A shopping center is a place where many different shops and stores are collected under one roof. You can buy everything there and there are also banks, restaurants and, sometimes, a post office.
There are other places in the United States which are called five-and –ten-cent stores because they used to sell things for 5 to 10 cents. Today they sell almost anything and some of the things cost several dollars. Supermarkets are found in all the cities. They sell food and many other goods. You walk around the supermarket, choose the things you want, put them into a special basket prepared by the store and pay for them all together at the door. Supermarkets often stay open later than other stores.
Stores are usually open every day of the week except on Sunday. Some close on Saturdays in July and August.
【小題1】The shops and stores in a shopping center are         .

A．in the same building B．on the top of a big roof
C．close to your house D．near banks and restaurants
【小題2】A five-and-ten-cent store usually sells         .
A．expensive things B．small and cheap things
C．things worth many dollars D．everything you need in the house
【小題3】________have baskets ready for people to carry the things they are going to buy.
A．Shopping centers B．Fine stores in America
C．Five-and-ten-cent stores D．Supermarkets
【小題4】Which of the following can be the topic of the article?
A．What a shopping Center is? B．Why people like supermarkets?
C．Three types of places for shopping. D．Old and new stores.


【小題1】A
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】C

解析試題分析：文章簡(jiǎn)要介紹了三種不同的購(gòu)物去處--購(gòu)物中心、5-10美分商店、超市的情況。購(gòu)物中心融合了各種不同類型的商店，在那里可以買到各種各樣的商品。5-10美分商店里出售的是一些便宜的小商品；大型超市提供食品和其它商品。
【小題1】根據(jù)第一段第一句“A shopping center is a place where many different shops and stores are collected under one roof.”可知，這些商店、超市在同一所大樓內(nèi)，故選A。
【小題2】根據(jù)第二段“which are called five-and –ten-cent stores because they used to sell things for 5 to 10 cents”可知，這些5-10美分的商店，售賣的是價(jià)格在5-10美分之間的小東西，故選B。
【小題3】根據(jù)第二段“put them into a special basket prepared by the store and pay for them all together”可知，超市里有供客人放東西的籃子，故選D。
【小題4】文章主要介紹了一些商店的情況，像購(gòu)物中心、5-10美分的小商店、大型的超市等，文章沒(méi)有側(cè)重講哪一種商店，A項(xiàng)片面；B、D兩項(xiàng)未提及；故選C。
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