Cloze Test 14 Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century. 1 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 2 on both sides with many 3 businesses.Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing,furniture,hardware,groceries. 4 ,some shops offered 5 .These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoerepair 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 interest at the open spaces 10 the city limits.Open space is what their cardriving customers needed.And open space is what they got 11 the first shopping centre was built.Shopping centres, or rather malls, 12 as a collection of small new stores 13 crowded city centres. 14 by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from 15 areas to outlying malls.And the growing 16 of shopping centres led 17 to the building of bigger and betterstocked stores. 18 the late 1970s,many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves.In addition to providing the 19 of onestop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks, 20 benches,fountains,and outdoor entertainment. 1.A.As early as B.Early C.Early as D.Earlier 2.A.built B.designed C.intented D.lined 3.A.varied B.various C.sorted D.mixedup 4.A.Apart from B.However C.In addition D.As well 5.A.medical care B.food C.cosmetics D.services 6.A.suddenly B.Abruptly C.Contrarily D.But 7.A.be taking place B.take placeC.be taken place D.have taken place 8.A.while B.yet C.though D.and then 9.A.available for B.available to C.used by D.ready for 10.A.over B.from C.out of D.outside 11.A.when B.while C.since D.then 12.A.started B.founded C.set up D.organized 13.A.out of B.away from C.next to D.near 14.A.Attracted B.Surprised C.Delighted D.Enjoyed 15.A.inner B.central C.shopping D.downtown 16.A.distinction B.fame C.popularity D.liking 17.A.on B.in turn C.by turns D.further 18.A.By B.During C.In D.Towards 19.A.cheapness B.readiness C.convenience D.handiness 20.A.because of B.and C.with D.provided Cloze Test 14 1.【答案】B 【解析】as early as的意思為“同……一樣早”, early是副詞，“早期”的意思，earlier是比較級“較早”的意思。 2.【答案】D 【解析】本句的意思是“街道的兩旁排列著很多各種各樣的商店”，build的意思是“建造，修建”，design的意思是“設(shè)計”，intend“意思是“打算”，line是“沿……排列”的意思。 3.【答案】B 【解析】varied是“變化多端”的意思，various為“各種各樣的”，sorted意為“分類的”，mixedup意為“困惑的，迷惘的，不適應(yīng)社會的”。本句意為“各種各樣的商店”。 4.【答案】C 【解析】本句的意思是“除了各種各樣的商店銷售各種各樣的商品之外，有些商店還提供服務(wù)”，apart from意為“除此之外”，后必須接名詞或動名 詞，however是連詞“然而”的意思，in addition可單獨使用，意為“除此之外”，as well用在句末。 5.【答案】D 【解析】medical care意為“醫(yī)療護理”。food是“食物”，cosmetic是“化妝品”，service是“服務(wù)”，根據(jù)上題意思，service一詞放在這里最合適。 6.【答案】D 【解析】本句的意思是“在五十年代，情況發(fā)生了變 化”，有轉(zhuǎn)折的意思。suddenly和abruptly都是“突然”的意思，contrarily指“相反 地”，but是“但是”的意思,表轉(zhuǎn)折。 7.【答案】B 【解析】take place只有主動語態(tài)，故可排除C，而begin to后應(yīng)接動詞不