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 Y) L4 B3 E" n0 i; X
-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.& K! [/ X, [* W8 w1 L
-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.
: [" {% R5 E0 z1 ~2 Z; A, R 1.a.as early as b.early c.early as d.earlier) \/ l) t. d8 |' w& n' f
2.a.built b.designed c.intented d.lined
4 o& s* A2 V' b 3.a.varied b.various c.sorted d.mixed up
/ w( z4 j: j: |8 J! b 4.a.apart from b.however c.in addition d.as well
7 U% Y! P9 L" V3 p 5.a.medical care b.food c.cosmetics d.services3 z @% G, W! i5 B) v1 H% `
6.a.suddenly b.abruptly c.contrarily d.but
4 Z% X; N- f9 e4 u: I 7.a.be taking place b.take placec.be taken place d.have taken place
1 E( D) J' q7 a" I0 y 8.a.while b.yet c.though d.and then
' a' H9 m# Q. `# R7 Q 9.a.available for b.available to c.used by d.ready for
/ L5 w3 B2 u+ j, p; o! z2 a$ ?6 } 10.a.over b.from c.out of d.outside5 \% L8 p- q' ~6 B2 w0 i
11.a.when b.while c.since d.then/ h8 n6 R9 f* s, w) a. _
12.a.started b.founded c.set up d.organized% ^5 p7 @3 V$ O w# f2 O
13.a.out of b.away from c.next to d.near
& b+ t1 ?9 B. j( S1 y 14.a.attracted b.surprised c.delighted d.enjoyed5 b/ I$ d/ w" A" @+ m/ M
15.a.inner b.central c.shopping d.downtown. n% }1 F! p0 b( Z' P) h
16.a.distinction b.fame c.popularity d.liking
6 X) @- T) o% J7 s9 a8 ~ 17.a.on b.in turn c.by turns d.further. P' a, d u. D2 ?9 p. A
18.a.by b.during c.in d.towards
+ F2 i/ T* L6 j6 C& N7 Z 19.a.cheapness b.readiness c.convenience d.handiness
5 \' p% S$ c9 D/ H7 {4 C2 W3 F 20.a.because of b.and c.with d.provided1 i; |# o( A1 m" a1 L+ H
1.【答案】b2.【答案】d 3.【答案】
% w9 j4 ~+ Z) ~1 Q. b& B7 q# A 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。
8 |# w: @# a m) y7 \5 w 5.【答案】d6.【答案】d7.【答案】b* B9 V3 f+ f# `" j" z* s
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。
( @6 b6 v3 Y+ L6 Q3 P7 a 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。
/ m4 p% @1 }; K# q 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”。
& P! f0 w& ?1 S# U4 q2 i 11.【答案】a12.【答案】a1 l" B8 J" _# m# i; N3 e
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。0 l/ ?; |$ e0 q" N, e4 Y7 D
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”。
7 U R) |! w0 M2 r# m 15.【答案】d16.【答案】c17.【答案】b
; x( p- U& U! ], o; f& v# h# r 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。8 Z+ F* `( F6 U) ~% v7 j; n8 Z: Q
19.【答案】c 20.【答案】c |
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