Malls are popular for Americans to go to. Some people spend much time at malls that they are called “mall rats”. Mall rats shop until they visit hundreds of stores.
People like malls for many . They feel safe because malls have police stations. Parking is usually , and the temperature inside is always fine. The newest malls have beautiful rest areas with waterfalls and large green trees.
The mall in the United States is the mall of America in Minnesota. It covers 4.2 million square feet. It has 350 stores, eight night clubs, and a large park! There are parking spaces for 12,750 . About 750,000 people shop there every week.
The first mall in the United States was built in 1965 in Edina, Minnesota. People love doing all their shopping in place(s). More malls are built around the country. Now malls are like town centers where people come to many things, they shop, of course, they also eat in food courts that have food from all over the world. They see movies at theaters. Some people even get their daily by doing the new sport of “ mall walking.” go to malls to meet friends.
In some malls, people can see a doctor or a dentist and even go to the church. In other words, people can do just about in malls. Now people can actually live in their favorite shopping center.
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BEIJING—The sky is gray and air smells strange. It’s another day of smog.
On Saturday, heavy haze（霾）still covered north and east China. Highways were closed and couldn’t take off on time.
The smoggy weather the country’s land from north to south, including Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, and 6 other provinces. People could only see clearly than 50 meters in some areas.
Cities Shanghai and Nanjing have been covered by the gray sky for the past several days. Many walkers in the street had to wear . In the Lukou airport in Nanjing, more than 60 flights were canceled(取消) on Saturday the haze, which also made primary and middle schools and kindergartens stop on Thursday and Friday in Nanjing.
The office worker of Environmental Protection said earlier this week that there were several reasons behind the widespread haze: unpleasant weather conditions making difficult for smog to disappear, automobile exhaust（尾气）, and coal use for winter heating.
To fight pollution, the Chinese government now plans to clean up the air by cutting coal use, some factories, and removing 6 million old cars from the roads.
“We must face up to the facts,” said Yan Naiqiang, a professor of environmental science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. “The treatment of smog will be a long fight. From now on, if we use buses or cars less and do more riding, we believe a clear sky is not a faraway dream.”
A．coaches B．trains C．flights D．double-deckers
A．afforded B．affected C．admired D．announced
A．less B．more C．farther D．nearer
A．in B．like C．around D．outside
A．hats B．gloves C．sunglasses D．masks
A．besides B．except C．because of D．for
A．classes B．rest C．work D．shopping
A．mainly B．mostly C．main D．most
A．that B．this C．one D．it
A．close B．closing C．open D．opening
Time flies so quickly! We become mature(成熟的)girls or boys, or at least we we are. At the same time, our parents are no longer young.
They all they have to us but never look forward to getting back. When we are ill in bed, they stay with us day and night. When we’re hungry or cold or sad, they offer help.
But what have we done for our parents? we grow up, we have our own ideas and we believe we are enough to think and act by ourselves, so we usually dislike their care. ___, we don’t listen to them; sometimes even quarrel with them!
We must something now, letting them know that we love them too. Try our best to understand our parents, and not to make them feel hopeless. In a word, make it a duty to bring __ to them because that’s the sign that we are really mature.
Children are parents’ and we are carrying both our dreams and theirs. The pleasure of our parents is what we should try to achieve!
A．think B．advise C．talk D．explain
A．pass B．give C．show D．take
A．something B．everything C．anything D．nothing
A．never B．hardly C．seldom D．always
A．If B．Before C．As D．Though
A．careful B．old C．young D．patient
A．At first B．As a result C．So far D．At once
A．throw B．ask C．read D．do
A．stress B．money C．happiness D．complaint
A．hope B．award C．task D．aim
Much meaning can be carried clearly, with our eyes, so it is often ___that eyes can speak.
Do you have such kind of______? In a bus you may look at a stranger, but not too long. And if he______that he is being looked at, he may feel uncomfortable. The same in daily life. If you are looked at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is______wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel______toward the person who is looking at you that way. Eyes do speak, right?
Looking too long at someone may seem to be impolite. But sometimes things are different. If a man looks at a woman for more than 10 seconds, it may mean that he wishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that he______ her. When two people are in a conversation, the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time, ______ make sure that the listener does pay attention______what he or she is saying. Lovers will enjoy looking at each other or being looked at for a long time, to show something that ______cannot express.
Clearly, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and the place______you stay.
A．spoken B．said C．told D．talked
A．experience B．eyes C．mind D．news
A．found B．knew C．finds D．saw
A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing
A．happy B．angry C．sad D．thankful
A．loves B．hates C．thanks D．looks at
A．in order that B．so that C．in order to D．for
A．for B．of C．with D．to
A．eyes B．words C．minds D．body
A．which B．that C．where D．there
Sometimes it is impossible to deliver（投递）all the mail that arrives at the post office. Perhaps there is an mailing address and there is no return address. The post office cannot just the mail, so it becomes “dead mail”. Dead mail is to one of the U.S. Post Service’s in Atlanta, New York, and San Francisco. Seventy-five million pieces of mail can be put in these offices in one year.
There the workers of the dead mail offices have ways to deal with all of these pieces of dead mail. First of all, they look for that can help them deliver the mail； they open packages, expecting that something will show where the package came from or is going to. Dead mail will also be listed on a so that people can call in and check to see if a missing thing is there on the screen. However, all of this mail cannot simply be forever； there is just too much of it. When a lot of dead mail comes together, the dead mail offices hold public auctions (拍卖). Every three months, some people who are are invited to the offices with objects found in dead mail packages and they are sold to the bidder (出价者).
A．impatient B．important C．unclear D．inactive
A．turn off B．eat up C．sell out D．throw away
A．sent B．returned C．lent D．sold
A．no B．various C．silly D．cruel
A．people B．time C．clues D．books
A．funny B．inside C．useless D．outside
A．phone B．mirror C．TV set D．computer
A．stored B．put C．bought D．borrowed
A．bored B．interested C．worried D．satisfied
A．cheapest B．cleverest C．highest D．Easiest
These days， cars are designed using computers. Let's look at how a new car is created.
First， several talk about the new car and any good ideas that they have. Then they sit down at their computers and many sketches（素描）．The best two or three drawings are chosen and then more detailed drawings of are developed on the computer. You can change the size， shape or colour of any part on the computer to see the car would look and then you can choose the best design.
Both the inside and the outside of the car have to be designed. Part of the inside of the car is so that the designers can sit in it. They can feel if there is enough inside and if they can reach .Then some cars are built-there are more than 15， 000 parts of a car to .
When everything is known to be ，the cars are made in the factory. Again computers are used to make sure that all the parts are as they are needed. The factory usually stays open all through the night so that the car production never stops.
A．drivers B．designers C．workers D．salesmen
A．draw B．order C．type D．enjoy
A．bicycles B．trains C．cars D．buses
A．how B．if C．what D．that
A．covered B．painted C．locked D．built
A．metal B．glass C．leather D．room
A．nothing B．somebody C．everything D．nobody
A．choose B．test C．show D．repair
A．safe B．easy C．cheap D．fast
A．rare B．electronic C．comfortable D．ready