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.
1 ^( a! b. R* i5 D -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. I, |' ?5 d$ U3 ?" H5 j
-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.# d8 D6 `, P; e) G
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3.a.varied b.various c.sorted d.mixed up
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5.a.medical care b.food c.cosmetics d.services
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9.a.available for b.available to c.used by d.ready for
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16.a.distinction b.fame c.popularity d.liking# q7 W+ K1 F) l# r2 l
17.a.on b.in turn c.by turns d.further
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