Questions 21 – 26 Complete the summary below. Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 21-26 on your answer sheet.
原文
A In the mid-1870s no urban centres existed on the prairies of western Canada, and rural settlement was the focus of the federal government’s attention. Eastern agricultural land was almost full to capacity, while in the west there was plenty of room for the sons and daughters of eastern farmers to construct their own homesteads. In addition, eastern farmers and politicians viewed the virtually unpopulated west as a prime location for expanding the country’s agricultural output, especially in terms of wheat to serve the markets of eastern Canada.
B To bolster Canada’s population and agricultural output, the federal government took steps to secure western land. In 1870 a large tract of land was purchased from the company that owned it. Two years later, a law was introduced enabling settlers to acquire free land. From 1873 the west also had a police force created by the government — the ‘Mounties’. All of these initiatives attracted settlers to the west, and particularly to the area of Manitoba. Aside from eastern Canadian farmers and British immigrants, Europeans escaping poverty or religious persecution constituted the first settlers to arrive in western Canada, together with some Icelanders escaping from volcanic eruptions.
C Settling the west made imperative the construction of a railway to connect Canada’s two coasts. The railway would work to create an east-west economy, in which the west would feed the growing urban industrial population of the east, and in return become a market for eastern Canada’s manufactured goods. The railway was constructed in the first half of the 1880s, opening in 1885.
Changes in the Canadian West from the mid-1870s
第 21 题
In the mid-1870s the west was an area consisting entirely of prairies. It was thought that eastern Canadians could move there and build _____ to live on. The population of the east would also benefit from increased ____ production in general, and particularly of ____ To achieve these objectives, the ____ bought land, offered it to settlers at no charge, and set up a ____ known as the ‘Mounties’. By 1885 a transcontinental ____ link existed. As a result of its position and good transport system, Winnipeg developed a new food-processing industry to service the region’s farms.
正确答案：homesteads
第 22 题
In the mid-1870s the west was an area consisting entirely of prairies. It was thought that eastern Canadians could move there and build ____ to live on. The population of the east would also benefit from increased _____ production in general, and particularly of ____ To achieve these objectives, the ____ bought land, offered it to settlers at no charge, and set up a ____ known as the ‘Mounties’. By 1885 a transcontinental ____ link existed. As a result of its position and good transport system, Winnipeg developed a new food-processing industry to service the region’s farms.
正确答案：agricultural
第 23 题
In the mid-1870s the west was an area consisting entirely of prairies. It was thought that eastern Canadians could move there and build ____ to live on. The population of the east would also benefit from increased ____ production in general, and particularly of _____ To achieve these objectives, the ____ bought land, offered it to settlers at no charge, and set up a ____ known as the ‘Mounties’. By 1885 a transcontinental ____ link existed. As a result of its position and good transport system, Winnipeg developed a new food-processing industry to service the region’s farms.
正确答案：wheat
第 24 题
In the mid-1870s the west was an area consisting entirely of prairies. It was thought that eastern Canadians could move there and build ____ to live on. The population of the east would also benefit from increased ____ production in general, and particularly of ____ To achieve these objectives, the _____ bought land, offered it to settlers at no charge, and set up a ____ known as the ‘Mounties’. By 1885 a transcontinental ____ link existed. As a result of its position and good transport system, Winnipeg developed a new food-processing industry to service the region’s farms.
正确答案：federal government
第 25 题
In the mid-1870s the west was an area consisting entirely of prairies. It was thought that eastern Canadians could move there and build ____ to live on. The population of the east would also benefit from increased ____ production in general, and particularly of ____ To achieve these objectives, the ____ bought land, offered it to settlers at no charge, and set up a _____ known as the ‘Mounties’. By 1885 a transcontinental ____ link existed. As a result of its position and good transport system, Winnipeg developed a new food-processing industry to service the region’s farms.
正确答案：police force
第 26 题
In the mid-1870s the west was an area consisting entirely of prairies. It was thought that eastern Canadians could move there and build ____ to live on. The population of the east would also benefit from increased ____ production in general, and particularly of ____ To achieve these objectives, the ____ bought land, offered it to settlers at no charge, and set up a ____ known as the ‘Mounties’. By 1885 a transcontinental _____ link existed. As a result of its position and good transport system, Winnipeg developed a new food-processing industry to service the region’s farms.