Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century.

36 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  37  on both sides with many various  38 .

Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of goods: clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries.   39   , some shops offered   40   .These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe-repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops. 41   in the 1950s, a change began to take place. Too many cars had crowded into Main Street while too few parking places were  42  to shoppers. Because- the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with  43   at the open spaces outside the city limits. Open space was what their car-driving  44  needed.

And open space was what merchants got  45   the first shopping centers were built Shopping centers, or rather malls,  46  as a collection of small new stores  47  crowded city centers.  48  by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from  49 areas to out-lying malls. And the growing  50  of shopping centers led  51  to the building of bigger and better stocked stores.

52  the late 1970s, many shopping malls had almost  53  into small cities themselves. In addition to providing the   54   of one stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped（園林化）parks,    55    benches, fountains, and outdoor entertainment.

36. A. Finally

B. Early

C. Late

D. Lately

37. A. built

B. designed

C. intended

D. lined

38. A. factories

B. trees

C. businesses

D. hospitals

39. A. In addition

B. Therefore

C. On the contrary

D. As well

40. A. accommodation

B. information

C. technology

D. services

41. A. And

B. Thus

C. So

D. But

42. A. special

B. available

C. closed

D. reliable

43. A. surprise

B. delight

C. interest

D. horror

44. A. customers

B. bosses

C. workers

D. staff

45. A. when

B. while

C. since

D. because

46. A. changed

B. started

C. provided

D. organized

47. A. within

B. near

C. next to

D. away from

48. A. Suggested

B. Attacked

C. Attracted

D. Confused

49. A. public

B. private

C. outdoor

D. downtown

50. A. popularity

B. beauty

C. distinction

D. expense

51. A. out of turn

B. in turn

C. out of order

D. in order

52. A. By

B. During

C. In

D. Towards

53. A. increased

B. shrunk

C. developed

D. decreased

54. A. regulation

B. relation

C. convenience

D. confidence

55. A. around

B. besides

C. with

D. without

36-40 BDCAD    41-45 DBCAA   46-50 BDCDA   51-55 BABCC 

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