Canada: A Land of Diversity and Challenges
Canada is the second-largest country globally, rich in history and multiculturalism. Learn about its population, settlement patterns, and geographical characteristics, from Arctic expanses to temperate regions. Discover why most Canadians reside near the US border and the factors shaping this migration trend.
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12thGRADE ENGLISH PREPARATION FOR UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAM PART - 17
PART PART - - 1 17 7 12th Grade English Sorular a a daki par aya g re cevaplay n z. Canada is the second-largest country in the world, occupying two-fifths of the North American continent. It was once inhabited only by native peoples, but now they make up approximately 3% of the population. The French were the first Europeans to settle in Canada, however, after years of fighting, the British gained control in 1763. Gradually, pioneers and settlers moved north and west, taking over the country. Until recently, most Canadians were descendents of these settlers, but increased numbers of people have started to come from Europe, South America, and Southeast Asia. Despite being such a large country, much of Canada is uninhabitable. On average there are only three inhabitants per square kilometre in Canada. This is due to the fact that about one-third of Canada lies in the Arctic Circle and can remain frozen for up to 9 months of the year. However, towards the border with the US the climate is more temperate and thus there are many forests and grasslands. Around 3/4 of the population lives near the US border, in towns and cities around the shores of the Great Lakes and along the St. Lawrence River. According to the text, what is true about the population of Canada? A) The native population of Canada declined due to the fight between the British and the French. B) A very small minority live away from the US border. C) Most of the country is habitable, with lots of forests and grasslands. D) The majority of the French habitants live near the US border. E) Every square kilometre of the country is densely populated.
PART PART - - 1 17 7 12th Grade English Canada is the second-largest country in the world, occupying two-fifths of the North American continent. It was once inhabited only by native peoples, but now they make up approximately 3% of the population. The French were the first Europeans to settle in Canada, however, after years of fighting, the British gained control in 1763. Gradually, pioneers and settlers moved north and west, taking over the country. Until recently, most Canadians were descendents of these settlers, but increased numbers of people have started to come from Europe, South America, and Southeast Asia. Despite being such a large country, much of Canada is uninhabitable. On average there are only three inhabitants per square kilometre in Canada. This is due to the fact that about one-third of Canada lies in the Arctic Circle and can remain frozen for up to 9 months of the year. However, towards the border with the US the climate is more temperate and thus there are many forests and grasslands. Around 3/4 of the population lives near the US border, in towns and cities around the shores of the Great Lakes and along the St. Lawrence River. It can be inferred that people prefer to live near the border because ----. A) the weather conditions are milder there B) it has a better climate for agriculture C) they do not like to live near lakes or rivers D) it is where the settlers came first E) there are no native peoples there
PART PART - - 1 17 7 12th Grade English Canada is the second-largest country in the world, occupying two-fifths of the North American continent. It was once inhabited only by native peoples, but now they make up approximately 3% of the population. The French were the first Europeans to settle in Canada, however, after years of fighting, the British gained control in 1763. Gradually, pioneers and settlers moved north and west, taking over the country. Until recently, most Canadians were descendents of these settlers, but increased numbers of people have started to come from Europe, South America, and Southeast Asia. Despite being such a large country, much of Canada is uninhabitable. On average there are only three inhabitants per square kilometre in Canada. This is due to the fact that about one-third of Canada lies in the Arctic Circle and can remain frozen for up to 9 months of the year. However, towards the border with the US the climate is more temperate and thus there are many forests and grasslands. Around 3/4 of the population lives near the US border, in towns and cities around the shores of the Great Lakes and along the St. Lawrence River. The main purpose of the text is to ----. A) criticise the actions of the French and British settlers B) explain how the British took control of Canada C) compare Canada s population with others in North America D) give brief information about Canada s population E) discuss the history of the different ethnic groups living in Canada
PART PART - - 1 17 7 12th Grade English Sorular a a daki par aya g re cevaplay n z. For centuries, the world s physicists, writers and philosophers have argued about whether time travel is possible, with most coming to the conclusion that it is never going to happen. But on a large plot of land just outside the small town of Comfort, Texas, a group of architects, engineers and scientists are building a Timeship that they say it could transport tens of thousands of individuals to a far-distant future. Their approach does not involve the use of flux capacitors or zooming at light-speed through black holes. Instead, the Timeship aims to store people at such low temperatures that their bodies are preserved for a future civilisation to reanimate them, a concept known as cryonics. Just as a spaceship allows people to move through space, our Timeship will allow people to travel to another time in the future, explains Stephen Valentine, who is the director and principal architect of the Timeship project. According to the group of architects, engineers and scientists in Texas, ----. A) the city is not really suitable for the Timeship because it is such a small place B) it will soon be possible to transport more than 10,000 people to a far-distant future C) it is possible that the bodies of people are preserved with almost no changes D) their Timeship will have the capacity of at most 10,000 people E) time travel is not likely to take place until a far-distant future
