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, shoe�瞨epair 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 better�瞫tocked 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 placec.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
　　1.【答案】b2.【答案】d 3.【答案】
　　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(wù)”，apart from意為“除此之外”，后必須接名詞或動(dòng)名詞，however是連詞“然而”的意思，in addition可單獨(dú)使用，意為“除此之外”，as well用在句末。
　　5.【答案】d6.【答案】d7.【答案】b
　　8.【答案】a【解析】此句中太多的汽車和太少的停車場(chǎng)有相對(duì)比較的意思，while是連詞，有“而，卻”的意思，表比較。yet“然而”，表轉(zhuǎn)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(duì)某人來(lái)說(shuō)可用的，可得到的”，本句意為“顧客可用的停車場(chǎng)地”，故選b。
　　10.【答案】d【解析】本句意為“商人們開(kāi)始對(duì)城市界限以外的開(kāi)闊地感興趣”，out of表示“……的外面”而outside指“超過(guò)某一個(gè)界限，范圍等”。
　　11.【答案】a12.【答案】a
　　13.【答案】b【解析】本句意為“遠(yuǎn)離擁擠的市中心”, out of指“在……之外”，away from表示距離，“遠(yuǎn)離”，next to指“靠近，下一個(gè)”，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(ài)”。
　　15.【答案】d16.【答案】c17.【答案】b
　　18.【答案】a【解析】在這四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，只有by所組成的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)與完成時(shí)連用，意為“到……為止”,其他三個(gè)選項(xiàng)均被排除。
　　19.【答案】c 20.【答案】c