TEXT A The word "Canada" means
"village, small house or shanty". In 1435, the French explorer Katie arrived in
the land and asked the Indian of the name of the place, the cacique said
"Canada" indicating the village nearby. Katie misunderstood it as the name of
the whole area, so the place was named Canada from that time.
Canada covers 9,984,670 sq. kilometers, standing the second place in the
world. Canada occupies the north part of the North America (except the Alaska
Island and the Greenland Island). It faces the Atlantic in the east, close to
the Pacific Ocean in the west, bordering America in the south, with the Arctic
Ocean to its north. Up till 2002, Canada has got a population of 31,499,500
people. The earliest inhabitants in Canada were the Indian and
the Inuit. From the 17th century, the English and the French colonialists
invaded the place and founded the colony. In the "Seven-Year War" between the
English and the French which occurred in Canada, the French lost, and therefore
ceded the colony to the English. On July 1 of 1867, the English parliament
passed the British North America Act, which combined Canada province, New
Brunswick and New Sceshir into a commonwealth and granted Canada a self-ruled
area. In the March of 1982, the Upper House and The Common House passed the
Canada Constitution Bill and the Queen conformed. The bill took effect in April,
and Canada got all the power of the legislation. So the Canadian people regard
the July 1 of 1867 as the Independence Day, also the National Day.
Ottawa, the capital of Canada, is called "Jack Frost city". Tile Ottawa
River flows from west to east and divides the city into two parts--south and
north. Ottawa is the fourth large city in Canada and is the hub of the traffic
in water, land and air. Ottawa boasts rich water resources and mainly depends on
light industry which includes paper making, lumber machining, foodstuff and
mechanism manufacturing. Canada has not an integrated
constitution until now; its law consists of mostly the constitution acts which
were passed in various periods. Canada carries out the commonwealth parliament
system. The national monarch is the English Queen, and the Viceroy charges the
administration of the country in her honor. The government follows Cabinet
system and carries out institution consisting of the Party that occupies most
seats in the House of Representatives; the leader is regarded as the premier who
leads the Cabinet. Which statement about the location of Canada is TRUE
A.Canada lies in the north of the North America including The Alaska Island and the Greenland Island. B.Canada has the largest acreage in the world. C.Canada is close to the Arctic Ocean in the east. D.Canada is close to the ocean in three directions.