Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century. Early in the 1900s most   1    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 take place. Too many automobiles had    7     into Main Street  8  too few parking places were   9  to shoppers. Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open space  10   the city limits. Open space is what their car-driving    11  needed. And open space is what they got when the first shopping centre was built. Shopping centres, or malls, 12   as a collection of small new stores   13   crowded city centers.  14   by hundreds of free parking space, customers were   15   away from downtown (商业繁华) areas to outlying malls. And the growing   16  of shopping centers led  17   to the building of bigger and better stores. By 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 (景色优美的) parks,   20    benches, fountains, and outdoor entertainment.

1.A.British                    B. American          C. Australian          D. Japanese

2.A.built                    B. designed            C. laid                 D. lined
3.A.varied                  B. left                   C. stored             D. broken

4. A. Yet                       B. However            C. Besides                D. Except

5.A.medicine          B. food                C. clothes                D. services
6.A.Though                B. Because             C. While                  D. But
7.A.left                       B. crowded             C. remained           D. stressed

8.A.while                  B. so                  C. though              D or

9.A.available                 B. free                    C. valuable             D. ready

10.A.over                  B. from             C. inside                D. outside
11.A.teachers              B. doctors              C. customers            D. assistants

12.A.started                B. founded            C. ended              D. organized
13.A.out of                B. away from          C. next to              D. close to
14.A.Attracted              B. Conquered           C. Created                D. Amazed

15.A ignored                B. included             C. driven               D. drawn

16.A.chance               B. method            C. popularity          D. difference

17.A.in return             B. in turn             C. in honor            D. in charge

18.A.developed           B. simplified          C. deserted           D. reduced

19.A.cheapness            B. truth                  C. convenience         D. happiness

20.A. in                               B. on                   C. with                D. without