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  3. Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the twentieth century. (1)_____ in the 1990s mo

Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the twentieth century. (1)_____ in the 1990s mo

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问题     Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the twentieth century. (1)_____ in the 1990s 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, and groceries (4)_____ some shops offer (5)_____. These shops included drag-stores, shoe-repair 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 inter6st at the open spaces (10)_____ the city limits. Open space is what their car-driving customers needed. And open space is what they got. (11)_____ the first shopping center was built. Shopping center (12)_____ malls, started as a collection of small new stores. (13)_____ congested city centers. (14)_____ by hundreds of free parking spaces customers were drawn away from (15)_____ areas to outlying malls. And the growing (16)_____ of shopping centers led (17)_____ to the building of bigger and better stocked stores (18)_____ the late 1970s, many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves. In addition to providing the (19)_____ of one-stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks (20)_____ benches, fountains, and outdoor entertainment.
选项 A、fame
B、distinction
C、popularity
D、liking
答案C
解析 该句意为，而不断发展的购物中心反过来使得大批更大更好的仓储商店普遍建立起来。popularity意为"普及，流行"，符合题意。fame"名声"；distinction"区别"；liking"爱好"。
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