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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(瀑布) 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(广场) 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. Why do people like malls?

    A. Because they can plant green trees there.

    B. Because they enjoy the waterfalls there.

    C. Because they feel safe and comfortable there.

    D. Because they can do exercise there.

3. 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

4. People can do many things in malls except__________

   A. eating food      B. seeing a film    C. seeing a doctor  D. playing golf

5. The writer__________

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

  C. is called "mall rates" by others          D. often goes to the church in malls.

【回答】

1D  2C  3C  4D  5A

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