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  3. 　　Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century.As early as in the 1900s mos

　　Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century.As early as in the 1900s mos

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问题 　　Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century.As early as 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 【C1】__________（line）on both sides with many 【C2】__________（vary）businesses.Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries.In addition, some shops offered medical care.These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe-repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops.But in the 1950s, a change began to take 【C3】__________.Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street while too few parking places were available【C4】__________ shoppers.Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces outside the city limits.Open space is what their car-driving customers needed.And open space is what they got when the first shopping centre was built.Shopping centres, or rather malls, started as a 【C5】 co__________of small new stores away from crowded city centres.【C6】At__________ by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from downtown areas to outlying malls.And the 【C7】__________（grow）popularity of shopping centres led in turn to the building of【C8】__________（big）and better stocked stores.By the late 1970s, many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves.In addition to providing the 【C9】__________ （convenient）of one stop shopping, malls were transformed 【C10】__________ landscaped parks, with benches, fountains, and outdoor entertainment.
【C9】
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答案convenience
解析 除了提供-站式服务这一便利外,商业街被变成了带有长椅、喷泉及户外娱乐的风景优美的公园。空缺处所填单词应为provide的宾语，所以填入convenient的名词形式。这里convenience与providing组成短语提供方便，便利”。因此空缺处填入convenience。
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