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1、Unit2Englisharoundtheworld阅读理解AOneCanada,TwoLanguagesCanadaisoneofthefewnationsintheworldtohavetwoofficiallanguages:EnglishandFrench.Thereare10provincesinthecountrybutonlyoneofthese---Quebecisknownas"FrenchCanada".ThisisbecauseitwasfoundedbyFrenchexplorerswhileBritishadventure
2、rsdiscoveredtherest.CanadalefttheBritishempire(帝国)in1867tobecomeanindependentcountry,andEnglishandFrenchhavebeenrecognizedastheofficiallanguageseversince.MostpeoplespeakEnglishastheirfirstlanguageandthetwonationaltelevisionnetworksbroadcastinEnglishthroughoutthecountry.Apartfr
3、ominQuebecandafewplacesontheeastcoast,Frenchtelevisionisveryrare.Thesamegoesfortrafficsignsandmenus.Forexample,outsideofQuebec,thereareonlyafewplaceswhereyou'llseetrafficsignsinFrench.Inrestaurants,it'salmostimpossibletofindFrenchonthemenuunlessyouareintheheartland(中心地带)ofFren
4、chCanada.However,allproductssoldinCanadamust,bylaw,havelabels(标签)andinstructionsinbothlanguages.InCanada'sEnglishspeakingprovinces,officialbilingualism(双语)meansthatstudentscanchoosetocompleteaspecialFrenchlanguagecourse.Underthisprogram,theyaretaughtmostoftheirsubjectsinFrench
5、.Ifastudentbeginsthecourseinkindergarten(幼儿园)orGradeOne,itislikelythatalltheirlessonswillbeinFrench.However,iftheystartatjuniorhighschool,25percentoftheteachingwillcontinuetobeinEnglish.1.HowmanyprovincesarethereinCanada?A.Ten.B.Nine.C.Eleven.D.Two.2.WhichcountrycontrolledCana
6、dabeforeitsindependence?A.France.B.Britain.C.America.D.Germany.3.Whichofthefollowingsentencesisright?A.Englishistheonlyofficiallanguage,thoughFrenchisalsospokenthere.B.ThetwonationaltelevisionnetworksbroadcastbothinEnglishandFrench.C.AllproductssoldinCanadamust,bylaw,havelabel
7、sandinstructionsinbothEnglishandFrench.D.ThelessonsinkindergartenorGradeOnearelikelytobeonlyinEnglish.BWhenitcomestolearningaforeignlanguage,manypeoplewonderiftheywillbeabletomemorizeenoughvocabulary.Butthisquestionneverhappensabouttheirmothertongue,andyet,itwasaforeignlanguag
8、eonce.However,amongallthequestionsthatnewparentsask,nodoctorh