Cloze Test 7

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, shoerepair 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 cardriving 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 betterstocked stores. 18 the late 1970s,many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves.In addition to providing the 19 of onestop 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.mixedup
    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(jí)“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(jì)”，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(lèi)的”，mixedup意為“困惑的，迷惘的，不適應(yīng)社會(huì)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(xiāo)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(dòng)名
    詞，however是連詞“然而”的意思，in addition可單獨(dú)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(hù)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(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，故可排除C，而begin to后應(yīng)接動(dòng)詞不定式，只有take place“發(fā)生”可用。
    8.【答案】A