题目内容
4.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 under one roof.People like malls for many reasons.They feel safe because malls have police stations or private security (安全) guards.Parking is usually free,and the weather inside is always fine.The newest malls have beautiful rest area with waterfalls and large green trees.
The largest mall in the United States is the Mall of America in Minnesota.It covers 4.2million square feet.It has 350stores,eight night clubs,and a seven-acre (公顷) park!There are parking spaces for 12,750cars.About 750,000people shop every week.
The first indoor mall in the United States was built in 1965in Edina,Minnesota.People loved doing all their shopping in one place.More malls were built all over the country.Now,malls are like town centers where people come to do many things.They shop,of course.They also eat in food houses that have food from all over the world.They see movies at theatres.Some people even get their daily exercise by doing the new sport of mall walking.Others go to malls to meet friends.
In some malls,people can see a doctor or a dentist (牙医) and even attend church.In other words,people can do just about everything in malls.Now residents (居民) can actually live in their favorite shopping center.
56.Malls areA.
A.large shopping centers which also act as town centres
B.large parks with shops
C.the most popular places Americans go to
D.town centers
57.Why have malls become so popular?B
A.Because people can do everything there.
B.Because people can do many other things besides shopping for all they need.
C.Because people feel safe in malls with police stations around.
D.Because people enjoy the fresh air and can have a good rest there.
58.Malls have to be large places becauseD.
A.many people drive their cars to go to malls
B.there have to be some restaurants,clinics and theaters
C.many people hope to do sports in the malls
D.they have to meet different needs of so many people
59.ThoseCare called mall rats.
A.who are busy stealing in the mall
B.who have visited the biggest malls
C.who are often found busy shopping in malls
D.who live under the roof of the mall.
分析 本文叙述了美国的购物中心的功能.因为购物中心安全舒适,许多美国人很喜欢去那儿.购物中心的设施齐全,人们在那儿除了购物,还可以吃东西,看电影,做锻炼,见朋友,还可以看病和去教堂.现在很多人都可以住在自己最喜欢的购物中心.
解答 56.A 理解推断题.根据Mall rats shop until they drop in the hundreds of stores可知在这里有几百家商店,推断mall指的是购物中心,故选A.
57.B 理解推断题.由最后一段,In some malls,people can see a doctor or a dentist (牙医) and even attend church.In other words,people can do just about everything in malls,在一些购物中心,人们可以看医生或牙医,甚至参加教堂活动,在这里人们可以做一切事情.故选B.
58.D 理解推断题.由倒数第二段They shop,of course.They also eat in food houses that have food from all over the world.They see movies at theatres.Some people even get their daily exercise by doing the new sport of mall walking.Others go to malls to meet friends,可知他们购物,吃各地美食,看电影,做锻炼,逛街,见朋友,有各种需求,所以要把购物中心捡的很大,故选D.
59.C细节理解题.由第一段Some people spend so much time at malls that they are called mall rats,有些人在购物中心花了很多时间,他们被称为"商场老鼠",故选C.
点评 推理判断题要以表面文字为前提,以具体事实为依据进行推理,做出判断.这种推理方式比较直接,考生只要弄清事实,即可结合上下文推断出合理的结论.
--It's nothing.Just something _________.
A. | as clear as day | B. | off the top of my head | ||
C. | under my nose | D. | beyond my wildest dreams |
I never felt an urge to(43)Cany sign language before.My entire family is hearing,and so are all my friends.The(44)Dlanguages were enough in all my interactions(交往).Little did I know that I would discover my(45)Afor ASL.
The(46)C began during my first week at college.I watched as the ASL Club(47)B their translation of a song.Both the hand movements and the very (48)A of communicating without speaking(49)Dme.What I saw was completely unlike anything I had experienced in the (50)B.This newness just left me(51)Dmore.
After that,feeling the need to(52)B further,I decided to drop in on one of ASL club′s meetings.I only learned how to (53)C the alphabet that day.Yet instead of being discouraged by my (54)Aprogress,I was excited.I then made it a point to (55)C those meetings and learn all I could.
The following term,I(56)D an ASL class.The professor was deaf and any talking was (57)A.I soon realized that the silence was not unpleasant.(58)C,if there had been any talking,it would have (59)B us to learn less.Now,I appreciate the silence and the (60)D way of communication it opens.
41.A.searching | B.planning | C.natural | D.formal |
42.A.progress | B.experience | C.major | D.opinion |
43.A.choose | B.read | C.learn | D.create |
44.A.official | B.foreign | C.body | D.spoken |
45.A.love | B.concern | C.goal | D.request |
46.A.meeting | B.trip | C.story | D.task |
47.A.recorded | B.performed | C.recited | D.discussed |
48.A.idea | B.amount | C.dream | D.reason |
49.A.disturbed | B.supported | C.embarrassed | D.attracted |
50.A.end | B.past | C.course | D.distance |
51.A.showing | B.acting | C.saying | D.wanting |
52.A.exercise | B.explore | C.express | D.explain |
53.A.print | B.write | C.sign | D.count |
54.A.slow | B.steady | C.normal | D.obvious |
55.A.chair | B.sponsor | C.attend | D.organize |
56.A.missed | B.passed | C.gave up | D.registered for |
57.A.prohibited | B.welcomed | C.ignored | D.repeated |
58.A.Lastly | B.Thus | C.Instead | D.However |
59.A.required | B.caused | C.allowed | D.expected |
60.A.easy | B.popular | C.quick | D.new |