三、完形填空(共15小题;每题2分，共30分)
通读下面的短文，掌握其大意。然后从每小题的四个选项中选出最佳选项，并把它前面的大写字母填入括号里。
Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century. 21 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 22 on both sides with many 23 businesses.
Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing, furniture, hardware,groceries. 24 , some shops offered 25 . These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe-repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops. 26 in the 1950s, a change began to 27 . Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street 28 too few parking places were 29 shoppers. Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces 30 the city limits. Open space is what their car-driving customers needed.And open space is what they got 31 the first shopping centre was built. Shop- ping centres, or rather malls, 32 as a collection of small new stores 33 crowded city centres. 34 by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from 35 areas to outlying malls. And the growing popularity of shopping centres led in turn to the building of bigger and better-stocked stores. By the late 1970s, many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves. In addition to providing the convenience of one-stop shop- ping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks, with benches, fountains, and outdoor entertainment.
根据以上内容,回答下面试题.
第21题应填入( )
A. As early as
B.Early
C.Early as
D.Earlier
第22题单选 第22题应填入( )
A. built
B.designed
C.intented
D.lined
第23题单选 第23题应填入( )
A. varied
B.various
C.sorted
D.mixed up
第24题单选 第24题应填入( )
A. Apart from
B.However
C.In addition
D.As well
第25题单选 第25题应填入( )
A. medical care
B.food
C.cosmetics
D.Services
第26题单选 第26题应填入( )
A. Suddenly
B.Abruptly
C.Contrarily
D.But
第27题单选 第27题应填入( )
A. be taking place
B.take place
C.be taken place
D.have taken place
第28题单选 第28题应填入( )
A. while
B.yet
C.though
D.and then
第29题单选 第29题应填入( )
A.available for
B.available to
C.used by
D.ready for
第30题单选 第30题应填入( )
A.over
B.from
C.out of
D.outside
第31题单选 第31题应填入( )
A.when
B.while
C.since
D.then
第32题单选 第32题应填入( )
A.started
B.founded
C.set up
D.Organized
第33题单选 第33题应填入( )
A. out of
B.away from
C.next to
D.near
第34题单选 第34题应填入( )
A. Auraeted
B.Surprised
C.Delighted
D.Enjoyed
第35题单选 第35题应填入( )
A. inner
B.central
C.shopping
D.downtown
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