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  3. Read the article below about improvements. Choose the correct word or phrase to fill each gap from A, B, C, or D. For each quest

Read the article below about improvements. Choose the correct word or phrase to fill each gap from A, B, C, or D. For each quest

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问题 Read the article below about improvements.
Choose the correct word or phrase to fill each gap from A, B, C, or D.
For each question 21—30, mark one letter(A, B, C, or D)on your Answer Sheet.
There is an example at the beginning, (0).
                        Shopping Habits Have Changed
Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century.(0)______A 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 (21)______on both sides with many various businesses. Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries. In addition, some shops offered services .These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops. (22)______ in the 1950s, a change began to take place.
    Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street(23)______too few parking places were(24)______shoppers. Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces(25)______the city limits. Open space is what their car driving customers needed. And open space is what they got(26)______the first shopping centre was built. Shopping centers, or rather malls, (27)______as a collection of small new stores(28)______ crowded city centers.(29)______by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from downtown areas to outlying malls. And the growing (30)______of shopping centers led in turn to the building of bigger and better stocked stores. By the late 1970s, many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves. In addition to providing the convenience of one stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks, with benches, fountains, and outdoor entertainment.

选项 A、distinction
B、fame
C、popularity
D、liking
答案C
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