Part ⅣReading Comprehension(Reading in Depth)(25 minutes)

　　Section A

　　Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

　　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

　　【全文翻譯】

　　在20世紀(jì)最后四分之一期間，美國(guó)的購(gòu)物習(xí)慣發(fā)生了重大變化。20世紀(jì)初期，美國(guó)大部分的城市和城鎮(zhèn)都有一個(gè)往往作為城鎮(zhèn)中心的主要街道。街道兩旁排列著許多各種各樣的商店。在這里，顧客們步入商店，搜尋各種各樣的商品：衣服、家具、五金和雜貨。另外，有些商店還提供服務(wù)。這里的商店有藥店、餐館、修鞋店和理發(fā)店。但是，二十世紀(jì)五十年代開(kāi)始出現(xiàn)了一種變化：主街道涌入了太多的汽車(chē)，卻沒(méi)有顧客停車(chē)的地方。由于街道變得擁擠不堪，商人們便開(kāi)始格外注意城市界限之外的開(kāi)闊地。開(kāi)闊地是駕車(chē)的顧客所需要的，也是商人們建設(shè)首個(gè)購(gòu)物中心時(shí)所考慮的。購(gòu)物中心，或者說(shuō)是購(gòu)物商場(chǎng)，開(kāi)始在擁擠的城市中心之外建起許多小型的新商店。受許多免費(fèi)停車(chē)場(chǎng)的吸引，顧客們被從市區(qū)吸引到郊區(qū)的購(gòu)物商場(chǎng)。購(gòu)物中心變得越來(lái)越流行，轉(zhuǎn)而建立起更大更好的商店。二十世紀(jì)七十年代后期，許多購(gòu)物中心幾乎發(fā)展成了小城市。除了提供停車(chē)購(gòu)物的便利之外，購(gòu)物中心也變成了景觀公園，擁有坐椅、噴泉和戶外娛樂(lè)設(shè)施。

　　【答案解析】

　　47.【解析】[C]本句意為主大街通常是一個(gè)城鎮(zhèn)的中心。根據(jù)下文停車(chē)?yán)щy也可知應(yīng)該為“中心”heart。

　　48.【解析】[I]這條街道排成一列，街道兩邊都是各式各樣的商店。various 意為“不同的、各種各樣的”。

　　49.【解析】[G]另外，一些商店還提供服務(wù)。提供服務(wù)可用固定的搭配 offer services。

　　50.【解析】[B]所填詞只有take 才能與后面的詞place搭配，take place 為固定詞組，意為“發(fā)生”。But in the 1950s, a change began to take place 意為20世紀(jì)50年代開(kāi)始發(fā)生變化。

　　51.【解析】[N]主街道充斥著太多的汽車(chē)，卻沒(méi)有地方給顧客停車(chē)。available 意為“可用到的、可利用的”，這里指沒(méi)有可用的地方給顧客停車(chē)。

　　52�薄窘馕觥縖D]本句意為空曠的空間是開(kāi)車(chē)的顧客所需要的，故用needed。

　　53.【解析】[L]Shopping centers, or rather malls, started as a collection of small new stores away from crowded city centers. 遠(yuǎn)離擁擠的城市中心很多小型的新商場(chǎng)聚集在一起構(gòu)成了大規(guī)模購(gòu)物中心。start 在此處是開(kāi)業(yè)的意思。

　　54.【解析】[M]customers were drawn away from downtown areas to outlying malls.顧客們被從市中心區(qū)吸引到郊區(qū)的購(gòu)物商場(chǎng)。市中心區(qū)即用downtown 一詞。

　　55.【解析】[J]購(gòu)物中心越來(lái)越流行，popularity即普及、流行之意。

　　56.【解析】[F]購(gòu)物中心除了提供停車(chē)的便利之外，還提供其他服務(wù)。提供便利即用 provide convenience。

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