阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
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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Everyone wants to have healthy teeth. When you laugh, you will your mouth and show your teeth. The healthier your teeth are, the happier you feel. Why is that? It's your teeth are important in many ways. Take care of them, and they'll help to take care of you. Strong, teeth help you grow. They also help you speak clearly. You can take care of your teeth by doing like these:
Brush your teeth a day, after getting up and before bedtime. And you brush all of your teeth, not just the front ones. Spend some time the teeth along the sides and in the back. Take your time while brushing. Spend at three minutes each time you brush. Be sure your toothbrush is soft. Ask your parents to help you get a new toothbrush three months. Clean between your teeth with dental floss(牙线). It feels strange when you do it at first, but soon you'll get used to it. Brushing your teeth healthy. You also need to care about what you eat and drink. Eat fruits and vegetables and drink water instead of drinks.
Do you want to have white and healthy teeth? Please brush your teeth!
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My wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and watch a movie. She said, “I love you, but I know that woman also loves you and would like to spend ___ with you.”
The other woman ____my wife asked me to pay attention to was my mother. My father has been dead for many years. My mother lived ____, but sometimes I was too busy to visit her.
That evening I called her and invited her to dinner and watch a movie. She seemed very______ when I arrived at her house. We went to a restaurant. My mother took my arm and walked as if she was my first lady.
____ dinner, we had a very good conversation. It was nothing special. We simply_____the latest events in our lives. But we were so busy talking______we missed the movie. At last, she said,” I’ll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you.”I agreed.
A few days later, my mother died of a heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a ______ to do anything for her. Not long after that, I received a payment receipt (收据) from the restaurant as well as an attached (附加) note：
“I paid the bill for our second dinner in advance(提前). I am not sure____I could have dinner with you or not. So I paid for two people, you and your wife. I have no words to explain how important that dinner meant to me. My son, I love you.”
At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time “I LOVE YOU” and giving our loved ones the time that they deserve (应得) . ____ in life is more important than our family.
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These days it is found that school students hardly have any sports. Is it because they have no __ _ in sports? It may not be true. They often say they have__ _ more important things to do.
What are these important things? Exams! They have to get themselves ready for all kinds of exams and tests in school, so many of them almost ____ bookworms. In the past in the summer holidays, they could do ___ __ they like, but now they have to spend all their free time preparing for exams. So __ _ have kept them away going in for sports.
Because of the pressure (压力)from their parents and teachers, they have to work harder and spend most of their time __ _ books. As for the students themselves, they don’t want to fail the exams because they want to continue their studies__ _. So it becomes necessary to give ___ of their spare time to their studies and ____ up their school sports.
It is true that a good education cannot go without physical training, and the same is true that a quick mind hardly goes along without ___ body. Without a strong body, you can never do anything well, then how can you make great success in life?A. interested B. interesting C. interests
A. veryB. muchC. another
A. turnB. lookC. become
A. anythingB. all what C. something
A. teachersB. parentsC. studies
A. onB. atC. in
A. fartherB. farC. further
A. fewB. anyC. all
A. takeB. giveC. put
A. strongB. ill C. weak
阅读下面短文，从各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Online shopping is becoming more and more common all over the world, including in China.
For many people, the main concern (顾虑) with online shopping is security (安全).
There are several things that customers should before they buy online. You shouldn’t trust a company just because it has a beautifully designed . Customers should look for other information, such as the company’s full address and details of the different types of payment it accepts. Also before you buy anything, carefully the information about the goods or services for sale.
It’s also very important for customers to ask for written confirmation. They should ask the company to send them an email to confirm their and payment. Written confirmation gives the buyer further protection against companies.
You should be able to send it back or change it. You may change your mind or not be something you have bought online. So before you buy anything online, make sure that the shop offers a “cooling-off period”. This is a period of time when you can return an item and get your back. All reputable (声誉好的) online shops offer this service.
When customers pay by credit card (信用卡), they have extra protection. This is a very safe way of buying goods and services online. , if you don’t receive the goods you have paid for, you can make a claim against your credit card issuer. But of course, you need to make sure that your payment details are secure you pay online by credit card.
Customers should be able to check that their payment details are secure. Many companies allow their customers to send their credit card details a special secure page. You should only buy goods from companies that have this secure page facility.
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One spring afternoon, many years ago, I went to pick up my mother from work. I got there a little early so I parked the car by the roadside and waited for her.
As I looked outside the car window, I saw a little boy, around two years old, running freely on the grass as his mother _____ from a short distance（距离）. The boy had a big smile on his face as if he had just been set free out of ______. The boy would then fall to the grass, ______ up quickly, even without looking back at his mother, run as ______ as he could again, still with a smile on his face, as if nothing had happened.
At that moment, I thought to myself, “Why aren’t most adults this way?” Most adults, when they fall down ,make a big deal out of it and don’t even ______ a second try for fear of failure(失败).
However, with kids, when they fall down, they don't consider their falling down as failure, instead, they treat it as a ________experience. They try again and again until they ____. The answer must be that they have not connected “falling down” with the word “failure”. As a_____, they are not discouraged in any way, Also they _______ think to themselves that it’s quite OK to fall down and that it’s not wrong to so . In other words, they _______ themselves to make mistakes, so they remain energetic.
I was deeply impressed by the boy’s persistence and the manner in which he did.
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