| 朋友，你平时闲下来时喜欢逛街吗？如果喜欢的话，今天就给你介绍个好去处，那就是—— MallsarepopularplacesforAmericanstogo．Somepeoplespendsomuchtimeatmallsthattheyarecalled“mallrats”．Mallratsshopuntiltheydropinthehundredsofstoresunderoneroof①． Peoplelikemallsformanyreasons②．Theyfeelsafebecausemallshavepolicestationsofprivatesecurityguards③．Parkingisusuallyfree，andtheweatherinsideisalwaysfine．Thenewestmallshavebeautifulrestareaswithwaterfallsandlargegreentrees． ThelargestmallintheUnitedStatesisthemallofAmericainMinnesota④．Itcovers4.2millionsquarefeet．Ithas350stores，eightnightclubs，andasevenacrepark！Thereareparkingspacesfor12,750cars．About750,000peopleshopthereeveryweek． ThefirstindoormallintheUnitedStateswasbuiltin1965inEdina，Minnesota．Peoplelovedoingalltheirshoppinginoneplace．Moremallsarebuiltaroundthecountry．Now，mallsareliketowncenterswherepeoplecometodomanythings，theyshop，ofcourse，theyalsoeatinfoodcourtsthathavefoodfromallovertheworld．Theyseemoviesattheaters．Somepeopleevengettheirdailyexercisebydoingthenewsportof“mallwalking”．Othersgotomallstomeetfriends． Insomemalls，peoplecanseeadoctororadentistandevengotothechurch．Inotherwords，peoplecandojustabouteverythinginmalls．Nowpeoplecanactuallyliveintheirfavoriteshoppingcenter．
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①underoneroof在同一所房子里，在同一部门里e.g．Weworkunderoneroofeveryday． ②reason原因、动机、理由e.g．Givemeyourreasonsforgoing． ③privatesecurityguards私人保安 ④Minnesota美国的明尼苏达州 Questions： 1．Whatsthemeaningof“mallrats﹖”
A．Theratsinmalls．
B．Thepetratsshowedinshops．
C．Thepeoplewholiketowander（闲逛）inmalls．
D．Thepictureshunginshops． 2．Whydothepeopleliketogotothemalls？
A．Theyfeelsafethere．
B．Parkingisfree．
C．Theweatherisfineinside．
D．Alloftheabove． 3．WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue？
A．Peoplecanseemoviesinmalls．
B．Peoplecandoexerciseinmalls．
C．Themallsareonlyinbigcities．
D．Peoplecanseeadoctorinmalls． 4．DoyoulikethemallsintheUSA？Whyorwhynot？ Key:1.C2.D3.C4.略
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