English 10 - Test 259
Read the following passage carefully, and then select the best option A, B, C or D to complete it: CANADA - LAND OF MANY REGIONS Today, Canada is made (1) _______ of ten provinces and three northern territories. As a big country, it has many different (2) _______. British Columbia is the westernmost Canadian province and the (3) _______ province on the Pacific Ocean. Mountains (4) _______ most of it. Vancouver, a major port city, is here. The Maritime Provinces lie along the Atlantic (5) _______. They consist of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, (6) _______ Prince Edward Island. These provinces, along with Newfoundland and Labrador, are sometimes (7) _______ the Atlantic Provinces. Fishing is a major industry in these (8) _______. The rugged, rocky coastlines and picturesque fishing villages draw (9) _______ in summer. In between the (10) _______ are the Prairie Provinces and the eastern provinces of Ontario and Québec. Rolling wheat (11) _______ cover much of the Prairie Provinces—Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. They (12) _______ more than one-fifth of the worlds wheat. (13) _______ of Canadas people live in Ontario and Québec. These two provinces (14)_______ Canadas business and (15) _______ heartland. Toronto, Canadas largest city, is in Ontario. So is Canadas capital, (16) _______. Montréal, the second largest city, is in Québec. Canadas (17) _______ territories are in the northern part of the country, (18) _______ the land is frozen much of the year. The Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and the Yukon Territory (19)__________long, extremely (20) _______ winters.
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