There is a new shopping mall(商场) near my school. It is very big. There are five floors（层） of shops and each floor is very big. There are lots of clothes shops, but only one sports shop. There are lots of restaurants（饭馆） on the top（顶部的） floor, you can eat different kinds of food from different countries（国家）. I like going to see a movie. The mall is a really good place to go. It is a good place to meet friends.

1.Where is the new shopping mall?

           A. behind the school              B. near my home

C. near my school                 D. behind my home

2.How many floors are there in the shopping mall?

           A. four floors    B. five floors     C. three floors       D. six floors

3. How many sports shop are there in the mall?

           A. only one     B. about two         C. two           D. three

4. Which（哪一） floor are the restaurants?

           A. the second floor    B. the third      C. the fourth      D. the fifth floor

5.Where does the author(作者) like to go?

           A. clothes shop    B. sports shop        C. a movie       D. restaurant

There is a new shopping mall(商场) near my school. It is very big. There are five floors（层） of shops and each floor is very big. There are lots of clothes shops, but only one sports shop. There are lots of restaurants（饭馆） on the top（顶部的） floor, you can eat different kinds of food from different countries（国家）. I like going to see a movie. The mall is a really good place to go. It is a good place to meet friends.

1.Where is the new shopping mall?

           A. behind the school              B. near my home

C. near my school                 D. behind my home

2.How many floors are there in the shopping mall?

           A. four floors    B. five floors     C. three floors       D. six floors

3. How many sports shop are there in the mall?

           A. only one     B. about two         C. two           D. three

4. Which（哪一） floor are the restaurants?

           A. the second floor    B. the third      C. the fourth      D. the fifth floor

5.Where does the author(作者) like to go?

           A. clothes shop    B. sports shop        C. a movie       D. restaurant

　　Fred liked playing tricks on others. One afternoon he went to a shop and bought some bread. On his way home he saw Johnson, an old man of about sixty, was riding a donkey(驴). The boy walked to the old man and decided to play a trick on him. He thought for a while and then be had an idea.

　　“Hello, my friend,” Fred said in a loud voice. “Please come and have a piece of bread.”

　　“Thank you very much,” Johnson got off the donkey and said gladly. “But I have already had lunch.”

　　“I'm sorry, I'm talking to your donkey, not to you.” Fred said with a smile.

　　He became angry, but he didn't show his anger. He just turned quickly to his donkey, held up the lash（鞭子）and hit it on the back.

　　“Before we set off, I asked if you had friends in the town. You said again and again that you hadn't. Can you explain why the young man asked you to have the bread, then?”

　　The more the old man said, the less he could hide his anger. He finally shouted, “I'll beat you to death if you dare fool me again!”

A．beat his donkey to death in the end

B．thought the boy was talking to him

C．wanted to eat the bread

D．was angry to meet the boy

A．The old man didn't beat the donkey to death.

B．The old man taught Fred a lesson.

C．The old man beat the donkey to death.

D．The man played a trick on the boy in return.

(4) The best title（题目）for the article should be ________.

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（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.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

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（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.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