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  3. Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century. 【C1】______ in the 1900s most

Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century. 【C1】______ in the 1900s most

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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】______stores and shops. Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of【C4】______: clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries. 【C5】______, some shops offered services. These shops【C6】______drugstores, restaurants, shoe-repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops. But in the 1950s, a change began to【C7】______.Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street【C8】______ too few parking places were【C9】______shoppers. Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces【C10】______the city. Open space is what their car-driving customers needed and the merchants expected【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 suburban malls. And the growing【C16】______of shopping centres led【C17】______to the building of bigger and better-stocked stores. 【C18】______the late 1970s, many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves. In addition to providing the【C19】______of one-stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks,【C20】______ benches, fountains, and outdoor entertainment.
【C15】
选项 A、inner
B、original
C、old
D、downtown
答案D
解析 本句中出现了“away from．．．to．．．”(远离……到……)结构，由此可推知此处远离的对象应和到达的对象相对应，本句中到达的是“远离城市的购物中心”，故远离的对象应是市中心(downtown)。故选D。
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