Question

Malls are popular places for Americans to go. Some people spend so much time at malls that they are called “mall rats（老鼠）”. Mall rats shop until they drop in the hundreds of stores.
People like malls for many reasons. They feel safe because malls have police stations. Parking is usually free, and the weather inside is always fine. The newest malls have beautiful rest places with waterfalls and large green trees.
The largest mall in the United States is the Mall of America in Minnesota. It covers 4. 2 million square feet（英尺）. It has 350 stores, eight nightclubs, and a large park! There are parking spaces for 12,750 cars. About 750,000 people shop there every week.
The first indoor mall in the United States was built in 1965 in Edina Minnesota. People love doing all their shopping in one place. More malls are built around the country. Now malls are like town centers where people come to do many things. They shop, of course, they also eat in food courts（廣場）that have food from all over the world. They see films at theaters. Some people even get their exercise by doing the new sport of “mall walking”. Others go to malls to meet friends.
In some malls, people can see a doctor and even go to the church. In other words, people can do just about everything in malls. Now people can live in their favorite shopping center in fact

1. 1.
   Here “mall” means “               ”
   1. A.
      a large park
   2. B.
      a big church
   3. C.
      a square
   4. D.
      a shopping center
2. 2.
   The largest mall in the United States                 
   1. A.
      was built in 1965
   2. B.
      has 12,750 cars in it
   3. C.
      has 350 shops in it
   4. D.
      can hold 750,000 people
3. 3.
   The writer                 
   1. A.
      thinks malls make people’s life easier
   2. B.
      likes to live in his favorite malls
   3. C.
      is called “mall rats” by others
   4. D.
      often goes to the church in malls

Answer 1

DCA
試題分析：本文主要對美國的購物中心進行了描寫，介紹了美國一些比較著名的購物中心以及這些購物中心為人們帶來的生活上的方便。
1.根據(jù)Mall rats shop until they drop in the hundreds of stores.及下文描述可知mall指的是購物的地方，故選D。
2.根據(jù)It has 350 stores,及上文描述可知選C。
3.根據(jù)people can do just about everything in malls.可知作者認(rèn)為購物中心讓人們的生活變得更容易了。故選A。
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