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 __3__ businesses.
Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing,furniture,hardware,groceries.
__4__ ,some shops offered __5__ .
These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoerepair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops.
__6__ in the 1950s, a change began to __7__ .
Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street __8__ too few parking places were __9__ shoppers.
Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces __10__ the city limits.
Open space is what their car driving customers needed.And open space is what they got __11__ the first shopping centre was built.Shopping centres, or rather malls, __12__ as a collection of small new stores __13__ crowded city centres.
__14__ by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from __15__ areas to outlying malls.
And the growing __16__ of shopping centres led __17__ to the building of bigger and betterstocked stores. __18__ the late 1970s,many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves.
In addition to providing the __19__ of one stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks, __20 __benches,fountains,and outdoor entertainment.
1.A.As early as B.Early C.Early as D.Earlier
2.A.built B.designed C.intented D.lined
3.A.varied B.various C.sorted D.mixed up
4.A.Apart from B.However C.In addition D.As well
5.A.medical care B.food C.cosmetics D.services
6.A.suddenly B.Abruptly C.Contrarily D.But
7.A.be taking place B.take place C.be taken place D.have taken place
8.A.while B.yet C.though D.and then
9.A.available for B.available to C.used by D.ready for
10.A.over B.from C.out of D.outside
11.A.when B.while C.since D.then
12.A.started B.founded C.set up D.organized
13.A.out of B.away from C.next to D.near
14.A.Attracted B.Surprised C.Delighted D.Enjoyed
15.A.inner B.central C.shopping D.downtown
16.A.distinction B.fame C.popularity D.liking
17.A.on B.in turn C.by turns D.further
18.A.By B.During C.In D.Towards
19.A.cheapness B.readiness C.convenience D.handiness
20.A.because of B.and C.with D.provided
答案及解析:
1.
【答案】B
【解析】as early as的意思為“同……一樣早”, early是副詞，“早期”的意思，earlier是比較級“較早”的意思。
2.
【答案】D
【解析】本句的意思是“街道的兩旁排列著很多各種各樣的商店”，build的意思是“建造，修建”，design的意思是“設計”，intend“意思是“打算”，line是“沿……排列”的意思。
3.
【答案】B
【解析】varied是“變化多端”的意思，various為“各種各樣的”，sorted意為“分類的”，mixedup意為“困惑的，迷惘的，不適應社會的”。本句意為“各種各樣的商店”。
4.
【答案】C
【解析】本句的意思是“除了各種各樣的商店銷售各種各樣的商品之外，有些商店還提供服務”，apart from意為“除此之外”，后必須接名詞或動名詞，however是連詞“然而”的意思，in addition可單獨使用，意為“除此之外”，as well用在句末。
5.
【答案】D
【解析】medical care意為“醫療護理”。food是“食物”，cosmetic是“化妝品”，service是“服務”，根據上題意思，service一詞放在這里最合適。
6.
【答案】D
【解析】本句的意思是“在五十年代，情況發生了變化”，有轉折的意思。suddenly和abruptly都是“突然”的意思，contrarily指“相反地”，but是“但是”的意思,表轉折。
7.
【答案】B
【解析】take place只有主動語態，故可排除C，而begin to后應接動詞不定式，只有take place“發生”可用。
8.
【答案】A
【解析】此句中太多的汽車和太少的停車場有相對比較的意思，while是連詞，有“而，卻”的意思，表比較。yet“然而”，表轉折，though“盡管，雖然”，表讓步。
9.
【答案】B
【解析】be available to sb.為固定搭配，意為“對某人來說可用的，可得到的”，本句意為“顧客可用的停車場地”，故選B。
10.
【答案】D
【解析】本句意為“商人們開始對城市界限以外的開闊地感興趣”，out of表示“……的外面”而outside指“超過某一個界限，范圍等”。
11.
【答案】A
【解析】這里是一個時間狀語從句。因此用when(在……時候)。while指“在……期間”；since表示“自從”，主句一般用完成時。
12.
【答案】A
【解析】本句的意思是“購物中心是從聚集一些小的店鋪開始的”，只有started as有此意。
13.
【答案】B
【解析】本句意為“遠離擁擠的市中心”, out of指“在……之外”，away from表示距離，“遠離”，next to指“靠近，下一個”，near是“近”的意思。
14.
【答案】A
【解析】本句意為“被……所吸引”，surprise意為“使……驚奇”，delight意為“使……喜悅”，enjoy意為“欣賞,喜愛”。
15.
【答案】D
【解析】本句意為“顧客從市區被吸引到城市以外的商業中心”，只有downtown“市區”符合此意。
16.
【答案】C
【解析】本句意為“這些購物中心越來越大的名氣反過來導致了更大，設備更好的商店的建成”。distinction聲望；fame卓越，好名聲；popularity名氣很大，知名度很高；liking喜愛，喜好。故選C。
17.
【答案】B
【解析】根據上題解釋，in turn應為“依次”的意思，引申為“反過來”。
18.
【答案】A
【解析】在這四個選項中，只有by所組成的時間狀語與完成時連用，意為“到……為止”,其他三個選項均被排除。
19.
【答案】C
【解析】這里convenience與providing組成短語“提供方便，便利”，符合上下文義。
20.
【答案】C
【解析】介詞with在這里的意思是“帶有”，本句意為“商業街被變成了帶有長椅、噴泉及戶外娛樂的風景優美的公園”。
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