Understanding the TextPassage OneBritish loyalists who fled the United States to escape persecution after the Revolutionary War were the founders of the modern province of Ontario. Ever since the first federal census was taken in 1871, the province has ranked first in population. Today about 50 per cent of the people are of British ancestry. More than half of the immigrants to Canada since World War II have settled in Ontario, giving the province a more cosmopolitan atmosphere.Ontario, the “Heartland of Canada, "is the wealthiest of the ten Canadian provinces. Among its advantages are abundant and varied natural resources, inexpensive power, ready transportation, and nearby markets for manufactured goods. Although Ontario is the most industrialized and urbanized province in Canada, it also has the highest number of occupied farms and is the largest fur producer.A line drawn from Sault Ste. Marie eastward to the Quebec border divides the province into two distinct sections. The northern area, where the mineral wealth and timber are located, is sparsely populated in comparison with the industrial-urban south. Six of Canada's chief metropolitan areas — Ottawa, the national capital; Toronto, the provincial capital; and the manufacturing cities of Hamilton, Windsor, London, and Kitchener —all lie within the south.The southern boundary of Ontario is over 1,700 miles long. Four of the five Great Lakes, Lake St. Clair, and the St. Lawrence River form most of the border between this Canadian province and the Unit- ed States. The Ontario shoreline extends over 3,000 miles, including680 miles of saltwater coast.The name “Ontario” comes from an Iroquois Indian word for Lake Ontario, variously translated as “sparkling water” or “rocks standing by the water,” referring to Niagara Falls. The name of the provincial capital is also Indian in origin. Tarantou, meaning " place of meeting”, was the site of a French settlement at the junction of trails leading north and west. Fur traders used the trails to bring pelts from the interior, and settlers used them after 1763 to push the frontier west. ward. Today Toronto is Canada's leading manufacturing center, a major publishing hub, an important financial center, and a busy port for oceangoing vessels.Questions 11-15 are based on Passage One. 12. We can learn from the passage that Ontario（ ）
A、A. is rich in natural resources
B、B. has a few but different kinds of natural resources
C、C. has to import natural materials
D、D. is close to a place of natural resources
【正确答案】：A
【题目解析】：P438
