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Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century.Early 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 __1__on both sides with many __2__ businesses.Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise:clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries.__3__, some shops offered __4__.These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoerepair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops.__5__ in the
1950s, a change began to __6__.Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street while too few
parking places were __7__ shoppers.Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with
interest at the open spaces __8__the city limits.Open space is what their cardriving customers needed.
And open space is what they got when the first shopping centre was built.Shopping centres, or rather
malls, __9__ as a collection of small new stores __10__crowded city centres.__11__ by hundreds of free
parking space, customers were drawn away from __12__ areas to outlying malls.And the growing __13__ of shopping centres led __14__to the building of bigger and better stocked stores.By the late 1970s, many
shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves.In addition to providing the __15__ of one stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks, with benches, fountains, and outdoor
entertainment.

(     )1. A.built     (     )2. A.varied     (     )3. A.Apart from   (     )4. A.medical care   (     )5. A.Suddenly   (     )6. A.be taking place (     )7. A.available for   (     )8. A.over   (     )9. A.started   (     )10. A.out of     (     )11. A.Attracted   (     )12. A.inner     (     )13. A.distinction   (     )14. A.on       (     )15. A.cheapness

B. designed     B. various     B. However     B. food         B. Abruptly     B. take place   B. available to B. from         B. founded     B. away from   B. Surprised   B. central     B. fame         B. in turn     B. readiness

C. intended   C. sorted   C. In addition   C. cosmetics   C. Contrarily   C. be taken place C. used by   C. out of   C. set up   C. next to   C. Delighted   C. shopping   C. popularity   C. by turns   C. convenience

D. lined           D. mixed-up         D. As well         D. services         D. But             D. have taken place D. ready for       D. outside         D. organized       D. near             D. Enjoyed         D. downtown         D. liking           D. further         D. handiness

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