Shopping habits in the United Stares have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century. Early in the 1900s most Ameri

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问题     Shopping habits in the United Stares have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century. Early 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 lined on both sides with【C1】________businesses. Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of goods: clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries. In addition, some shops offered service. These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops.【C2】________in the 1950s, a change began to take place. Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street while too【C3】________parking places were available to shoppers.【C4】________the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces outside the city limits. Open space was【C5】________their car driving customers needed. And open space was what they got when the first shopping center was built. Shopping centers, or rather malls, started as a collection of small new stores away from crowded city centers.【C6】________by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from【C7】________areas to outlying malls. And the growing popularity of shopping centers led in turn to the building of bigger and better stocked stores.【C8】________the late 1970s, many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves. In addition to【C9】________the convenience of the stop shopping, malls were【C10】________into landscaped parks, with benches, fountains, and outdoor entertainment.
【C7】

选项 A、country
B、suburban
C、rural
D、downtown

答案D

解析 考查上下文及句意理解。由上文“open spaces outside the city limits (城市界限之外的开阔地) ”“away from crowded city centers (拥挤的城市中心之 外) ”可知,商人们在城市中心之外建立了购物中心。受许多免费停车场的吸引,顾客们从市区被吸引到郊区的购物商场。downtown“市中心 (的) ”,符合 文意。
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