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 temperature 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, 750cars. About 750,000 people shop there very 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 can come to do many things. They shop, and of course, they also eat in food courts(美食街) 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.
1.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
2.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
3.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.
4.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.
Tony loved basketball. One afternoon on his way to a basketball game, he was walking and dreaming about playing college basketball the next year. Suddenly a car hit him and he was thrown three meters into the air.
Tony woke up in a hospital room. When the doctor told him that both his legs were broken, he knew his college basketball dreams were over. Tony did what the doctors told him. But it didn’t work when he left the hospital, Tony was sent to a rehab center for physical treatment.
A week after he arrived there, he met Sunny Chen. Sunny used to be a coach. His legs were hurt badly in a skating accident. Though he couldn’t move his legs, Sunny became a coach of a basketball team called The Sun. It was a wheelchair basketball team, because everybody on the team played on a wheelchair. Sunny invited Tony to join the game. Tony played badly, but for the first time since the accident, he stopped feeling sorry for himself.
After becoming a part of The Sun, Tony improved quickly. Playing basketball was like medicine for him. Tony was much better that before. When Tony became sad or angry, Sunny was there to help him. The day before Tony left the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny how he could be so happy, even with his broken legs.
Sunny smiled and said, “It’s really quite easy. When you keep your face to the sun, the shadow falls behind.”
1.What happened to Tony one afternoon?
A. He was ill.
B. His arms were broken.
C. His legs got hurt badly in a skating accident.
D. His legs got hurt badly in a car accident.
2.What does the underlined work “rehab” mean in Chinese?
A. 戒毒 B. 篮球 C.康复 D. 娱乐
3.What is The Sun?
A. It is a wheelchair basketball team.
B. It is a normal basketball team.
C. It is a football team.
D. It is a volleyball team.
4.After Tony joined The Sun, he .
A. became sad and angry
B. play badly all the time
C. was much better than before
D. felt sorry for himself
Events from Newspapers
Children’s Ocean of Art The second children’s art exhibition in our city will be held in the Children’s Palace. It aims to improve children’s creativity. Dates: Aug. 30th－Sept. 10th Houses: 9:00a. m.－5:30p. m. |
Food Festival The Coffee Garden will host a food festival. It will offer all kinds of delicious food. You can also enjoy traditional music and dancing at the same time. Price: 98yuan per person (buy five and get one free) Dates: Aug. 9th－Aug. 25th Places: The Coffee Garden at No. 152 Zhongshan Road |
Disney Magic Shows Children’s favorite, Mouse, together with other Disney cartoon figures will come to our city for 12 magic shows from July 28th to August 1st. The magic shows will tour eight cities in the next two months, including Beijing, Changsha and Hangzhou. Tickets: 80－580 yuan Address: 5018 Huaying Road |
1.The advertisement for the second children’s art exhibition is most probably seen in the newspaper .
A. on August 31 B. on August 29
C. on September 9 D. on September 10
2.If you invite four people to go to the food festival with you, you will spend yuan.
A. 196 B. 294 C. 392 D. 490
3.Maybe you can enjoy on August l st.
A. art exhibitions B. dancing performance
C. singing contests D. the magic shows
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worry, if, well, refused, helpful, hospital, shelves(书架), takes, hurt, unless, medical, pressed(压) |
Kathy is a well-known doctor. She works in a nearby 1. . She knows a lot and she likes doing researches. She has written lots of 2. books with millions of words. You could see her books on the 3. in many bookstores. She often gives a talk to doctors and nurses, and she has many listeners. Her talk is so 4. to them that many of them like to make friends with her. She is very friendly and gets along 5. with them.
Kathy is warm-hearted, too. She often 6. a first-aid case(急救箱) with her wherever she goes. Once she met a man who 7. his arms badly, and blood(血) was tricking(滴) from his cut. But the man 8. to accept help because he had drunk too much. Without permission, Kathy gave much aid to him right away. She 9. the man’s cut hard and tied(绑) it up. Then she asked a taxi and sent him home. What would happen 10. the man didn’t meet Kathy?
An old man lived with his son, daughter-in-law and 4-year-old grandson. There was something wrong the old man’s hands, eyes and feet. The family ate together at the dinner table.
But it was rather for the old man to eat successfully. The son and daughter-in-law became with the old man. So they set a small table in the corner and let him eat while they were enjoying dinner at the dinner table. After the old man a dish or two, they put his food in a wooden(木头的)bowl.
The son and daughter-in-law even shouted at him when he a spoon or turned over the bowl. Sometimes the old man’s eyes filled with tears as he ate. The grandson watched it all in .
One evening before supper, the father found his son with a piece of wood on the floor. “ are you making?” he asked. The boy answered, “Oh, I am making a little bowl for you and Mom to eat your food from when I ”. The boy smiled and went back to work.
The parents were so surprised that they could speak . Then tears ran down their faces. Both of them knew what should be done no word was spoken. That evening the husband took his father’s hand and gently took him back to the family table.
Later the old man ate every meal with the family. of the boy’s parents seemed to be angry when the old man made some trouble.
Children are good at learning from adults. Parents are their . Clever parents know what they say and what they do have a great on their children. Let us all take care of ourselves and those we love today and every day!
1.A. on B. with C. for D. at
2.A. difficult B. natural C. easy D. possible
3.A. friendly B. upset C. stressed D. angry
4.A. together B. luckily C. alone D. seriously
5.A. cooked B. broke C. made D. sold
6.A. dropped B. left C. picked D. bought
7.A. danger B. style C. health D. silence
8.A. plays B. to play C. playing D. played
9.A. When B. What C. How D. Where
10.A. grow up B. open up C. wake up D. mix up
11.A. everything B. anything C. somethingD. nothing
12.A. because B. or C. though D. unless
13.A. Both B. Neither C. All D. Either
14.A. examples B. banks C. hope D. homes
15.A. time B. chance C. comment D. influence
－What are you interested in? －__________.
A. Play chess B. Plays chess
C. Playing chess D. To play chess
