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.+ Q+ X2 ?3 V Z7 h& q2 e) m
-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.
M2 n: f. k! O* _ -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.
& {+ `2 m9 N" J0 v4 B2 X, _+ j 1.a.as early as b.early c.early as d.earlier
4 ?2 F' `. u8 C& _ 2.a.built b.designed c.intented d.lined+ ~" @; e" z+ A5 U, |% U4 M2 z
3.a.varied b.various c.sorted d.mixed up
% M4 o: H5 }" U% e; c( _ 4.a.apart from b.however c.in addition d.as well) y) [7 o; Z- _/ [0 T. k
5.a.medical care b.food c.cosmetics d.services
$ m/ d y7 |3 }7 q i 6.a.suddenly b.abruptly c.contrarily d.but
3 l k- f+ e7 E. \ 7.a.be taking place b.take placec.be taken place d.have taken place7 C7 h/ B+ i% H+ e" M8 n1 o
8.a.while b.yet c.though d.and then! E: I& _+ w# _5 Q2 ~, A: i
9.a.available for b.available to c.used by d.ready for6 Q* o) Y7 b) c2 C5 M
10.a.over b.from c.out of d.outside9 i$ e& P# J; h4 v2 ~
11.a.when b.while c.since d.then
) P; l3 ]% s4 W) S 12.a.started b.founded c.set up d.organized$ Y; |8 E5 h) j! B1 q! u
13.a.out of b.away from c.next to d.near
) W% P8 Z e$ _" q2 i# t! S- J 14.a.attracted b.surprised c.delighted d.enjoyed
& ^# U1 P& m6 X& ]1 o 15.a.inner b.central c.shopping d.downtown
8 a# O& D7 T" O) B) ~: A' ^* U, _ 16.a.distinction b.fame c.popularity d.liking
; B( B4 E+ \0 g: C 17.a.on b.in turn c.by turns d.further3 @6 I# p" i5 |2 A6 m
18.a.by b.during c.in d.towards
$ f0 P3 A* @6 x4 | 19.a.cheapness b.readiness c.convenience d.handiness. Z( A. M8 m: F* `4 q! S8 {
20.a.because of b.and c.with d.provided9 l5 n$ L2 x. N9 u& Y! n
1.【答案】b2.【答案】d 3.【答案】
4 m0 m2 ]$ z" ~! w" d 4.【答案】c【解析】本句的意思是“除了各种各样的商店销售各种各样的商品之外，有些商店还提供服务”，apart from意为“除此之外”，后必须接名词或动名词，however是连词“然而”的意思，in addition可单独使用，意为“除此之外”，as well用在句末。
1 A5 u8 m x) A5 P5 k1 c% a0 F 5.【答案】d6.【答案】d7.【答案】b" `1 N( x- A6 j' C3 C: m
8.【答案】a【解析】此句中太多的汽车和太少的停车场有相对比较的意思，while是连词，有“而，却”的意思，表比较。yet“然而”，表转折，though“尽管，虽然”，表让步。
2 p5 p4 b P4 g! B6 y1 t8 p+ b 9.【答案】b【解析】be available to sb.为固定搭配，意为“对某人来说可用的，可得到的”，本句意为“顾客可用的停车场地”，故选b。
9 Z, W' A) F' U: P' e0 V0 u 10.【答案】d【解析】本句意为“商人们开始对城市界限以外的开阔地感兴趣”，out of表示“……的外面”而outside指“超过某一个界限，范围等”。. z4 e8 Z0 j7 w A ~7 `
11.【答案】a12.【答案】a
, [7 d ^* V7 [2 g7 x$ N 13.【答案】b【解析】本句意为“远离拥挤的市中心”, out of指“在……之外”，away from表示距离，“远离”，next to指“靠近，下一个”，near是“近”的意思。
; j$ j7 P$ M! c6 M+ X+ }, E 14.【答案】a【解析】本句意为“被……所吸引”，surprise意为“使……惊奇”，delight意为“使……喜悦”，enjoy意为“欣赏,喜爱”。
1 f h4 ?) h$ L% j% c) Q* ~2 H 15.【答案】d16.【答案】c17.【答案】b: Y2 l- \) V* l0 [4 A7 C0 }( G+ U+ |
18.【答案】a【解析】在这四个选项中，只有by所组成的时间状语与完成时连用，意为“到……为止”,其他三个选项均被排除。
1 Y; U' s1 j0 `. I# U1 r5 ~ 19.【答案】c 20.【答案】c |
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