The best day of the week for shoppers is Saturday. In America, women do most of the shopping, while the young also enjoy shopping with their friends. Men don’t enjoy taking time in the store. There are many places to shop. A mall is a group of many shops where you can buy clothes, furniture, and everything of the house. Shopping malls provide parking of the cars which is very important to the shopper. Usually the mall is under one roof, so each people doesn’t get cold or wet from rain, wind, or snow. Mothers can buy clothes for family members. For the children, shoes, socks, dresses, coats, and sweaters are bought in August for the new school year. For the kitchen the mother might buy cooking pots, drinking glasses, and the television set. The bedroom furniture has beds, mirrors and so on. Finally, there are pictures in most rooms.
To buy all these things at the mall takes many trips but mothers enjoy this kind of shopping.
【小题1】Who often goes shopping for the family members from the passage, we know?

A．Mothers

B．Fathers

C．Young people

D．Children

【小题2】In America, women like shopping on.

A．Sunday

B．Saturday

C．Monday

D．Friday

【小题3】Men do not enjoy shopping in the store, because.

A．it will cost more money	B．takes shorter time
C．it takes a lot of time	D．they will get wet from rain

【小题4】The word “furniture” means.

A．电视柜

B．家具

C．电器

D．立柜

【小题5】What is a shopping mall?

A．It’s a group of many shops where you can buy everything you need.

B．A department store where you can buy everything you need.

C．A supermarket where you can buy vegetables, fruits and so on.

D．You can park your car there

在下列各句的每个空格内填上一个适当的完整的单词，该词的首字母已给。

1.Your answer is wrong. Who has the c______ answer to the question?

2. Everybody is laughing at her. She c______ her red face with her hands.

3.There are four o_______ in the world and among them the Pacific is the greatest.

4.The story i______ is interesting, but there are too many new words.

5.He got up earlier than usual so that he could c______ the early bus.

 

There is an interesting festival in China. On that special day, people in Hunan Province always have a dragon boat match. The dragon boat is quite long, like a dragon. There are pictures of dragons on each side. The front of the boat is like the head of a dragon. During the match, about twenty men in the boat make it move quickly. There is always a man standing in the middle of the boat. He beats a drum to make the other boat in the same rhythm. It’s an interesting match when they are reaching(到达) the end. The audience(观众) along the lake shout for their favourite team. From this match, we have the name of the festival –the Dragon Boat Festival.

   This special day has another name—Duanwu Festival. About it we have a story. Long long ago, there was a famous poet(诗人) called Qu Yuan. He was famous not only for his poems, but also for thinking a lot for the people. After he died, people eat rice dumplings in memory of him on this special day.

1.What’s the name of this special festival? It’s called______.

A. Chinese New Year                          B. Mid-Autumn Festival 

C. the Dragon Boat Festival                    D. Halloween

2.It’s also called Duanwu Festival in memory of ________.

A. a poet called Qu Yuan                          B. a poet called Li Bai 

C. a poet called Du Fu                             D. a poet called Bai Juyi

3.In the match, there is always a man standing in the middle to______.

A. shout for them                                            B. help them shout 

C. carry a dragon for them                                   D. beat a drum for them

4.On that day, people eat__________.

A. pumpkins                      B. moon cakes         C. rice dumplings     D. Candies

 

The best day of the week for shoppers is Saturday. In America, women do most of the shopping, while the young also enjoy shopping with their friends. Men don’t enjoy taking time in the store. There are many places to shop. A mall is a group of many shops where you can buy clothes, furniture, and everything of the house. Shopping malls provide parking of the cars which is very important to the shopper. Usually the mall is under one roof, so each people doesn’t get cold or wet from rain, wind, or snow. Mothers can buy clothes for family members. For the children, shoes, socks, dresses, coats, and sweaters are bought in August for the new school year. For the kitchen the mother might buy cooking pots, drinking glasses, and the television set. The bedroom furniture has beds, mirrors and so on. Finally, there are pictures in most rooms.

To buy all these things at the mall takes many trips but mothers enjoy this kind of shopping.

1.Who often goes shopping for the family members from the passage, we know?

A．Mothers          B．Fathers           C．Young people      D．Children

2.In America, women like shopping on.

A．Sunday           B．Saturday          C．Monday           D．Friday

3.Men do not enjoy shopping in the store, because.

A．it will cost more money                   B．takes shorter time

C．it takes a lot of time                      D．they will get wet from rain

4.The word “furniture” means.

A．电视柜           B．家具             C．电器             D．立柜

5.What is a shopping mall?

A．It’s a group of many shops where you can buy everything you need.

B．A department store where you can buy everything you need.

C．A supermarket where you can buy vegetables, fruits and so on.

D．You can park your car there

 

阅读理解

　　Mabel is a cashier in a big shop in New York. People can buy medicine, watches, sweet and many other things. They pay Mabel for the things they buy. At the shop people can also buy lottery tickets. They pay one dollar for a lottery ticket. There are pictures on the ticket. Some pictures are the winning pictures, and some are losing pictures Most people win nothing. Some people win two dollars. A few lucky people win thousands of dollars.

　　One day Mabel was working at the shop. She sold three lottery tickets to a woman, The woman looked at the pictures on the tickets. Then she threw the tickets on the counter and walked away. “These are losing tickets,” she thought. Mabel picked up the pictures and looked at them. She Was surprised. Then she was excited. One ticket was a winning ticket! “Excuse me!” Mabel called to the woman. “You won $ 50, 000!”The woman walked away slowly. looking at the ticket again and again. Then she turned around. “Thank you Thank you very much!” She said to Mabel.　　　　　　  

　　Why did Mable give the Woman the ticket? Why didn't she keep the ticket? Didn't she want the $50 ,000?“Of course I want the money.” Mabel said, “But it was her ticket .It wasn't my ticket.” “Well ,I'm sorry that you aren't rich.” her mother said. “But I am happy that you are honest(诚实的).”

(1) Mabel________ at the big shop.　　　　   [　　]

A. receive and pays out money

B. puts things on the shelves

C. help people choose things

D. carries things for old people

(2) One lottery ticket costs_________.　　 [　　]

(3)The woman was lucky because_________.

[　　]

A. all her tickets were winning tickets

B. all her three tickets were losing tickets

C. Mabel found the winning ticket and gave it to her

D. she found the winning ticket herself

(4) Mabel didn't keep the winning ticket because _________.

[　　]

A. she won $50,000

B. her mother told her not to

C. her mother was not to

D. she didn't want to have anything that was not hers