3). What three words would you use to describe Canada?

2. Have students turn to Page 34 and look at the title of the reading passage and the pictures and predict what the passage is about. Then have the students read the passage quickly to see if they are right.

Step 3 Reading

Fast reading: read the passage and answer the following questions.

1). What is the passage about?

(It is about a trip of two girls, and it tells us some information about Canada.)

2). What is "The True North"?

(It is the train that goes across Canada / the cross-Canada train.)

3). How many cities are mentioned in the text? What are they?

(Five. They are Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Thunder Bay and Toronto.)

2. Intensive reading: read the text carefully to understand the main idea of each paragraph and important details.

Choose the best answers to each question.

1). As you go eastwards, you can see the following things except------.

A. mountains B. thousands of lakes

C. forests and wide rivers D. cows

2). Who will take part in the Calgary Stampede?

A. Cowboys from Stampede B. people from Canada

C. Anyone who has a gift for riding D. Cowboys from all over the world

3). Which of the following statement is true?

A. One can cross Canada in less than 5 day by train

　　B. Many people think Calgary is the most beautiful city in Canada

　　C. In fact, the population of Canada is more than thirty million

　　D. Ocean ships cannot reach Thunder Bay

4). Which of the following shows the right route of the cousin`s travel?

A. Toronto → Calgary → Vancouver → Thunder Bay

B. Vancouver → Calgary→ Thunder Bay → Toronto

C. Vancouver → Thunder Bay → Calgary → Toronto

D. Toronto → Thunder Bay → Calgary → Vancouver

(The answers: DDCB)

3. Use the information from the reading passage to fill in the table below.

Basic facts about Canada Distance from west to the east coasts 5,500km