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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repair 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stocked 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】B

【解析】as early as的意思為"同……一樣早", early是副詞，"早期"的意思，earlier是比較級"較早"的意思。

2.【答案】D

【解析】本句的意思是"街道的兩旁排列著很多各種各樣的商店"，build的意思是"建造，修建"，design的意思是"設(shè)計"，intend"意思是"打算"，line是"沿……排列"的意思。

3.【答案】B

【解析】varied是"變化多端"的意思，various為"各種各樣的"，sorted意為"分類的"，mixedup意為"困惑的，迷惘的，不適應(yīng)社會的"。本句意為"各種各樣的商店"。

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"，后必須接名詞或動名詞，however是連詞"然而"的意思，in addition可單獨使用，意為"除此之外"，as well用在句末。

5.【答案】D

【解析】medical care意為"醫(yī)療護(hù)理"。food是"食物"，cosmetic是"化妝品"，service是"服務(wù)"，根據(jù)上題意思，service一詞放在這里最合適。

6.【答案】D

【解析】本句的意思是"在五十年代，情況發(fā)生了變化"，有轉(zhuǎn)折的意思。suddenly和abruptly都是"突然"的意思，contrarily指"相反地"，but是"但是"的意思,表轉(zhuǎn)折。

7.【答案】B

【解析】take place只有主動語態(tài)，故可排除C，而begin to后應(yīng)接動詞不定式，只有take place"發(fā)生"可用。

8.【答案】A

【解析】此句中太多的汽車和太少的停車場有相對比較的意思，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"對某人來說可用的，可得到的"，本句意為"顧客可用的停車場地"，故選B。

10.【答案】D

【解析】本句意為"商人們開始對城市界限以外的開闊地感興趣"，out of表示"……的外面"而outside指"超過某一個界限，范圍等"。

11.【答案】A

【解析】這里是一個時間狀語從句。因此用when(在……時候)。while指"在……期間";since表示"自從"，主句一般用完成時。

12.【答案】A

【解析】本句的意思是"購物中心是從聚集一些小的店鋪開始的"，只有started as有此意。

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"，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"。

15.【答案】D

【解析】本句意為"顧客從市區(qū)被吸引到城市以外的商業(yè)中心"，只有downtown"市區(qū)"符合此意。

16.【答案】C

【解析】本句意為"這些購物中心越來越大的名氣反過來導(dǎo)致了更大，設(shè)備更好的商店的建成"。distinction聲望;fame卓越，好名聲;popularity名氣很大，知名度很高;liking喜愛，喜好。故選C。

17.【答案】B

【解析】根據(jù)上題解釋，in turn應(yīng)為"依次"的意思，引申為"反過來"。

18.【答案】A

【解析】在這四個選項中，只有by所組成的時間狀語與完成時連用，意為"到……為止",其他三個選項均被排除。

19.【答案】C

【解析】這里convenience與providing組成短語"提供方便，便利"，符合上下文義。

20.【答案】C

【解析】介詞with在這里的意思是"帶有"，本句意為"商業(yè)街被變成了帶有長椅、噴泉及戶外娛樂的風(fēng)景優(yōu)美的公園"。

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