【正文】 better times.Nowadays, it seems our usual activities happen in the centre—it’s where we shop, eat, watch movies, meet our friends or just generally walk around.Further more, we have e to regard shopping centers as important landmarks or tourist attractions(吸引). Whole generations of Asians are growing up to think that, besides home and school, the shopping center is the most natural place to be.My idea about shopping centers is not that they are often big buildings that look quite different from other parts in a city, or that they promote (促進) shopping at a time when our planet can hardly afford it. My main idea about centers is that they don’t really seem to make us happy. The large advertisements outside the stores could make us think that if we only had this pair of jeans, or if we hung out at this caf233。 drinking coffee, then we could feel more successful. But once we buy something, we only want to buy something more—as everyone already knows.Shopping centers, even though they try to look as weling as possible, can be unkind places. To make us buy, they must make us feel that we are short of something, or that everyone else has something we do not yet own. We must want to surpass others or at the very least to keep up. How can this thought always trying to be cool bring us true joy?The saddest thing is that the modern centre has stopped us from many beautiful, necessary and important activities. We have no one to blame (責(zé)怪) but ourselves. Instead of shopping, we could be cooking, visiting a nearby waterfall, going to the beach, reading a novel, taking a long walk, playing a sport, learning a dance or visiting each other’s homes.Every time we have a spare piece of land, all we can think of building on it is yet another centre. Perhaps instead, we should be building libraries, theatres, museums, sports halls, public swimming pools, parks—the list is endless. We might even consider leaving that land alone. This is something that the centre may have caused us to forget—in order to be happy, we must create as well as consume (消費).57. What is the writer’s attitude towards shopping centers?A. He likes them very much. B. He doesn’t like them at all.C. He likes them only a little. D. He doesn’t like all of them.58. Why do more and more shopping centers appear in some Asian countries?A. Because economy in the world develops very fast.B. Because shopping centers have attracted tourists all over the world.C. Because people go shopping in large shopping centers all year round.D. Because shopping centers have bee an important part in everyone’s life.59. What is the greatest disadvantage of shopping centers, according to the writer?A. They don’t seem to make us happy.B. They lead us to buy more and more things.C. They force us to give up many other activities.D. They have us fall into endless petition with others.60. Which of the following is not true?A. It is very easy for us to find a shopping centre in a big city.B. There are usually all kinds of services in a shopping center.C. The government must be responsible for the writer’s sadness.D. Besides shopping, there’re many other activities we can enjoy.【答案】（A）48A49C50D（B）51C52A53B （C）54B55A56D（D）57B58D59【江蘇省興化市20102011學(xué)年度初三網(wǎng)上閱卷適應(yīng)性訓(xùn)練】AMy friend, Victor, is a zoo keeper in the National Zoo. His work is very interesting but it is hard. Sometimes it is dangerous, too. Every morning the zoo keepers have to get up at five to prepare the food for the animals. Each kind of animal is given special food. For example, the lions must be given meat。 the deer must be given grass and leaves。 and the parrots must be given fruit and nuts. Sometimes some animals won39。t let the others eat their food. If this happens, each of them must be fed separately(分離地) . Every morning each cage must be washed by the zoo keepers. This can be dangerous, especially with lions and tigers. To make the work easier, the animals are locked in the sleeping partments (隔間) while the cages are being washed. When the animals are sick, the zoo keepers must look after them. Each sick animal is kept in a separate cage and given medicine. Sometimes they must be given injections. It is not easy to inject（打針） a sick lion!All the keepers live near the zoo. Each of them has a small house. There he lives with his family. They do not have holidays on Sundays and public holidays. Instead, each of them has a day off during the week. Each keeper has a holiday on a different day from that of the other keepers. The most important job of the keepers is to look after the safety of the visitors. People must be prevented from doing dangerous things. Many people have been injured because they did careless things, like putting their hands into the lion39。s cage. 31. What kind of food must be given to the animals like tigers, lions and bears?A. Nuts. B. Fruit. C. Meat. D. Grass and leaves. 32. Some animals must be fed separately because . A. they eat special foodB. they often quarrel with each other while eatingC. they always cause the zoo keepers much troubleD. they won39。t let the others eat their food33. When an animal is sick, it must be . A. taken out of the cageB. put separately and taken good care ofC. given an injectionD. locked in a sleeping partment34. All the zoo keepers must work . A. seven days a week B. on SaturdaysC. on special festivals D. on weekdays35. The underlined word injured in the last paragraph(段落) means . A. hurt B. beaten C. killed D. caughtBFather’s Day has a very short history. It was started because there was a Mother’s Day. And just because some Americans thought that if we had a Mother’s Day, we should also have a Father’s Day. Father’s Day has bee important in North America. And shopkeepers found it was a good way to get people to buy presents for their fathers, presents fro