Unit5

CanadaTheTrueNorthTrytoanswerthisquizandfindouthowmuchyouknowaboutCanada.1.WhatlanguagesdoCanadiansspeak?A.EnglishB.EnglishandGermanC.English&FrenchD.English&Spanish2.WhatisthecapitalofCanada?A.VancouverB.TorontoC.CalgaryD.Ottawa3.WhatisthenationalanimalofCanada?A.BeaverB.GrizzlybearC.PolarbearD.Penguin

Goonplease!Beaver4.Whatistheleaderofthecountrycalled?A.PresidentB.PrimeMinisterC.Queen5.Howmany“GreatLakes”arethereinCanada?A.4B.3C.5D.6

Goonplease!TheGreatLakes

are

thelargest

freshsurfacewatersystemonEarth.It

suppliesaboutone-fifth

oftheworld'sfreshsurfacewaterand

nine-tenths

oftheU.S.water.

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安大略湖ReadthetextquicklyandfindoutthemainideaofeachparagraphPara1:

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Para4-5:TheymadeadecisionthattheyweretotravellacrossCanadaonatrainfromwesttoeastThebriefintroductiontoCanadaandthecityVancouver.CalgaryanditsStampede.SomeinformationofCanada’spopulationandthecityThunderBay.

Reading--ScanningareapopulationculturewhatyouseeinCanadaresourcesBriefinformationaboutCanadathesecondlargestcountryintheworld;5500kilometresfromcoasttocoastsmallpopulation;within320kilometresoftheUSAborderamulticulturalcountry;EnglishandFrenchMountains,thousandsoflakes,forestsandwiderivers,animals,cities.freshwater;frest

Vancouverthewarmest;themostbeautiful;mountains;thePacificOcean;ski&sail;theoldestforests

Calgary

Keywords:CalgaryStampede;cowboys;haveagiftfor;prizes.ThunderBay

Thekeywordsatthetopendof…;busyport;closeto…thefact…surprisemanypeople.

Comprehending:1.Whatdoes“TheTrueNorth”inthetextmean?2.WhywerethecousinsnotflyingdirecttotheAtlanticcoast?3.WhydidtheybegintorealizetwodayslaterthatCanadaisquiteempty?4.WhichofthefollowingisdescribedasthemostbeautifulcityinCanada?A.VancouverB.CalgaryC.TorontoD.Montreal5.Whatdoestheword“slightly”inthetextmean?（thelastlineonpage34）C.greatlyB.alotA.abitD.lightly6．Whichofthefollowingstatementistrueaccordingtothetext?LiDaiyuandLiuQianwenttoCanadaonatrainbecausethetrainismorecomfortable.

B.ThunderBayisaportcityonthecoastofAtlanticOceanC.lookingoutofthewindows,thegirlssawthegoats,beaverandcowboys.D.LiuDaiyuandLiuQianwenttoCanadatoseetheirrelativesontheAtlanticcoast.Vancouverwarmestandmostbeautiful;thepopulationisincreasing;skiintheRockyMounts.andsailintheharbour;theoldestforestsstillremain.CalgaryCalgaryStampedeisworldfamous.ThunderBayatthetopoftheGreatlakes,averybusyportTorontoThemostwealthyandbiggestcityinCanada;theCNtower,fromthetopofwhichcanseethem