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【題目】 Malls are popular places for Americans to go. Some people spend so much time at malls that they are called “mall rats”. 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. It has 350 stores, eight night clubs, 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 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】Those Americans are called mall rats.

A.who eat in food courts at mallsB.who spend so much time at malls

C.who enjoy themselves at mallsD.who do all their shopping at malls

【2】The passage gives reasons why American people like malls.

A.2B.3C.4D.5

【3】According to the passage, Americans like doing shopping .

A.in one placeB.in a quiet place

C.in a busy placeD.in different places

【4】What does the third paragraph mainly tell us?

A.People like to go to the mall.B.The Mall of America is noisy.

C.When America had the first mall.D.The Mall of America is very large.

【5】Which statement is TRUE according to the passage？

A.People can see a doctor in some malls.B.Parking is free in all the malls.

C.The malls are only in big cities.D.The largest mall is in Hong Kong.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】A

【解析】

本文介紹了美國的購物中心。美國的購物中心安全舒適美麗，通常免費(fèi)停車，許多美國人很喜歡去那兒。購物中心的設(shè)施齊全，人們在那兒除了購物，還可以吃東西，看電影，做鍛煉，見朋友，甚至在一些購物中心可以看病和去教堂�，F(xiàn)在很多人都可以住在自己最喜歡的購物中心里。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第1段第2句“Some people spend so much time at malls that they are called “mall rats”.（有些人花太多時(shí)間在購物中心，他們被稱為“購物中心老鼠”。）”可知“那些在購物中心花費(fèi)很長時(shí)間的美國人被稱為“購物中心老鼠”。故選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第2段“People like malls for many reasons. …beautiful rest places with waterfalls and large green trees.”可知文章給出了美國人喜歡購物中心的四個(gè)原因：感到安全；停車場通常是免費(fèi)的；里面的天氣總是很好；有美麗的休息場所。故選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第4段第2句“People love doing all their shopping in one place.（人們喜歡在一個(gè)地方購物。）”可知“美國人喜歡在一個(gè)地方購物”，故選A。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)第3段第1句“The largest mall in the United States is the Mall of America in Minnesota.（美國最大的購物中心是明尼蘇達(dá)州的美國購物中心。）”可知第3段主要介紹了“明尼蘇達(dá)州的美國購物中心。”可知主要告訴我們美國購物中心很大。故選D。

【5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第2段第3句“Parking is usually free”可知停車場通常是免費(fèi)的，不是所有商場都免費(fèi)停車，故B錯(cuò)誤。根據(jù)第4段第3句“More malls are built around the country（全國各地建了更多的購物中心）”可知商場不只在大城市里，故C錯(cuò)誤。本文介紹美國的購物中心，沒有提香港的購物中心，故D錯(cuò)誤。根據(jù)第5段第1句“In some malls, people can see a doctor and even go to the church.（在一些商場里，人們可以看醫(yī)生甚至去教堂。）”可知人們可以在一些商場看醫(yī)生，故A正確，選A。