The Canadian people are made up of different national races.The first ____ settlers of the country were the Indians. It was said that the Indians entered this continent ___ the Bering Strait(白令海峡) and Sea from eastern Asia at most 10,000 years ____.When Europeans first ____ the country,Indians were living in most of areas ___ forests.There were only ____ Indians in the provinces near the Atlantic Ocean. The second group of people to enter Canada ____ the Eskimos.They ____ the Bering Strait from Asia less than 3,000 years ago.There are few __ of their early movements.The first white settlers in Canada were the ____.They came in greatest ____ to Quebec,but also to Nova Scotia,____ they cleared farms on the southern side of the Bay of Fundy.The French built their castles at Quebec City,and cleared farms out of the forests in the area.____ the time of the British conquest(征服) in 1763,there had been about 60,000 Frenchmen in Canada,____ chiefly between Quebec and Montreal.There were not many British in Canada ____ American Revolution drove large numbers northward. Throughout the 19th century,____ British people came to Canada.The descendants(后代) of these people ____ England,Scotland and Ireland now make ____ about half of the population.Around the ____ of the century people came in increasing numbers from Europe and the largest numbers came ____ Central and EasternGermans,Czechs,Poles,Rumanians and Ukrainians.
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小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:D
小题7:C
小题8:A
小题9:B
小题10:C
小题11:D
小题12:D
小题13:A
小题14:B
小题15:C
小题16:B
小题17:D
小题18:A
小题19:C
小题20:A
小题1: C
解析 此处表示最早已知的定居者,因此选known。
小题2: D
解析 此题考查词义辨析。across指“横跨”;through指“(从……内部)穿过……”;into指“进入,到……里”;on指“在……上”。穿越白令海峡应该用across。
小题3: C
解析 用ago表示纯粹的过去。句意为:据说10 000年前印第安人由东亚穿越白令海峡和大海来到此地。
小题4: A
解析 此处选A项表示“到达此地”,reach为及物动词。根据上文可知,印第安人是首先来到加拿大的人,而此处提到的是欧洲人,B项不符合语境;由前文及常识可知,欧洲人来到加拿大时,还没有飞机,故C项错误;ship作动词时表示“用船运,运送”之意,不符合语境。
小题5: B
解析 此处covered by(覆盖着……)为过去分词短语作areas的定语。
小题6: D
解析 only a few只有一些。要注意:尽管此词组表示的数量不多,但不能用only few。
小题7: C
解析 本句主语为people,所以谓语要求用复数形式。全文时态为过去时,故选C项。
小题8: A
解析 此处cross为动词,意思是“跨过,穿过”。爱斯基摩人从亚洲到加拿大中途要穿越白令海峡。
小题9: B
解析 此处record意思是“记录”。句意为:几乎没有他们早期活动的记录。
小题10: C
解析 根据下文可以看出是法国人。
小题11: D
解析 此题考查词组“in great numbers”,表示“大量地”。
小题12: D
解析 此处where引导一个非限制性定语从句,在句中作状语。
小题13: A
解析 by the time of...意思是“到……时候为止”。后接表示过去的时间时,句子用过去完成时。
小题14: B
解析 此处为现在分词短语作定语,意思是“生活在……”。
小题15: C
解析 此处的until与not搭配,意思是“直到……才……”。
小题16: B
解析 表示不确定的数量,这四个选项中唯一正确的为B项,其他均不对。
小题17: D
解析 此处“from...”表示“来自……”,指他们的祖籍。由本段第一句可知此处介绍加拿大的移民中英国人所占的比例。
小题18: A
解析 考查词组构成。make up的意思是“组成……”。其他几个介词和make连用时,通常用被动形式。
小题19: C
解析 the turn of the century意思是“世纪之交”。
小题20: A
解析 come from来自。