【阅读理解OneCanadaTwoLanguagesCanadaisoneofthefewnationsintheworldtohavetwoofficiallanguages：EnglishandFrench．Thereare10provincesinthecountrybutonlyoneofthese】

　　阅读理解

　　OneCanadaTwoLanguages

　　Canadaisoneofthefewnationsintheworldtohavetwoofficiallanguages：EnglishandFrench．Thereare10provincesinthecountrybutonlyoneofthese－Quebecisknownas“FrenchCanada”．ThisisbecauseitwasfoundedbyFrenchexplorerswhileBritishadventuresdiscoveredtherest．

　　CanadalefttheBritishempire(帝国)in1867tobecomeanindependentcountryandEnglishandFrenchhavebeenrecognizedastheofficiallanguageseversince．

　　MostpeoplespeakEnglishastheirfirstlanguageandthetwonationaltelevisionnetworksbroadcastinEnglishthroughoutthecountry．ApartfrominQuebecandafewplacesontheeastcoastFrenchtelevisionisveryrare．

　　Thesamegoesfortrafficsignsandmenusforexample．OutsideofQuebecthereareonlyafewplaceswhereyou’llseetrafficsignsinFrench．Inrestaurantsit’salmostimpossibletofindFrenchonthemenuunlessyouareintheheartland(中心地带)ofFrenchCanada．HoweverallproductssoldinCanadamustbylawhavelabels(标签)andinstructionsinbothlanguages．

　　InCanada’sEnglishspeakingprovincesofficialbilingualism(双语)meansthatstudentscanchoosetocompleteaspecialFrenchlanguagecourse．UnderthisprogrammetheyaretaughtmostoftheirsubjectsinFrench．

　　Ifastudentbeginsthecourseinkindergarten(幼儿园)orGradeOneitislikelythatalltheirlessonswillbeinFrench．Howeveriftheystartatjuniorhighschool25percentoftheteachingwillcontinuetobeinEnglish．

　　(1)

　　HowmanyprovincesarethereinCanada?

　　[]A．

　　Ten．

　　B．

　　Nine．

　　C．

　　Eleven．

　　D．

　　Two．

　　(2)

　　WhichcountrycontrolledC