According to a recent survey, the modern housewife spends an average of 60 hours a week on household work compared to 46 to 52 h

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问题    According to a recent survey, the modern housewife spends an average of 60 hours a week on household work compared to 46 to 52 hours some 50 years ago; and a great part of their【C1】______hours are spent in shopping.
   In grandmas’【C2】______, the butcher’s, the baker’s and the grocer’s were just【C3】______Today’s housewife goes to the【C4】______at least twice a week-【C5】______the stores are so big, so crowded and so far away that each trip【C6】______up to three hours.I don’t think we have to go as far back as 50 years for confirmation of the great【C7】______in shopping patterns. It is only 23 years【C8】______I moved away from one of the most beautiful high streets in Bucking Hamshire- a lovely wide street where almost every【C9】______is regarded as an architectural jewel. Wandering back last week I【C10】______to think about the changes. Of some 15 shops. 12 have turned【C11】______antiques or something similar. So shops that had been in the high street for generations are【C12】______forever-and a way of life has gone with them. I love the【C13】______of those old shops, the gossip and the chatter while【C14】______to be served. The arrival of new neighbors and the births and deaths all swiftly【C15】______.We were part of a neighborhood-made so by our【C16】______meetings-and we stayed friends. Soon after my daughter was married she returned to live in this same High Street. "Why, Fiona,"【C17】______the postwoman when she walked into a tiny P.O. store which【C18】______survived, "how lovely to see you! You haven’t changed a bit. Fiona was a【C19】______girl when we left and the postwoman hadn’t seen her for 13 years or more.
   See what I【C20】______? It could never happen in a supermarket!
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选项 A、forgot
B、hated
C、paused
D、managed

答案C

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