Carolina Hurricanes head coach Peter Laviolette and Bret Hedican hold onto the Stanley Cup as they wave to fans during a parade held in honor of the team's NHL Championship series win over the Edmonton Oilers in downtown Raleigh,North Carolina,June 21,2006.

Raleigh,North Carolina surpassed (超過) Washington,Seattle and Boston to be named the American city with the best quality of life in a new poll (民調(diào)) .

It scored top marks in the survey by the website Portfolio,com that ranked 67        metropolitan (大城市的) areas with healthy economies on cost of living,housing stocks,educational systems and traffic.

"There are several factors that pushed Raleigh to the top of the list,with it being the only major market that's expanding and growing at a rapid pace,resulting in a metropolitan increase of 37 percent since 2000," said G. Scott Thomas,a demographer who created the analysis.

"Raleigh has a welleducated workforce and an impressive supply of highlevel jobs,not to mention its low unemployment rate and its impressive array (大批量) of big houses," he added in a statement.

Washington came second in the survey,followed by Minneapolis-St. Paul,Bridgeport-Stamford in Connecticut and Salt Lake City.

Bakersfield and Fresno in California came in at the very bottom of the list because their high poverty rate and low scores in the major categories.

"Bakersfield has the highest poverty rate of any major market,as well as the lightest con?centration of management and professional jobs,weakest inventory (存量) of big houses,and smallest percentages in the three educational categories that track (追蹤) adults with high school diplomas,bachelor's degrees and advanced degrees," Thomas explained.

New Orleans and Memphis also scored low in the poll,while Denver came in at No. 6,followed by Seattle,Boston,Austin and San Jose,which rounded out the top 10.

Washington   D. C had the highest percentage of the population with management and profes?sional jobs. But Omaha had the shortest commuting (通勤) times to work,with an average of 19. 3 minutes,while New York City had the longest with 34. 5 minutes.

(   ) 1. What are the factors that pushed Raleigh to be the American city best quality of life?

   A. Scores on healthy economies on cost of living,housing stocks,educational sys?tems and traffic.

   B. Management and professional jobs with the shortest commuting times to work.

   C. Highlevel jobs and its low unemployment rate with high poverty rate.

   D. It is the only major market expanding and growing at a rapid pace.

(   ) 2. Which of the following cities has the biggest advantage in providing more highlevel jobs?

   A. Washington   D. C.   B. Seattle.

   C. Raleigh. D. Bridgeport-Stamford.

(   ) 3. The fifth city in the top ten is         .

   A. New York City   B. Salt Lake City

   C. New Orleans   D. Minneapolis-St. Paul

(   ) 4. What does the last sentence of the passage imply?

   A. It is convenient and takes less time to go to work in New York City.

   B. People in New York City think highly of their traffic.

   C. There is no doubt that New York City has the longest commuting times.

   D. It can be inferred that New York City has its traffic problems.

British Columbia is the third largest Canadian provinces,both in area and population. It is nearly 1. 5 times as large as Texas,and 1       800 miles (1,280km) north from the United States border. It includes Canada's entire west coast and the islands just 2        the coast.

Most of British Columbia is mountainous,with long rugged ranges 3        north and south. Even the coastal islands are the 4        of a mountain range that existed thousands of years ago. During the last Ice Age,this range was scoured by glaciers until most of 5       was 6       the sea. Its peaks now show as islands 7        along the coast.

The southwestern coastal region has a humid mild marine 8       . Sea winds that blow in?land from the west are warmed by a current of warm water that flows 9        the Pacific Ocean. As a result,winter temperatures average above 10        and summers are mild. These warm western winds also carry 11        from the ocean.

Inland from the coast,the winds from the Pacific 12        the mountain barriers of the coast?al ranges and the Rocky Mountains. As they 13        to cross the mountains,the winds are cooled,and their moisture begins to fall as 14       ,On some of the western slopes almost 200 inches (500cm) of rain fall each year.

More than half of British Columbia is 15        forested. On mountain slopes that receive plentiful rainfall,huge Douglas firs rise in towering columns. These 16       giants often grow to be as much as 300 feet (90m) tall,17       diameters up to 10 feet (3m) . More lumber is 18        from these trees than from any other kind of trees in North 19       . Hemlock,red cedar,and balsam fir are among the other trees 20        in British Columbia.

(   ) 1. A. spreads   B. increases   C. extends   D. continues

(   ) 2. A. away   B. of   C. off   D. from

(   ) 3. A. flying   B. coming   C. running   D. returning

(   ) 4. A. ruins   B. survivals   C. relics   D. remains

(   ) 5. A. it   B. that   C. this   D. which

(   ) 6. A. at   B. on   C. over   D. beneath

(   ) 7. A. spread   B. scattered   C. distributed   D. separated

(   ) 8. A. environment   B. climate   C. temperature   D. situation

(   ) 9. A. through   B. in   C. across   D. within

(   ) 10. A. point   B. icy   C. cold   D. freezing

(   ) 11. A. vapour   B. moisture   C. wetness   D. mixture

(   ) 12. A. face   B. contact   C. meet   D. encounter

(   ) 13. A. rise   B. climb   C. raise   D. lift

(   ) 14. A. rain   B. snow   C. wind   D. rainfall

(   ) 15. A. weightily   B. forcefully   C. deeply   D. heavily

(   ) 16. A. land   B. ocean   C. forest   D. mountain

(   ) 17. A. with   B. of   C. within   D. from

(   ) 18. A. harvested   B. produced   C. created   D. invented

(   ) 19. A. Africa   B. Asia   C. Antarctica   D. America

(   ) 20. A. detected   B. found   C. disclosed   D. located

10.                should we cheat in exams because it is against the school rule(under)

在任何情況下都不應(yīng)該考試作弊，因為它違反學(xué)校的規(guī)章制度。

9. A great many tourists                for their holidays ever since the earthquake. (postpone)

自打地震以后，大量的旅游者都推遲了去日本旅行度假。

8. There is no evidence that such weather               apple trees. (effect)

沒有證據(jù)證明，這種天氣對蘋果樹有任何直接的影響。

7. The victory should                and the help of my family and friends (owe)

勝利應(yīng)該歸功于我的教練耐心的指導(dǎo)和家人朋友的幫助。

6.                the film. The story was so boring that I almost feel asleep in the cinema (would)

我倒寧愿沒看這部電影。故事太乏味了我?guī)缀醵荚陔娪霸豪锼�著了�?/p>

5. Despite progress,the fight against terror                    . (far)

盡管取得了進步，反恐戰(zhàn)爭還遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)沒有結(jié)束。

4.         ，she gave up her college dream,found a job and began to work to support her poor family. (On)

高中一畢業(yè),她就放棄大學(xué)夢找了一份工作來貼補家境。

3. When you are abroad,you may               to adapt to the culture and customs there  (find)

當(dāng)你到國外的時候，你或許會發(fā)現(xiàn)適應(yīng)那里的文化和風(fēng)俗是比較難的。