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.Here “mall” means “                ”.

A. a large park      B. a big church                  C. a square          D. a shopping center

2.The largest mall in the United States                 .

A. was built in 1965                             B. has 12,750 cars in it

C. has 350 shops in it                            D. can hold 750,000 people

3. The writer                 .

A. thinks malls make people’s life easier             B. likes to live in his favorite malls

C. is called “mall rats” by others                           D. often goes to the church in malls

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.C

3.A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文講述了美國的大型購物中心的基本情況及人們喜歡購物中心的原因介紹，包括他給人們的生活帶來的巨大便利，已經成為人們生活中不可缺少的一部分。

1.詞義猜測題。根據第三段中About 750,000 people shop there every week.一句可知，malls主要就是美國人購物的地方，結合前兩段的描述里面有停車場、休息室、警察署以及瀑布等景觀，可知mall是指購物中心，

2.推理判斷題。根據第四段第一句話The first indoor mall in the United States was built in 1965 in Edina Minnesota.可知第一座地下商場是于1965建立的，不是美國最大的購物中心建立的時間，A項錯誤；第三段There are parking spaces for 12,750 cars.是說該商場的停車場可容納75000輛車，并不是說里面有這么多車輛，所以B項錯誤；結合后面的About 750,000 people shop there every week.一句可推知，這家商場的每周顧客可達75萬人，但并不是說可容納75萬人，所以D項錯誤，第三段中It has 350 stores,可知這家最大的購物中心有350個商店；故選C。

3.觀點態度題。根據第四段和第五段以及最后兩句話In other words, people can do just about everything in malls. Now people can live in their favorite shopping center in fact.都可明確推斷出購物中心給人們的生活帶來了巨大的便利；故選A。

考點：社會現象類短文閱讀。