题目

Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century.1__ in the 1900s most American towns and cities had a Main Street. Main Street was always in the heart of a town. This street was 2__ on both sides with many various   3_ . Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of goods: clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries.   4  , some shops offered   5   .These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe-repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops. 6   in the 1950s, a change began to take place. Too many cars had crowded into Main Street while too few parking places were  7  to shoppers. Because- the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with   8   at the open spaces outside the city limits. Open space was what their car-driving  9  needed. And open space was what merchants got  10   the first shopping centers were built Shopping centers, or rather malls,  11  as a collection of small new stores  12  crowded city centers.  13   by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from   14 areas to out-lying malls. And the growing   15  of shopping centers led  16  to the building of bigger and better stocked stores. 17   the late 1970s, many shopping malls had almost  18  into small cities themselves. In addition to providing the  19  of one stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped（园林化）parks,  20   benches, fountains, and outdoor entertainment. 1．A．Finally                            B．Early                    C．Late                  D．Lately 2．A．built                               B．designed               C．intended             D．lined 3．A．factories                         B．trees                     C．businesses         D．hospitals 4．A．In addition                      B．Therefore              C．On the contrary  D．As well 5．A．accommodation               B．information           C．technology         D．services 6．A．And                               B．Thus                    C．So                     D．But 7．A．special                            B．available                C．closed               D．reliable 8．A．surprise                          B．delight                  C．interest              D．horror 9．A．customers                      B．bosses                  C．workers             D．staff 10．A．when                            B．while                    C．since                 D．because 11．A．changed                        B．started                  C．provided            D．organized 12．A．within                           B．near                      C．next to               D．away from 13．A．Suggested                     B．Attacked               C．Attracted           D．Confused 14．A．public                           B．private                  C．outdoor             D．downtown 15．A．popularity                     B．beauty                  C．distinction          D．expense 16．A．out of turn                    B．in turn                  C．out of order       D．in order 17．A．By                                B．During                  C．In                     D．Towards 18．A．increased                      B．shrunk                  C．developed          D．decreased 19．A．regulation                      B．relation                 C．convenience       D．confidence 20．A．around                          B．besides                 C．with                  D．without 答案： 1-5 BDCAD    6-10 DBCAA    11-15 BDCDA      16-20 BABCC

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