2019年9月7日托福阅读真题+题目+答案：Canadian and European Trade

2019年9月7日托福阅读真题+题目+答案：Canadian and European Trade

　　Soon after John Cabots voyage from England to Canada in 1497, fishermen from Portugal, France, and Britain began to fish for cod in the Canadian waters on the banks of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. By the 1550s the Newfoundland cod trade employed hundreds of ships and thousands of men traveling annually between European ports and the new fishing grounds. Along with the fishermen came whalers, particularly Basques from northern Spain and southwestern France. They focused on the Strait of Belle Isle, where the narrow waters facilitated their hunt. In the 1560s and 1570s, more than a thousand whaling men were summering—and sometimes wintering—there every year.■The fishermen and whalers were more interested in Canadian waters than in Canadian land, but they gradually developed a third trade through contact with the indigenous peoples.■ In Europe, there was a luxury market for furs and pelts, which the fishermen could tap once they entered into amicable exchanges with the native residents. ■By the latter half of the sixteenth century, voyages were being organized specifically for the fur trade.■

　　By comparison to most of western Europe, Canada is a harsh land. Except for the prairies and the Pacific coast, the Canadian climate north of the 49th parallel is like that of Europe north of the 60th parallel: Norway, central Sweden, and Finland. In other words, Canada is primarily a northern country. South of the 49th parallel- in southern Ontario, the St. Lawrence valley, and on the prairies— the climate is like that of much of central and eastern Europe. Only coastal British Columbia, the Maritimes, and Newfoundland are comparable to France and the British Isles. Only southern British Columbia, the prairies, southern Ontario, the St. Lawrence valley, and the southern Maritimes have growing seasons in excess of 160 days, enough to make large-scale agriculture possible. As a result, most of what is now Canada was better suited to the lifestyles of the native hunters and fishermen than it was to the European farmers who followed in the footsteps of the early explorers.

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1.The word “facilitated” in the passage is closest in meaning to

A limited

B determined

C assisted

D revealed

2.According to paragraph 1，all of the following are true of the Newfoundland cod trade EXCEPT:

A It was not as important as whaling.

B It experienced rapid growth in the 50 years after John Cabot's voyage.

C It was accompanied by a rapid expansion of whale hunting.

D It involved voyages between Canada and ports in Europe.

3.According to paragraph 1, the fur and pelt trade could develop because

A fishing and whaling were no longer profitable industries

B Europeans no longer saw furs and pelts as luxuries but as necessities

C fishermen and whalers had established friendly relations with native residents of Canada

D the fish and whale populations had declined as a result of year- round fishing

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