Canada is a very large country. It is the second largest country in the world .By contrast it has a very small population. There are only about 29 million people there. Most Canadians are of British or French origin（后裔）, and French is an official language of Canada as well as English .About 45%of the people are of British origin, that is, they or their parents or grandparents, etc, come from British. Nearly 30% are of French origin. Most of the French–Canadians live in province of Quebec.
Over the years, people have come to live in Canada from many countries in the world .They are from many countries in the world .They are from most European countries and also from China, besides other Asian countries.
However, Canada was not an empty country when the Europeans began to arrive. Canadian Indians lived along the coast, by the rivers and lakes and in forests. Today, there are only about 350,000 Indians in the whole country, with their own languages. In the far north live the Inuit. There are only 27,000 Canadian-Inuit. Their life is hard in such a difficult climate.
【小題1】The phrase “By contrast” in the passage means ____.

“Never give up!” It is my law(法則) of my life. It has brought me   16  . I learned the law from my father’s   17  story.
My father was  18  in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu, in China. When he was a young boy, he went to school in the morning, then   19  in the fields till sunset. And then he did his homework   20  midnight. Life was hard, because they had no   21  !
At the age of 14, my father heard of the United States of America. It was the land of gold, the land where   22  people can become rich.
“   23   don’t I go to America?” he thought to himself, full of hope.
So , my father came to America. “ I had thought it was easy to   24  money in America,” he told me. “But when I arrived there, I realized it was not true. They did not like to hire（雇傭） me because I spoke   25  English. Later, I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables,  26  dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was   27  for the first few years. I worked from 10a.m to 11p.m. I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it was impossible. I couldn’t  28   the schooling(學(xué)費(fèi)).
My father   29  working hard, and reached his goal.
“Alan,” he often says to me, “If you want something, you have to work for it and never give up. Things do not come   30  in life.” That is what I learned from my father.

“Never give up!” It is my law(法則) of my life. It has brought me   16  . I learned the law from my father’s   17  story.

My father was  18  in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu, in China. When he was a young boy, he went to school in the morning, then   19  in the fields till sunset. And then he did his homework   20  midnight. Life was hard, because they had no   21  !

At the age of 14, my father heard of the United States of America. It was the land of gold, the land where   22  people can become rich.

“   23   don’t I go to America?” he thought to himself, full of hope.

So , my father came to America. “ I had thought it was easy to   24  money in America,” he told me. “But when I arrived there, I realized it was not true. They did not like to hire（雇傭） me because I spoke   25  English. Later, I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables,  26  dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was   27  for the first few years. I worked from 10a.m to 11p.m. I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it was impossible. I couldn’t  28   the schooling(學(xué)費(fèi)).

My father   29  working hard, and reached his goal.

“Alan,” he often says to me, “If you want something, you have to work for it and never give up. Things do not come   30  in life.” That is what I learned from my father.

1.                A．disaster        B．loss            C．success   D．pity

2.                A．life            B．fashion         C．danger   D．history

3.                A．famous         B．lucky           C．rich  D．born

4.                A．taught          B．worked         C．studied   D．slept

5.                A．until           B．towards         C．for D．during

6.                A．experience      B．energy         C．time D．money

7.                A．kind           B．poor           C．strong    D．lazy

8.                A．What          B．How           C．Why D．When

9.                A．discover        B．make           C．collect   D．spend

10.               A．little           B．good           C．much D．excellent

11.               A．giving          B．running        C．washing   D．receiving

12.               A．comfortable     B．cheerful        C．nice  D．hard

13.               A．borrow         B．need          C．a(chǎn)fford D．pay

14.               A．kept           B．finished        C．minded   D．stopped

15.               A．really          B．easily          C．quietly    D．slowly

A hot dog is one of the most popular American foods. It was named after frankfurter, a German food.

You may hear "hot dog" 21 in other ways. People sometimes say "hot dog" to express 22 . For example(例如), a friend may ask 23 you would like to go to cinema. You might say, "Great! I would love to go." Or, you could say, "  24 ! I would love to go."

People 25 use the expression to describe(描述) someone who is a "show-off", who tries to show everyone else how 26 he is. You often hear such 27 called a "hot dog". He may be a baseball player for example, who 28 the ball with one hand, making a (n) 29 catch seem more difficult. You know he is a hot dog because when he makes such a catch, he bows(鞠躬) crowd, hoping to win their  30 .

(  ) 21. A. eaten    B. used        C. cooked      D. picked

(  ) 22. A. strength  B. practice     C. pleasure     D. reply

(  ) 23. A. if       B. how        C. when        D. where

(  ) 24. A. Hot dog  B. Don't worry  C. Never mind  D. Excuse me

(  ) 25. A. ever     B. also         C. still        D. yet

(  ) 26. A. hopeful  B. careful       C. kind        D. great

(  ) 27. A. a dog    B. a hand       C. a person     D. an action

(  ) 28. A. catches   B. plays        C. catch       D. play

(  ) 29. A. hard     B. funny        C. exciting     D. easy

(  ) 30. A. thanks   B. cheers        C. medals      D. matches