Unit 5 Canada – “The True North” 知识点题库

            makes the school famous is          more than 90 percent of the students have been admitted to universities.

The notice              came around two in the afternoon the meeting would be postponed.

is the population of Shanghai?

The kids were hard to （settlement） down since they were so excited in the evening party.

He （attempt）to swim across the Channel, but he failed because of the terrible weather.

—Did he manage to escape being punished by the police?

—No, he （try）to, but failed.

As is known to us, the new minister will be in office by the Queen.

The waterfall can be seen . Its sound may be heard two miles. It looks even more beautiful , I think.

His grandpa was so poor at that time that he had to get up at dawn every day and walk to the factory in distance.

They will be very to see you here.

Finally he the young man's light overcoat .(他总算在远处看见了那个年轻人穿的浅色外套。)

In the old days, my mother always made new clothes with Spring Festival coming.(为我量身做新衣服)

—Where did you live as a child?

—A village （包围）by hills on three sides.

My father impressed the value of hard work on /upon me.

→My father impressed the value of hard work.

When the test was finished, we began our holiday.

→ , we began our holiday. (独立主格结构)

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    Ireland has had a very difficult history. The problems started in the 16th century when English rulers tried to conquer(征服) Ireland. For hundreds of years, the Irish people fought against the English. Finally, in 1921, the British government was forced to give independence to the south of Ireland. The result is that today there are two "Irelands". Northern Ireland, in the north, is part of the United Kingdom. The Republic of Ireland, in the south, is an independent country.

    In the 1840s the main crop, potatoes, was affected by disease and about 750,000 people died of hunger. This, and a shortage(短缺) of work, forced many people to leave Ireland and live in the USA, the UK, Australia and Canada. As a result of these problems, the population fell from 8.2 million in 1841 to 6.6 million in 1851.

    For many years, the majority of Irish people earned their living as farmers. Today, many people still work on the land but more and more people are moving to the cities to work in factories and offices. Life in the cities is very different from life in the countryside, where things move at a quieter and slower pace.

    The Irish are famous for being warm-hearted and friendly. Oscar Wilde, a famous Irish writer, once said that the Irish were "the greatest talkers since the Greeks". Since independence, Ireland has revived(复兴) its own culture of music, language, literature and singing. Different areas have different styles of old Irish songs which are sung without instruments. Other kinds of Irish music use many different instruments such as the violin, whistles, etc.

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    Finland is perhaps the most beautiful and mysterious of the countries of northern Europe. Two-thirds of its surface is covered with thick forests. Relative to its size, Finland has more lakes than any other countries. The northern part of this country is inside the Arctic Circle, where almost no trees can grow because of its cold weather and the people use their deer to transport clothing and food.

    The Finnish history began in the Middle Ages. In about 1155, Finland was conquered (征服) by its western neighbor Sweden. After a period of rule by Denmark in the 14th century, the Swedes won back independence and power in 1523 under their brave king. During the Napoleonic Wars (1804～1818), Finland was finally passed from Sweden to Russia. The opportunity came in 1917 when the Russian Revolution brought foreign rule of Finland to the end. Shortly after Soviet Russia made peace with Germany, 1919 saw the founding of the Finnish Republic.

    The years between the First and Second World Wars were years of progress and growing development. Finland is the fifth largest country in Europe, and despite a relatively small population of 5.2 million, the market potential is much greater. Finland has no coal or oil, and the nation's wealth lies in the timber (木材) from its forests, which supplies material for paper and furniture making, and in the electric power from its water. Finland is an excellent gateway to trade with Russia and the Baltic States because of a long history of trading with these markets. Finland has also enjoyed a strong and long-standing trading relationship with Britain, a relationship which was further strengthened by Finland's accession (加入) to the European Union in January 1995.

    The following are some of the main commercial centres and towns:

Town	Population
Helsinki	545,474 (1 January 2013)
Espoo	213,271 (1 January 2013)
Tampere	195,468 (1 January 2013)
Vantaa	178,471 (1 January 2013)
Turku	172,561 (1 January 2013)
Oulu	120,753 (1 January 2013)

You can see a Girls' Senior High School lying the north of the park.

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