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Last weekend we went mountain climbing. Even the heavy rain in the morning could not????? （阻止）us from going. S____ off vey early, we went along an extremely narrow road, all in high ????? . On both sides of the road were green fields and some farm houses. We could hear the ????? of the rain and our footsteps ______（混合）with our laughter. At noon we reached the top of the mountain. What surprised us _____there was the beauty of the scenes.????? having a short rest and sharing food we ????? （带）, we started going down. It rained even more h????? . We were w____ to the skin, but we still sang and laughed happily.

The Canadian people are made up of different national races.The first ____ settlers of the country were the Indians.

It was said that the Indians entered this continent ___ the Bering Strait(白令海峡) and Sea from eastern Asia at most 10,000 years ____.When Europeans first? ____ the country，Indians were living in most of areas ___ forests.There were only ____ Indians in the provinces near the Atlantic Ocean.

The second group of people to enter Canada ____ the Eskimos.They ____ the Bering Strait from Asia less than 3,000 years ago.There are few __ of their early movements.The first white settlers in Canada were the ____.They came in greatest ____ to Quebec，but also to Nova Scotia，____ they cleared farms on the southern side of the Bay of Fundy.The French built their castles at Quebec City，and cleared farms out of the forests in the area.____ the time of the British conquest(征服) in 1763，there had been about 60,000 Frenchmen in Canada，____ chiefly between Quebec and Montreal.There were not many British in Canada ____ American Revolution drove large numbers northward.

Throughout the 19th century，____ British people came to Canada.The descendants(后代) of these people ____ England，Scotland and Ireland now make ____ about half of the population.Around the ____ of the century people came in increasing numbers from Europe and the largest numbers came ____ Central and Eastern?Germans，Czechs，Poles，Rumanians and Ukrainians.

1.A.famous? B．well?known

C．known? D．news

2.A.through? B．into

C．on? D．across

3.A.early? B．more

C．ago? D．long

4.A.reached? B．left

C．flew to? D．shipped

5.A.protected? B．covered by

C．like? D．covering

6.A.few? B．packs of

C．a number of? D．a few

7.A.are? B．is

C．were? D．was

8.A.crossed? B．walked

C．passed? D．swam

9.A.notes? B．records

C．signs? D．speeches

10.A.British? B．Indians

C．French? D．American

11.A.deal? B．members

C．areas? D．numbers

12.A.who? B．which

C．whom? D．where

13.A.By? B．In

C．At? D．On

14.A.to live? B．living

C．lived? D．live

15.A.when? B．after

C．until? D．since

16.A.thousand of? B．thousands of

C．thousands? D．thousand

17.A.in? B．to

C．near? D．from

18.A.up? B．of

C．from? D．by

19.A.year? B．change

C．turn? D．day

20.A.from? B．in

C．over? D．up

The Sahara Festival is a celebration of the very recent past. The three-day event is not fixed to the same dates each year, but generally takes place in November or December. It is well attended by tourists, but even better attended by locals.

    During the opening ceremonies, after the official greetings from the government leaders, people who attend the festival begin to march smartly before the viewing stands, and white camels transport their riders across the sands. Horsemen from different nations display their beautiful clothes and their fine horsemanship. One following another, groups of musicians and dancers from all over the Sahara take their turn to show off their wonderful traditional culture. Groups of men in blue and yellow play horns and beat drums as they dance in different designs. On their knees in the sand, a group of women in long dark dresses dance with their hair: their long, dark, shiny hair is thrown back and forth in the wind to the rhythm of their dance.

    The local and visiting Italian dogs are anxious to run after hares. The crowd is on its feet for the camel races. Camels and riders run far into the distance, and then return to the finish Line in front of the cheering people.

    Towards the evening, there comes the grand finale of the opening day, an extremely exciting horserace. All the riders run very fast on horseback. Some riders hang off the side of their saddles. Some even ride upside down -- their legs and feet straight up in the air -- all at full speed. Others rush down the course together, men arm in arm, on different horses. On and on they went. SO fast and so wonderful!

The Sahara Festival is a festival which________.

A. has a very long history in North Africa

B. is held in the same place on the same day

C. is attended mainly by the people in the Sahara

D. is celebrated mostly by travelers from different countries

Before the races begin, ________ take part in the activities during the opening ceremonies.

A. musicians, dancers, horses and hares

B. camel riders, musicians, dogs and hares

C. horsemen, dancers, camels and dogs

D. musicians, officials, camels and horses

The underlined word "finale" in the fourth paragraph most probably means the _______of the opening day.

A. first part         B. middle          C. last part          D. whole

This passage mainly tells readers_______.

A. what happens on the opening day of the Sahara Festival

B. how people celebrate during the three-day Sahara Festival

C. what takes place at the closing ceremonies of the Sahara Festival

D. how animals race on the first and the last days of the Sahara Festival

Some people always take seriously the ______ of the complete globe end in the near future.