2021年度江苏公共英语考试考前冲刺卷（2）新整理版.doc

江苏公共英语考试考前冲刺卷（2） 本卷共分为1大题50小题，作答时间为180分钟，总分100分，60分及格。 严格遵守考试纪律，维护考试秩序！ 一、单项选择题（共50题，每题2分。每题的备选项中，只有一个最符合题意） 1. Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century. {{U}} (26) {{/U}}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 {{U}} (27) {{/U}} on both sides with many{{U}} (28) {{/U}}businesses. Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries. {{U}} (29) {{/U}}, some shops offered {{U}} (30) {{/U}}. These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe-repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops, {{U}} (31) {{/U}}in the 1950s, a change began to {{U}} (32) {{/U}}. Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street{{U}} (33) {{/U}} too few parking places were {{U}} (34) {{/U}}shoppers. Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces {{U}} (35) {{/U}}the city limits. Open space is what their car-driving customers needed. And open space is what they got{{U}} (36) {{/U}}the first shopping center was built. Shopping centers, or rather malls, {{U}} (37) {{/U}}as a collection of small new stores {{U}} (38) {{/U}}crowded city centers. {{U}} (39) {{/U}}by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from {{U}} (40) {{/U}}areas to outlying malls. And the growing {{U}} (41) {{/U}} of shopping centers led {{U}} (42) {{/U}}to the building of bigger and better-stocked stores. {{U}} (43) {{/U}}the late 1970s, many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves. In addition to providing the {{U}} (44) {{/U}} of one-stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks, {{U}} (45) {{/U}} benches, fountains, and out door entertainment. A．cheapnessB．readinessC．convenienceD．handiness 参考答案：C 2. Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century. {{U}} (26) {{/U}}in the 1