Malls (購物中心) 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 Edins 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 (廣場) 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. The passage gives reasons why American people like malls.

   A. 2   B. 3   C. 4   D. 5

3. 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

4. What does the third paragraph (段落) 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.

5. 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.

  It was my first day at Grade 7. And the first lesson was 1 English. When I was doing nothing,Mr Gough,our new English teacher,2 into the classroom.

   To my surprise,he held up a book,The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe,and asked if anyone 3 it. I put my hand up,because Poe was my favorite writer. Mr Gough asked if I really understood 4 the author tried to say in his book. My reply made him smile,and he asked me 5 an essay on that subject.

   After that,English classes became a new interest for me. Mr Gough thought that students had to 6 a play to understand it. “Don’t just read it ,” he said.

   As time passed,we developed a real friendship. He encouraged me to be a 7 in the future. When I left school,he said to me ,“You have a gift for writing,Tony,and one day you’ll come to realize how 8 it is. Make use of it if you want your life to be complete. ”

   9 have passed. Now every time I sit down to write 10 ,I think of Mr Gough. He was more than just an English teacher,because he also taught me useful lessons in life.

1. A. boring   B. bored   C. interesting   D. interested

2. A. walks   B. walked   C. was walking   D. is walking

3. A. reads   B. read   C. has read   D. had read

4. A. if   B. when   C. what   D. how

5. A. wrote   B. writing   C. to write   D. written

6. A. work out   B. act out   C. put out   D. come out

7. A. teacher   B. actor   C. waiter   D. writer

8. A. useful   B. beautiful   C. careful   D. thankful

9. A. A year   B. Some year   C. Years   D. Every year

10. A. anything new   B. something new  C. new anything   D. new something

15. — ?

—I want to buy a new skirt.

   A. What do you like   B. What do you do

   C. What can I do for you   D. Can you help me

14. How much do you pay your new watch?

   A. for   B. in   C. on   D. at

13. — ?

—Go along this road and you’ll see it on your left.

   A. How far is the station

   B. Which bus can I take

   C. Is there a station near here

   D. Where is the station

12. There are many bridges the Yellow River.

   A. on   B. above   C. over   D. up

11. The pants are nice. Can I ?

   A. try them on   B. try on them

   C. try it on   D. try on it

10. 1 have many foreign friends and one of them from Australia.

   A. is   B. are   C. be   D. was

9. I must my home now.

   A. return   B. return to

   C. return back to   D. return back

8. Yesterday evening I was very soon and for nine hours.

   A. asleep;sleep   B. asleep;asleep

   C. asleep;slept   D. sleep; asleep