阅读理解。
You have stopped to buy food on your drive across Canada. You pick up a can of peas.
On one side, the label(标签) says "peas" . On the other, it says "petit pois". By law food labels
and many other printed notices in Canada must be in two languages---English and French.
The reason is simple: many Canadians speak English but not French. Others speak French
but not English. By requiring that label be printed in both languages, Canada is trying to ease
the problems of living in a bilingual society.
English is the dominant (important) language in most of Canada. In all provinces but Quebec,
most of the people speak English. Quebec was the center of French settlement in colonial
(殖民地的) times, and most of its people are descendants (后裔) of French settlers. Today
nearly two out of three people in Quebec speak only French. Communities of French-speaking
people also live in other provinces, especially in the Maritime Provinces.
French Canadians are bound (约束) together not only by language but also by religion. Like
their French ancestors (祖先), most are Roman Catholics. Most English-speaking Canadians are
Protestants.
1. Why does the food label must be printed in two languages in Canada?
A. Because the Canadians know both English and French.
B. Because the Canadians know either English or French.
C. Because many Canadians like French besides English.
D. In order to make the English and the French understand it easily
2. What's the meaning of the underlined word "bilingual" in the second paragraph ?
A. developed.
B. rich.
C. two languages.
D. poor.
3. Which statement is correct according to the passage?
A. Today all the people in Quebec don't only speak French.
B. People in all the provinces in Canada speak English besides Quebec.
C. Most English-speaking Canadians are Catholics.
D. French Canadians are bound together not by language but by religion.
4. This passage mainly tells us ___________.
A. food labels in Canada must be in two languages
B. Quebec is the only province where French is spoken
C. Canada is a bilingual nation
D. English is the dominant language in most of Canada
