March and ￡37 thereafter”可知，3月17日的费用是33英镑。同理可知，A项花费为37英镑；B项花费为36英镑；C项花费为37英镑。故选D。
答案 D
7.Why is Hampton Court a major tourist attraction? A.It used to be the home of royal families. B.It used to be a well-known maze. C.It is the oldest palace in Britain. D.It is a world-famous castle.
解析 细节理解题。根据Tour C部分中的“...Hampton Court was once the home of four Kings and one Queen.”可知，这个地方曾经是四个国王和一个女王的宫殿，因此成为了主要的旅游景点。这与A项中的royal families(皇室)吻合，故选A。
答案 A Ⅱ.语法填空
Once there was an emperor who was choosing a successor.He called all the young people in the kingdom together.He gave each of them a seed.He asked them to plant the seed and come back in one year with 1.________they have grown from this one seed.
A boy 2.________(name) Ling received a seed too.He planted the seed and watered it 3.________(care).Every day he would water it.4.________about three weeks, some youths began to talk about their seeds and the plants.Ling kept 5.________(check) his seed, but nothing ever grew.
A year finally went by and all the youths of the kingdom brought 6.________plants to the emperor.But Ling’s pot was empty.When the emperor arrived, he found Ling and his empty pot and he smiled.
The emperor said，“One year ago today, I gave everyone here a seed.I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it, and bring it back to me today.But I gave you all boiled seeds 7.____________would not grow.When you found that the seed would not grow, you 8.________(replace) with another seed for the one I gave you.Ling was the only one with the courage and honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it.9.________， he is the one who will
人教英语必修三抢分教程能力提升：nit 5 Canada-“The Tre North”ection 1 含答案
