第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）
第一节：（共15小题，每小题3分，满分45分）
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项（A 、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Some people have travelled to Canada while others may have just heard of it . As is known to
all, the Canadian red and white maple leaf flag is officially called The National Flag of Canada.
The Canadian flag shows a stylized red maple leaf with 11 points on a white background, with red
borders down each side. The Canadian flag is twice as long as its width. The white square containing
the red maple leaf is the same width as the flag. Canada is a very large country, too. It is the second
largest country in the world.By contrast, it has a very small population. There are only about 29
millinon people there. Most Canadians are of British or French origin, and French is an official
language as well English. About 45 % of the people are of British origin, that is, they or their parents
or grandparents, etc, come from Britain. Nearly 30 % are of French origin. Most of the French-Canadians live in the province of quebec. Over the years people have come to live in Canada from many countries in the world. They are mostly from European countries and also from China, as well as other Asian countries.
However , Canada was not an empty country when the Europeans began to arrive. Canadian-Indian lived along the coast, bythe rivers and lakes and in forests. Today there are only 350,000 Canadian-Indians in the
