完形填空模拟题(十四
2012-12-25来源/作者:卫凯点击次数:432
Cloze Test 14
Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter
of the 20th century. 1 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
2 on both sides with many 3 businesses.Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing,furniture,hardware,groceries. 4 ,some shops offered 5 .These shops
included drugstores, restaurants, shoerepair stores, and barber or hairdressing
shops. 6 in the 1950s, a change began to 7 .Too many automobiles
had crowded into Main Street 8 too few parking places were 9 shoppers.
Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest
at the open spaces 10 the city limits.Open space is what their cardriving
customers needed.And open space is what they got 11 the first shopping
centre was built.Shopping centres, or rather malls, 12 as a collection of small
new stores 13 crowded city centres. 14 by hundreds of free parking space,
customers were drawn away from 15 areas to outlying malls.And the growing
16 of shopping centres led 17 to the building of bigger and betterstocked stores.
18 the late 1970s,many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities
themselves.In addition to providing the 19 of onestop shopping, malls were
transformed into landscaped parks, 20 benches,fountains,and outdoor entertainment.
1.A.As early as B.Early C.Early as D.Earlier
2.A.built B.designed C.intented D.lined
3.A.varied B.various C.sorted D.mixedup
4.A.Apart from B.However C.In addition D.As well
5.A.medical care B.food C.cosmetics D.services
6.A.suddenly B.Abruptly C.Contrarily D.But
Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter
of the 20th century. 1 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
2 on both sides with many 3 businesses.Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing,furniture,hardware,groceries. 4 ,some shops offered 5 .These shops
included drugstores, restaurants, shoerepair stores, and barber or hairdressing
shops. 6 in the 1950s, a change began to 7 .Too many automobiles
had crowded into Main Street 8 too few parking places were 9 shoppers.
Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest
at the open spaces 10 the city limits.Open space is what their cardriving
customers needed.And open space is what they got 11 the first shopping
centre was built.Shopping centres, or rather malls, 12 as a collection of small
new stores 13 crowded city centres. 14 by hundreds of free parking space,
customers were drawn away from 15 areas to outlying malls.And the growing
16 of shopping centres led 17 to the building of bigger and betterstocked stores.
18 the late 1970s,many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities
themselves.In addition to providing the 19 of onestop shopping, malls were
transformed into landscaped parks, 20 benches,fountains,and outdoor entertainment.
1.A.As early as B.Early C.Early as D.Earlier
2.A.built B.designed C.intented D.lined
3.A.varied B.various C.sorted D.mixedup
4.A.Apart from B.However C.In addition D.As well
5.A.medical care B.food C.cosmetics D.services
6.A.suddenly B.Abruptly C.Contrarily D.But