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.
【小题1】Here “mall” means “               ”.

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

根据下列短文内容，在短文后的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。

  A shopping mall is a building or group of buildings that have different kinds of      87     . People can      88      walk between the stores because stores are connected (被连接) by walkways. A typical (典型的) shopping has department stores, restaurants, movie theatres, photography studios and many      89     stores.

   Shopping malls are great places for people to go. People like to visit malls      90     they can do all their shopping in one place. Some people      91      so much time shopping at malls that they are called “mall rats”. Mall rats shop until they visit hundreds of stores.

     The first indoor mall in the US was      92      in 1965 in Minnesota, US. Now malls are like town centers where people come to do many things. When they shop, of course, they also eat in food parts that have food from all over the world. They see films at the theatres. Some people even get their daily exercise        93    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 and even go to church. In other words, people can do almost      94     in malls. Now people can even live in their favorite shopping center.

87. ____________        88. ____________        89. ____________        90. ____________

91. ____________        92. _____________       93. ____________      94. ____________