四级完形填空练习与解析(21)

　　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 turn 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

　　答案与解析:

　　1.B

　　as early as的意思为同一样早, early是副词，早期的意思，earlier是比较级较早的意思。

　　2.D

　　本句的意思是街道的两旁排列着很多各种各样的商店，build的意思是建造，修建，design的意思是设计，intend意思是打算，line是沿排列的意思。

　　3.B

　　varied是变化多端的意思，various为各种各样的，sorted意为分类的，mixed?up意为困惑的，迷惘的，不适应社会的。本句意为各种各样的商店。

　　4.C

　　本句的意思是除了各种各样的商店销售各种各样的商品之外，有些商店还提供服务，apart from意为除此之外，后必须接名词或动名词，however是连词然而的意思，in addition可单独使用，意为除此之外，as well用在句末。

　　5.D

　　medical care意为医疗护理。food是食物，cosmetic是化妆品，service是服务，根据上题意思，service一词放在这里最合适。

　　6.D

　　本句的意思是在五十年代，情况发生了变化，有转折的意思。suddenly和abruptly都是突然的意思，contrarily指相反地，but是但是的意思,表转折。

　　7.B

　　take place只有主动语态，故可排除C，而begin to后应接动词不定式，只有take place发生可用。

　　8.A

　　此句中太多的汽车和太少的停车场有相对比较的意思，while是连词，有而，却的意思，表比较。yet然而，表转折，though尽管，虽然，表让步。

　　9.B

　　be available to sb.为固定搭配，意为对某人来说可用的，可得到的，本句意为顾客可用的停车场地，故选B。

　　10.D

　　本句意为商人们开始对城市界限以外的开阔地感兴趣，out of表示的外面而outside指超过某一个界限，范围等。

　　11.A

　　这里是一个时间状语从句。因此用when(在时候)。while指在期间；since表示自从，主句一般用完成时。

　　12.A

　　本句的意思是购物中心是从聚集一些小的店铺开始的，只有started as有此意。

　　13.B

　　本句意为远离拥挤的市中心, out of指在之外，away from表示距离，远离，next to指靠近，下一个，near是近的意思。

　　14.A

　　本句意为被所吸引，surprise意为使惊奇，delight意为使喜悦，enjoy意为欣赏,喜爱。

　　15.D

　　本句意为顾客从市区被吸引到城市以外的商业中心，只有downtown市区符合此意。

　　16.C

　　本句意为这些购物中心越来越大的名气反过来导致了更大，设备更好的商店的建成。distinction声望；fame卓越，好名声；popularity名气很大，知名度很高；liking喜爱，喜好。故选C。

　　17.B

　　根据上题解释，in turn应为依次的意思，引申为反过来。

　　18.A

　　在这四个选项中，只有by所组成的时间状语与完成时连用，意为到为止,其他三个选项均被排除。

　　19.C

　　这里convenience与providing组成短语提供方便，便利，符合上下文义。

　　20.C

　　介词with在这里的意思是带有，本句意为商业街被变成了带有长椅、喷泉及户外娱乐的风景优美的公园。