PART PART - - 1 17 7 12th Grade English For centuries, the world s physicists, writers and philosophers have argued about whether time travel is possible, with most coming to the conclusion that it is never going to happen. But on a large plot of land just outside the small town of Comfort, Texas, a group of architects, engineers and scientists are building a Timeship that they say it could transport tens of thousands of individuals to a far-distant future. Their approach does not involve the use of flux capacitors or zooming at light-speed through black holes. Instead, the Timeship aims to store people at such low temperatures that their bodies are preserved for a future civilisation to reanimate them, a concept known as cryonics. Just as a spaceship allows people to move through space, our Timeship will allow people to travel to another time in the future, explains Stephen Valentine, who is the director and principal architect of the Timeship project. According to the passage, the Timeship ----. A) is designed using the latest technology in order to reach light-speed efficiently while travelling through time B) will be able to travel through space, but will avoid black holes through the use of the most modern technology available C) is constructed in much the same way as a spaceship, but rather than travelling through space it will simply be used to freeze people D) will not really move, but rather will show passengers a simulation of what the far-distant future might look like E) will house people who have been frozen until some time in the future, thus having time-travelled
PART PART - - 1 17 7 12th Grade English For centuries, the world s physicists, writers and philosophers have argued about whether time travel is possible, with most coming to the conclusion that it is never going to happen. But on a large plot of land just outside the small town of Comfort, Texas, a group of architects, engineers and scientists are building a Timeship that they say it could transport tens of thousands of individuals to a far-distant future. Their approach does not involve the use of flux capacitors or zooming at light-speed through black holes. Instead, the Timeship aims to store people at such low temperatures that their bodies are preserved for a future civilisation to reanimate them, a concept known as cryonics. Just as a spaceship allows people to move through space, our Timeship will allow people to travel to another time in the future, explains Stephen Valentine, who is the director and principal architect of the Timeship project. Which of the following could be the best title for the passage? A) Why Is Time Travel Essential? B) A Different Way to Travel Through Time C) Faster than a Spaceship D) How to Create a Timeship E) Travelling to Space
PART PART - - 1 17 7 12th Grade English Sorular a a daki par aya g re cevaplay n z. Many cultures regard dreams as having great significance for the dreamer, either by revealing something important about the dreamer s present circumstances or predicting his or her future. The Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud analysed the dreams of his patients to understand their unconscious needs and desires, and psychotherapists still make use of this technique today. Freud believed that the primary function of dreams was to wish fulfillment or the idea that dreaming allows us to act out the desires that we must repress during the day. Although Freud focused on the meaning of dreams, other theories about the causes of dreams are less concerned with their content. One possibility is that we dream primarily to help with consolidation, or the moving of information into long-term memory. Rauchs and Desgranges found that rats that had been deprived of REM sleep, the sleep stage in which dreaming occurs, after learning a new task were less able to perform the task again than rats that had been allowed to dream, and these differences were greater on tasks that involved learning unusual information or developing new behaviours. It can be understood from the passage that Freud believed that dreams ----. A) could help one recall past memories with more accuracy B) contributed to the prediction of patients' wishes more than their desires C) were about wishes people had to suppress while they were awake D) that occurred during REM sleep were easily interpreted E) should be examined for the reasons behind them rather than for their content
PART PART - - 1 17 7 12th Grade English Many cultures regard dreams as having great significance for the dreamer, either by revealing something important about the dreamer s present circumstances or predicting his or her future. The Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud analysed the dreams of his patients to understand their unconscious needs and desires, and psychotherapists still make use of this technique today. Freud believed that the primary function of dreams was to wish fulfillment or the idea that dreaming allows us to act out the desires that we must repress during the day. Although Freud focused on the meaning of dreams, other theories about the causes of dreams are less concerned with their content. One possibility is that we dream primarily to help with consolidation, or the moving of information into long-term memory. Rauchs and Desgranges found that rats that had been deprived of REM sleep, the sleep stage in which dreaming occurs, after learning a new task were less able to perform the task again than rats that had been allowed to dream, and these differences were greater on tasks that involved learning unusual information or developing new behaviours. What can be concluded from Rauchs and Desgranges s studies? A) They focused their studies more on the use of information in dreams of rats. B) They found that rats were only able to learn a new task during REM sleep. C) They discovered that when rats learned a new task, dreaming helped them successfully recall the new task later on. D) They showed the differences between rats that learned common information and those that learned unusual information. E) They found that dreaming resulted in poor performance in different tasks in rats.
