Malls (购物中心) are popular places for Americans to go to. Some people spend so much time at malls that they are called mall rats. Mall rats shop until they visit 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 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 town centers where people come to do many things. They shop, and 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 almost everything in malls. Now people can live in their favorite shopping centers in fact.
【小题1】The passage gives ______ reasons why American people like malls.

    Malls (购物中心') 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  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 l2, 750 cars. About 750, 000 people shop there every week.

    The first indoor mall in the United States was built in l965 in Edina Minnesota. People love

doing all their shopping in one place. More malls are built around the country. Now malls are town

centers where people come to do many things. They shop, of course, they also eat 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 centers in fact.

6l. The underlined phrase "drop in" means _____________ .

    A. 光顾           B. 参加       C. 降下          D. 投入

62. The largest mall in the United States _________ .

    A. has 750, 000 cars in it                  B. can hold l2, 750 people

    C. has 350 million shops in it              D. covers 4. 2 million square feet

63. People can do many things in malls EXCEPT __________ .

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

64. Which of the following is TRUE?

   A. Malls are built in the countryside..        B. The weather inside is not so good.

   C. People can meet friends in the malls.      D. Not many people drive their cars to malls.

65. The writer ________ .

   A. is cal1ed "mall rats" by others           B. likes to live in his favorite malls

  C. often goes to the church in malls          D. thinks malls make people's life easier

Malls (购物中心) are popular places for Americans to go to. Some people spend so much time at malls that they are called mall rats. Mall rats shop until they visit 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 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 town centers where people come to do many things. They shop, and 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 almost everything in malls. Now people can live in their favorite shopping centers in fact.

61. Those Americans ______ are called mall rats.

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

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

62. The passage gives ______ reasons why American people like malls.

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

63. According to the passage, Americans like doing shopping ______.

　 　A. in one place　　　 B. in a quiet place　　　 C. in a busy place　 D. in different places

64. 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.

65. 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.