B. Choose the best answer and complete the passage.
Shopping malls are popular places for people to visit. People like malls for different reasons. They don't feel any danger around them, 1 malls have police stations. Parking is usually free. The temperature inside is always 2. The newest malls even have rest areas with waterfalls and green trees.
The largest mall in the United States is the Mall of America in Minnesota. It 3 an area of 4.2 million square feet. It has 350 stores with eight night clubs, where people can build their body, drink wine and watch sports games. There are plenty of 4 spaces for 12,750 cars. About 750,000 people shop there every week.
Now, most shopping malls are in town centres where people can do many other things. They can eat in restaurants with foods 5 all over the world. They can see movies at cinemas. Some people even take their daily exercise by doing mall walking. Others go to malls to meet friends. In some malls, people can see a doctor or a dentist. In other words, people can do 6 everything in a mall.

()1. A. after B. when C. before D. because
()2. A. pleasant B. too low C. fierce D. too high
()3. A. wastes B. saves C. covers D. spreads
()4. A. living B. parking C. working D. learning
()5. A. with B. across C. from D. around
()6. A. almost B. already C. always D. also

1. D 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. A

【分析】
本文是关于美国购物中心的完形填空，需结合上下文语境、词义辨析、固定搭配及语法知识解题。先通读全文把握大意：介绍购物中心受欢迎的原因、美国最大购物中心Mall of America的规模，以及现代购物中心的多元功能。再逐个分析空格：
1. 第1空：前句说“人们在购物中心不觉得危险”，后句说明原因“有警察局”，需选表因果的连词；
2. 第2空：描述购物中心内部温度，结合常识应选舒适的形容词；
3. 第3空：考查“占地面积”的固定搭配；
4. 第4空：根据后文“供12750辆车使用”，确定是停车场相关词汇；
5. 第5空：表达“来自世界各地的食物”，需选合适的介词；
6. 第6空：结合前文购物中心的多元功能，表达“几乎所有事情”的含义。
【解析】
1. 第1题：考查连词辨析。前半句“人们在购物中心不感到危险”与后半句“购物中心有警察局”是因果关系，需用because，故选D。
2. 第2题：考查形容词辨析。购物中心内部温度通常是舒适的，pleasant符合语境；too low（太低）、fierce（激烈的）、too high（太高）不符合常理，故选A。
3. 第3题：考查固定搭配。cover an area of是固定短语，意为“占地面积为……”，主语it是第三人称单数，用covers，故选C。
4. 第4题：考查名词辨析。根据后文“for 12,750 cars”可知，此处指停车位，parking spaces表示“停车场/停车位”，故选B。
5. 第5题：考查介词辨析。“来自世界各地的食物”用from all over the world，from表示“来自”，故选C。
6. 第6题：考查副词辨析。前文提到人们在购物中心可做多种事，此处表达“几乎所有事情”，almost符合语境，故选A。
【答案】1.D 2.A 3.C 4.B 5.C 6.A
【知识点】完形填空（词义辨析、固定搭配、连词用法）
【点评】本文贴近生活，考查学生对词汇、语法及上下文语境的综合运用能力，解题需结合常识和文章细节，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6

C. Answer the questions.
The Chinese Poetry Competition is a famous TV programme across China. A lot of poem lovers are interested in it.
Lei Haiwei was one of them. He took part in the third competition and he was the winner.
Lei worked as a fast-food deliveryman in Shanghai. His father loves ancient poems very much. According to Lei's father, at the age of six, Lei became interested in ancient poems.
At first, Lei didn't have much money to buy collections of poems. So he often read ancient poems at nearby bookshops or public libraries. Then he wrote them down in his own notebooks after he went home. In 2008, Lei worked as a fast-food deliveryman. On his busiest workdays, he had to send more than 50 orders(单） a day. He never gave up his dream. Instead, he made full use of every minute to study poems. Lei said he would keep reading and remembering poems.
Dear reader, what do you learn from Lei Haiwei?
Please share with us your idea: "I learn from him that 5 ."
1. Who is interested in the Chinese Poetry Competition?

2. How did Lei Haiwei perform in the competition?

3. What was Lei Haiwei when he took part in the competition?

4. Where did Lei Haiwei often read ancient poems?

5. What do you learn from Lei Haiwei after you've heard of his success story?

1. A lot of poem lovers.
2. He was the winner./He won (the) first place(prize).
3. A fast-food deliveryman./He was a fast-food deliveryman.
4. At nearby bookshops or public libraries./He often read ancient poems at nearby bookshops or public libraries.
5. I should make full use of every minute to study hard./I will never find any excuse for not doing my homework./I won't waste any time playing games but spend it on my learning./I'll be as successful as Lei only if(as long as) I work hard./I will make my dream come true if I don't give up./Success belongs to those who are hard-working. (Any reasonable answer is acceptable.)

【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，包含细节查找类与开放性表达类问题。解题思路为：先通读全文，明确每个问题的核心关键词，再定位原文对应内容作答；第5题需结合雷海为坚持学习、利用时间的事迹，围绕“坚持、珍惜时间、努力”等主旨合理表达。
【解析】
1. 定位题干关键词“who”“interested in the Chinese Poetry Competition”，找到原文第一段对应内容，得出答案；
2. 定位题干关键词“Lei Haiwei perform in the competition”，找到原文第二段对应内容，得出答案；
3. 定位题干关键词“what was Lei Haiwei when he took part”，找到原文第三段对应内容，得出答案；
4. 定位题干关键词“where read ancient poems”，找到原文第四段对应内容，得出答案；
5. 结合全文雷海为克服困难坚持学习古诗的经历，围绕“不放弃梦想、珍惜时间努力”等主旨，写出合理感悟即可。
【答案】
1. A lot of poem lovers.
2. He was the winner./He won (the) first place(prize).
3. A fast-food deliveryman./He was a fast-food deliveryman.
4. At nearby bookshops or public libraries./He often read ancient poems at nearby bookshops or public libraries.
5. I should make full use of every minute to study hard./I will never find any excuse for not doing my homework./I won't waste any time playing games but spend it on my learning./I'll be as successful as Lei only if I work hard./I will make my dream come true if I don't give up./Success belongs to those who are hard-working. (Any reasonable answer is acceptable.)
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、开放性表达
【点评】
本题为初中英语基础阅读理解题，前4题考查原文细节定位，难度较低；第5题考查主旨感悟，只要结合文本主旨即可作答，适合巩固学生的阅读信息提取与主旨理解能力。
【难度系数】
0.7