1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Who am I? I’m not a born leader. I was once so weak     1     only a few people were there for me. For me, everything did not always go smoothly. I had passed through hardships and     2     (difficulty) and made great sacrifices( 牺牲 ) while seeking the way forward. I was not born to be fearless and unconquerable. All that I do is    3     (keep) dreaming and fighting. All along, staying true to    4     (I) mission and ambition, I shall come from the people, have my roots among the people and be concentrated on     5     (serve) the people. Nothing can take me apart     6     the more than 1.4 billion Chinese people. The world again stands at    7     crossroads in history. I care about the Earth,     8     we human beings are living, the future and the destiny(命运) of the world and I wish to move forward with all progressive forces around a world. I     9     (firm) hold belief that this country is its people, the people are the country. All the struggle, sacrifice and creation    10     (tie) together by one final goal. My name is the Communist Party of China!

2 . Imagine yourself sitting in a cafe one day in your hometown, when on the next table you hear some people speaking English with a strong North American accent (口音)Being a friendly person, you smile and say, “Hi! Are you American?” “No,” comes the quick answer. “Canadian!” Calling an English-speaking Canadian an American can be as bad as telling a Scotsman that he’s English or a Swiss person that he’s German. Although they have a common language, there are differences in culture and national feeling. “No,” many Canadians will tell you with confidence, “we’re not Americans! We’re Canadians.”

About 80% of Canadians live within 150 kilometers of the US border (国界), and this has had a detrimental influence on the Canadian economy. Like most European countries, Canada has a good national health service, and a good social service, but the good services have to be paid for by high taxes(税). Because of this, hundreds of thousands of Canadians often get in their cars and drive over to the USA to go shopping. This is one cause of economic problems in Canada. Over half of Canada’s products that are brought in from other countries come from the United States.

But the American influence is not just a question of shopping. Lots of Canadians drive American cars, and cars are, almost as important in Canada as they are in the USA. There is television too.

While Quebecers watch their own French-language TV stations, English-speaking Canadians have a choice between local English-speaking television stations, national programmes from CBC, and many American television stations. Unless they want to watch local stations, they’re just as likely to choose one of the big American television stations which include many different types of programmes as they are to a Canadian television station.

1. What does the author want to tell us in the first paragraph?

A．Canadians can speak many languages.

B．Canadians have a strong national feeling.

C．Canadians are generally friendly to foreigners.

D．Canadians have a lot in common with Americans.

2. What does the underlined word “detrimental” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．Timely.

B．Special.

C．Unexpected.

D．Bad.

3. What can we learn about Canada?

A．The cost of living in Canada is quite high

B．Canada only has a few French programmes.

C．The service industries of Canada are famous.

D．Canada produces fewer cars than America.

4. Which of the following could be the best title for the text?

A．A nation of high taxes

B．What is Canadians’ lifestyle?

C．How is Canada influenced by the US?

D．The differences between Canada and the US’