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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 A

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

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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 many【C3】______  businesses. Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing, furniture, hardware, 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【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 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 centres led【C17】______  to the building of bigger and better stocked stores.【C18】 ______ the late 1970s, many shop ping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves. In addition to providing the 【C19】______ of one stop shop ping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks,【C20】______  benches, fountains, and outdoor entertainment.
【C19】
选项 A、cheapness
B、readiness
C、convenience
D、handiness
答案C
解析 这里convenience与providing组成短语“提供方便，便利”，符合上下文文义。
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