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2011年6月英语四级考试全真预测卷-选词填空 　　Part ⅣReading Comprehension(Reading in Depth)(25 minutes) 　　Section A 　　Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage. 　　Shopping habits in the United States 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 the 47 of a town. This street was lined on the both sides with many 48 businesses. Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries. In addition, some shops offered 49 . There shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops. But in the 1950s, a change began to 50 place. Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street while too few parking places were 51 to 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 52 . And open space is what they got when the first shopping centre was built. Shopping centers, or rather malls, 53 as a collection of small new stores away from crowded city centers. Attracted by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from 54 areas to outlying malls. And the growing 55 of shopping centers 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 56 of the stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks, with benches, fountains, and outdoor entertainment. 　　[A]designed[F]convenience[K]cosmetics 　　[B]take[G]services[L]started 　　[C]heart[H]fame[M]downtown 　　[D]needed[I]various[N]available 　　[E]though[J]popularity[O]cheapness 　　Section A 　　【全文翻译】 　　在20世纪最后四分之一期间，美国的购物习惯发生了重大变化。20世纪初期，美国大部分的城市和城镇都有一个往往作为城镇中心的主要街道。街道两旁排列着许多各种各样的商店。在这里，顾客们步入商店，搜寻各种各样的商品：衣服、家具、五金和杂货。另外，有些商店还提供服务。这里的商店有药店、餐馆、修鞋店和理发店。但是，二十世纪五十年代开始出现了一种变化：主街道涌入了太多的汽车，却