PART PART - - 1 17 7 12th Grade English Many cultures regard dreams as having great significance for the dreamer, either by revealing something important about the dreamer s present circumstances or predicting his or her future. The Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud analysed the dreams of his patients to understand their unconscious needs and desires, and psychotherapists still make use of this technique today. Freud believed that the primary function of dreams was to wish fulfillment or the idea that dreaming allows us to act out the desires that we must repress during the day. Although Freud focused on the meaning of dreams, other theories about the causes of dreams are less concerned with their content. One possibility is that we dream primarily to help with consolidation, or the moving of information into long-term memory. Rauchs and Desgranges found that rats that had been deprived of REM sleep, the sleep stage in which dreaming occurs, after learning a new task were less able to perform the task again than rats that had been allowed to dream, and these differences were greater on tasks that involved learning unusual information or developing new behaviours. The main purpose of this passage is to ----. A) inform readers about the effects of dreaming B) encourage readers to analyse their dreams C) explain the Freudian approach to dream analysis D) give information about different theories of dreams E) refute critical theories about the functions of dreaming
PART PART - - 1 17 7 12th Grade English Sorular a a daki par aya g re cevaplay n z. Influenced by the common misconception, films such as Jurassic Park show dinosaurs with tough, leathery, rhino-like skin, but it has since been proven that many dinosaur species were feathered. In a study, a group of scientists have analysed the fossilised remains of the bird-sized dinosaur Anchiornis, which lived 160 million years ago. The specimen has particularly well-preserved feather details, a feature that is usually lost during fossilisation. Covering its body, Anchiornis had unusual contour feathers plumage not used in flight that were soft and V-shaped, at around one to two centimetres in length. Longer flight feathers emerged in layers from all four of the animal s limbs. Anchiornis seems to have needed extra flight feathers because theirs were not zipped together like a bird s, and so generated less lift. Fossil feathers in particular are very hard to interpret for scientists because they are preserved as flat stains derived from the feather pigments. So, making an illustration of the dinosaur was very tough, but the researchers worked closely with a scientific illustrator and came up with the most accurate depiction of a dinosaur ever. According to the passage, the skin of dinosaurs ----. A) is generally believed to lack feathers but, in fact, many dinosaur species had them B) was first discussed by the films like Jurassic Park before the scientific community C) started to change around 160 million years ago D) had an internal structure that made it impossible for them to fly E) is agreed to be more feathered compared to birds
PART PART - - 1 17 7 12th Grade English Sorular a a daki par aya g re cevaplay n z. Influenced by the common misconception, films such as Jurassic Park show dinosaurs with tough, leathery, rhino-like skin, but it has since been proven that many dinosaur species were feathered. In a study, a group of scientists have analysed the fossilised remains of the bird-sized dinosaur Anchiornis, which lived 160 million years ago. The specimen has particularly well-preserved feather details, a feature that is usually lost during fossilisation. Covering its body, Anchiornis had unusual contour feathers plumage not used in flight that were soft and V-shaped, at around one to two centimetres in length. Longer flight feathers emerged in layers from all four of the animal s limbs. Anchiornis seems to have needed extra flight feathers because theirs were not zipped together like a bird s, and so generated less lift. Fossil feathers in particular are very hard to interpret for scientists because they are preserved as flat stains derived from the feather pigments. So, making an illustration of the dinosaur was very tough, but the researchers worked closely with a scientific illustrator and came up with the most accurate depiction of a dinosaur ever. It is pointed out in the passage that the remains of Anchiornis mentioned in the passage ----. A) were in good condition in terms of the feather details it had B) were too small in quantity to come to a reasonable conclusion about its flight capability C) lost its fundamental and peculiar features during the fossilisation period D) revealed that bird-sized dinosaurs had feathers tied together similar to birds E) were ordinary in terms of both feathers and the colours that they had
PART PART - - 1 17 7 12th Grade English Sorular a a daki par aya g re cevaplay n z. Influenced by the common misconception, films such as Jurassic Park show dinosaurs with tough, leathery, rhino-like skin, but it has since been proven that many dinosaur species were feathered. In a study, a group of scientists have analysed the fossilised remains of the bird-sized dinosaur Anchiornis, which lived 160 million years ago. The specimen has particularly well-preserved feather details, a feature that is usually lost during fossilisation. Covering its body, Anchiornis had unusual contour feathers plumage not used in flight that were soft and V-shaped, at around one to two centimetres in length. Longer flight feathers emerged in layers from all four of the animal s limbs. Anchiornis seems to have needed extra flight feathers because theirs were not zipped together like a bird s, and so generated less lift. Fossil feathers in particular are very hard to interpret for scientists because they are preserved as flat stains derived from the feather pigments. So, making an illustration of the dinosaur was very tough, but the researchers worked closely with a scientific illustrator and came up with the most accurate depiction of a dinosaur ever. According to the passage, the drawing of an Anchiornis ----. A) required a lot of work but resulted in the most realistic dinosaur depiction so far B) lacked the details showing the difference of flight feathers from birds C) inaccurately illustrated a bird-sized dinosaur to compare it to modern birds D) clarified that some dinosaurs were identical to today's feathery birds in terms of feather structure E) was largely influenced by the traditional depictions of dinosaurs by the film industry
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