9. What does the word "slightly" in the text mean?

A. bit B. a lot C. greatly D. lightly

10. Why did they begin to realize two days later that Canada is quite empty?

【总结反思】

Surrounded; ski; harbour ; measuring ; catch sight of ; the Calgary Stampede ; have a gift for ; acres ; urban ; the Great Lakes

Task 1 Reading comprehension

1-4 CDAB ; 5 ABCD

Task 2 Skim the passage and then answer the following questions:

1.a trip Canada 2. the cross-Canada train

Part 1 Para(s)__1_ B

Part 2 Para(s)_2__C

Part 3 Para(s)_3-5___A

What they really saw and

A .....felt after boarding the train

B......brief introduction of their trip

C......Their chat on their way to the station

1. They are crossing North American.

2. They are not flying directly to the Atlantic Coast because they want to take the train from west to east across Canada./ They want to see Canada./ They want to travel across Canada.

3. "The True North" is the train that runs through Canada.

4. The population of Vancouver is growing so rapidly because it is beautiful.

5. At the Calgary Stampede cowboys compete in riding wild horses for thousands of dollars.

6. Ships are able to reach the centre of Canada because they can follow the St Lawrence River and the Great Lakes.

7. Canada has water from its lakes and rivers and wood from its forests.

8. A

9. A

10. Because there are only thirty million people living on such a huge land and most of them live within the areas of the USA border.