ShoppinghabitsintheUnitedStateshavechangedgreatlyinthelastquarterofthe 20thcentury. 1 inthe 1900smostAmericantownsandcitieshadaMainStreet.MainStreetwasalwaysintheheartofatown.Thisstreetwas 2 onbothsideswithmany 3 businesses.Here, shopperswalkedintostorestolookatallsortsofmerchandise: clothing,furniture,hardware,groceries. 4 ,someshopsoffered 5 .Theseshopsincludeddrugstores, restaurants, shoe?repairstores, andbarberorhairdressingshops. 6 inthe 1950s, achangebeganto 7 .ToomanyautomobileshadcrowdedintoMainStreet 8 toofewparkingplaceswere 9 shoppers.Becausethestreetswerecrowded, merchantsbegantolookwithinterestattheopenspaces 10 thecitylimits.Openspaceiswhattheircar?drivingcustomersneeded.Andopenspaceiswhattheygot 11 thefirstshoppingcentrewasbuilt.Shoppingcentres, orrathermalls, 12 asacollectionofsmallnewstores 13 crowdedcitycentres. 14 byhundredsoffreeparkingspace, customersweredrawnawayfrom 15 areastooutlyingmalls.Andthegrowing 16 ofshoppingcentresled 17 tothebuildingofbiggerandbetter?stockedstores. 18 thelate 1970s,manyshoppingmallshadalmostdevelopedintosmallcitiesthemselves.Inadditiontoprovidingthe 19 ofone?stopshopping, mallsweretransformedintolandscapedparks,20 benches,fountains,andoutdoorentertainment.
1.A.AsearlyasB.EarlyC.EarlyasD.Earlier
2.A.builtB.designedC.intentedD.lined
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