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 various 3_ .
Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of goods: 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 take place. Too many cars had crowded into Main Street while too few parking places were 7 to shoppers. Because- the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with 8 at the open spaces outside the city limits. Open space was what their car-driving 9 needed.
And open space was what merchants got 10 the first shopping centers were built Shopping centers, or rather malls, 11 as a collection of small new stores 12 crowded city centers. 13 by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from 14 areas to out-lying malls. And the growing 15 of shopping centers led 16 to the building of bigger and better stocked stores.
17 the late 1970s, many shopping malls had almost 18 into small cities themselves. In addition to providing the 19 of one stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped（园林化）parks, 20 benches, fountains, and outdoor entertainment.
1．A．Finally B．Early C．Late D．Lately
2．A．built B．designed C．intended D．lined
3．A．factories B．trees C．businesses D．hospitals
4．A．In addition B．Therefore C．On the contrary D．As well
5．A．accommodation B．information C．technology D．services
6．A．And B．Thus C．So D．But
7．A．special B．available C．closed D．reliable
8．A．surprise B．delight C．interest D．horror
9．A．customers B．bosses C．workers D．staff
10．A．when B．while C．since D．because
11．A．changed B．started C．provided D．organized
12．A．within B．near C．next to D．away from
13．A．Suggested B．Attacked C．Attracted D．Confused
14．A．public B．private C．outdoor D．downtown
15．A．popularity B．beauty C．distinction D．expense
16．A．out of turn B．in turn C．out of order D．in order
17．A．By B．During C．In D．Towards
18．A．increased B．shrunk C．developed D．decreased
19．A．regulation B．relation C．convenience D．confidence
20．A．around B．besides C．with D．without