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(chǎng)）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.
【小題1】Here “mall” means “               ”.

A．a(chǎn) large parkB．a(chǎn) big churchC．a(chǎn) squareD．a(chǎn) shopping center
【小題2】The largest mall in the United States                 .
A．was built in 1965B．has 12,750 cars in it
C．has 350 shops in itD．can hold 750,000 people
【小題3】 The writer                 .
A．thinks malls make people’s life easierB．likes to live in his favorite malls
C．is called “mall rats” by others D．often goes to the church in malls


【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】A

解析試題分析：這篇短文講述了美國(guó)的大型購(gòu)物中心的基本情況及人們喜歡購(gòu)物中心的原因介紹，包括他給人們的生活帶來(lái)的巨大便利，已經(jīng)成為人們生活中不可缺少的一部分。
【小題1】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)第三段中About 750,000 people shop there every week.一句可知，malls主要就是美國(guó)人購(gòu)物的地方，結(jié)合前兩段的描述里面有停車場(chǎng)、休息室、警察署以及瀑布等景觀，可知mall是指購(gòu)物中心，
【小題2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)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(chǎng)是于1965建立的，不是美國(guó)最大的購(gòu)物中心建立的時(shí)間，A項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；第三段There are parking spaces for 12,750 cars.是說(shuō)該商場(chǎng)的停車場(chǎng)可容納75000輛車，并不是說(shuō)里面有這么多車輛，所以B項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；結(jié)合后面的About 750,000 people shop there every week.一句可推知，這家商場(chǎng)的每周顧客可達(dá)75萬(wàn)人，但并不是說(shuō)可容納75萬(wàn)人，所以D項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤，第三段中It has 350 stores,可知這家最大的購(gòu)物中心有350個(gè)商店；故選C。
【小題3】觀點(diǎn)態(tài)度題。根據(jù)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(gòu)物中心給人們的生活帶來(lái)了巨大的便利；故選A。
考點(diǎn)：社會(huì)現(xiàn)象類短文閱讀。

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