【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 is less important than before, waterways remain important for cargo transporting. Waterways include lakes, rivers and sea coastlines. One of the most significant water transportation system is St. Lawrence seaway from the Atlantic Ocean to the west of Lake Superior.Because of the increasing number of automobiles, Canada’s road transportation develops very quickly. In 1991, road length has been more than 849,400 kilometers. Road system is being more and more important. Trucks carry nearly half of the total freight transported in Canada. Early in 1962, Canada had TransCanada Highway with the length of more than kilometers, extending from St. Johns, New Brunswick to Victoria, British Columbia.With the development of transportation, airplanes became another necessary vehicles since aeroplanes could be the only access to some areas of the far northern region. Canadian transportation system develops very quickly with the increasingly advanced science and technology. The aim of the transportation is to use substitute fuels and to produce more efficient transportation facilities. 6. Despite its _________, Canada now boasts a transcontinental railroad.A. sparsely populated areas B. abundant natural resourcesC. large acre of desert D. harsh long winter7. Nowadays, the Canadian railway is mainly used to _________.A. transport freight B. carry passengersC. carry tourists D. transport soldiers 50% of the total freight transported in Canada is acplished by _________.A. trains B. cars C. trucks D. ships9. Airplanes are important in transportation in Canada _________.A. because they can fly very highB. because they can carry larger freight to the destination within shorter timeC. because they are the newest form of transportD. because they can go to some areas that cannot be reached by other transports10. The passage is mainly about _________.A. the history of Canadian transportationB. the different forms of transport in CanadaC. the condition of transportation in CanadaD. the advancement of Canadian transportationPassage 3Students graduating from colleges today are not fully prepared to deal with the “real world”. It is my belief that college students need to be taught more skills and information to enable them to meet the challenges that face everyone in daily life. The areas in which students need training are playing the credit game, planning their personal financial strategy, and consumer awareness.Learning how to obtain and use credit is probably the most valuable knowledge a young person can have. Credit is a dangerous tool that can be of tremendous help if it is handed with caution. Having credit can enable people to obtain material necessities before they have the money to purchase them outright. But unfortunately, many, many young people get carried away with their handy plastic credit cards and awake one day to find they are in serious financial debt. Learning how to use credit properly can be a very difficult and painful lesson indeed.Of equal importance is learning how to plan a personal budget. People have to know how to control money。 otherwise, it can control them. Students should leave college knowing how to allocate their money for living expenses, insurance, savings, and so forth in order to avoid the “Oh, no! I’m flat broke and I don’t get paid again for two weeks!” anxiety syndrome.Along with learning about credit and personal financial planning, graduating college students should be trained as consumers. The consumer market today is flooded with a variety of products and services of varying quality and prices. A young person entering the “real world” is suddenly faced with difficult decisions about which product to buy or whose services to engage. He is usually unaware of such things as return policies, guarantees, or repair procedures. Information of this sort is vital knowledge to everyday living.For a newly graduated college student, the “real world” can be a scary place to be when he or she is faced with such issues as handling credit, planning a budget, or knowing what to look for when making a purchase and whom to purchase it from. Entering this “real world” could be made less painful if person were educated in dealing with these areas of daily life. What better place to acplish this than in college?11. According to the writer, graduating students____________.A. will find it hard to get a job with only knowledge gained from collegeB. have insufficient skills and knowledge and do not deserve a college diplomaC. will not be able to earn enough money to support themselves.D. do not have the necessary knowledge and skills to deal with the realities of life.12. The writer points out that many young people_____.A. fall into debt due to illadvised use of credit cardsB. have to depend on credit to purchase some material necessitiesC. do not know the power of credit and easily run into serious financial debtD. start buying too much on credit before they get a paid job13. Students suffer from an anxiety syndrome because____________.A. they do not have their parents’ financial supportB. they are worried that they don’t get paid on timeC. they run out of money and can’t cover their living expensesD. they can’t afford to buy insurance for themselves14. To “train students as consumers” means to enable them to______.A. handle their credit with cautionB. plan their spending carefully so that they don’t go brokeC. make wise purchasing decisions and be informed about consumer servicesD. cope with serious financial problems15. By asking “What better place to acplish this than in college?” the writer means that _______. A. the best place to train students to deal with personal financial issues is in college B. students should be trained to enter the real world after they gra