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  3. Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarte

Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarte

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问题     Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century.【C1】______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【C2】______on both sides with【C3】______businesses. Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing, furniture, hardware,  and groceries.【C4】______, some shops offered【C5】______.These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops.【C6】______in the 1950s, a change began to take place.【C7】______many automobiles had crowded into Main Street【C8】______too few parking places were【C9】______to shoppers. Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces【C10】______the city limits. Open space is what their car driving customers needed. And open space is what they got【C11】______the first shopping centre was built. Shopping centres, or rather malls,【C12】______as a collection of small new stores【C13】______crowded city centres.【C14】______by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from【C15】______areas to outlying malls. And the growing【C16】______of shopping centresed【C17】______to the building of bigger and better stocked stores.【C18】______the late 1970s, many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities them selves. In addition to providing thee【C19】______of one stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks,【C20】______benches, fountains, and outdoor entertainment. [br] 【C12】
选项 A、started
B、founded
C、set up
D、organized
答案 A
解析 考查动词辨义。本句的意思是“购物中心是从聚集一些小的店铺开始的”，只有started as有此意。
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