Question

    Drive through any American city or suburb, and you will see large space where huge stores are grouped together, sometimes even under one roof. The sight of such huge stores would have been unusual for our grandparents, who shopped in small neighborhood stores. There shopping areas reflect some major changes in American society.

    The construction of new supermarkets and shopping centers has been continuing over the past forty years. Supermarkets continue to appear because they offer the shopper a wide choice of products in one place—anything from food to small appliances. Because of the large amount of goods sold , supermarkets can offer lower prices than small neighborhood stores can. The convenience and value of large stores and shopping areas have them an important part of the way of American shopping.

    With the rise of supermarkets and shopping centers, American society has experienced some changes. Most obviously, many small neighborhood stores have disappeared, driven out of business by the large stores. Now Americans use cars even more in order to get to and carry products from the shopping centers, which are typically located farther from many homes. Another change is perhaps the least easy to describe. Americans are now more isolated. In the neighborhood store, the owner knew about the customers and their families. People in the neighborhood could gather and talk there. Now Americans shop in huge spaces, where no one knows anyone else. Supermarkets have made shopping more personal.

   It is clear that the number of supermarkets and large shopping areas is still increasing. The pattern of “bigger is better” will probably continue into the future.

71. A major change in American society listed in the passage is _____.

A. the development in the neighborhood             B. the place for shopping

C. the development in the suburbs                     D. the relationship between shop owners and customers

72. Compared with small neighborhood stores, supermarkets_____.

A. are located everywhere                                 B. are built far away from each other

C. sell various goods at lower prices                  D. have limited space for further development

73. Now Americans do shopping      .

A. in typical neighborhood stores                       B. in faraway supermarkets or shopping centers

C. in stores where they can chat with the owners       D. in stores within walking distances

74. The underlined sentence in paragraph three means _____.

A. shoppers in supermarkets usually don’t know each other             

B. supermarkets are a good place for shopping

C. supermarkets are controlled by machines                            

D. shoppers will easily get lost in supermarkets

75. The author believes _____.

A. people will try to be friendly while shopping supermarkets

B. supermarkets and large shopping centers will continues to exist in the future

C. supermarkets will probably no longer exist in the future

D. neighborhood stores are equal to supermarkets in convenience

Answer 1

BCBAB