Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century. ! e' d: y) v/ C2 m
' ~1 E* M( p* ^; q( E2 H__1__ in the 1900s most American towns and cities had a Main Street.Main Street was always in the heart of a town.
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6 a/ I8 }" B" h2 U: t8 wThis street was __2__ on both sides with many __3__ businesses.
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Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing,furniture,hardware,groceries. ! {" J/ F' @6 O/ |9 {2 h, B
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These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe?repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops.
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/ U8 N- d' k: f2 \% P: r__6__ in the 1950s, a change began to __7__ .
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* C+ k+ y1 ^: H4 y( e! @Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street __8__ too few parking places were __9__ shoppers.
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Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces __10__ the city limits.
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: O+ @" A$ J0 N8 jOpen 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.
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__14__ by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from __15__ areas to outlying malls.
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And the growing __16__ of shopping centres led __17__ to the building of bigger and better?stocked stores. __18__ the late 1970s,many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves.
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+ |! H; T, t9 z/ |8 ^2 YIn addition to providing the __19__ of one stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks, __20 __benches,fountains,and outdoor entertainment.9 k: h/ l% }. q- X2 X- ^
4 ` m0 |0 T1 E- V1.A.As early as B.Early * A9 Z2 t2 d9 s+ c3 o' ]
C.Early as D.Earlier
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C.intented D.lined% P9 ~# r, e1 j" N
3.A.varied B.various ) U8 T2 G7 i: j) b% X/ p3 A
C.sorted D.mixed up
( a+ m7 S- j8 w9 \4.A.Apart from B.However
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; J ]6 D+ V; o$ U! f% v- w5.A.medical care B.food " N4 w" B* f- C# } J4 k$ }
C.cosmetics D.services
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7 m0 X- \& X, R% X; j C.Contrarily D.But
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C.though D.and then
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C.out of D.outside
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