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世紀最后四分之一期間，美國的購物習慣發生了重大變化。20世紀初期，美國大部分的城市和城鎮都有一個往往作為城鎮中心的主要街道。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。這里的商店有藥店、餐館、修鞋店和理發店。但是，二十世紀五十年代開始出現了一種變化：主街道涌入了太多的汽車，卻沒有顧客停車的地方。由于街道變得擁擠不堪，商人們便開始格外注意城市界限之外的開闊地。開闊地是駕車的顧客所需要的，也是商人們建設首個購物中心時所考慮的。購物中心，或者說是購物商場，開始在擁擠的城市中心之外建起許多小型的新商店。受許多免費停車場的吸引，顧客們被從市區吸引到郊區的購物商場。購物中心變得越來越流行，轉而建立起更大更好的商店。二十世紀七十年代后期，許多購物中心幾乎發展成了小城市。除了提供停車購物的便利之外，購物中心也變成了景觀公園，擁有坐椅、噴泉和戶外娛樂設施。

　　【答案解析】

　　47.【解析】[C]本句意為主大街通常是一個城鎮的中心。根據下文停車困難也可知應該為“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。提供服務可用固定的搭配 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“發生”。But in the 1950s, a change began to take place 意為20世紀50年代開始發生變化。

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

　　52�薄窘馕觥縖D]本句意為空曠的空間是開車的顧客所需要的，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. 遠離擁擠的城市中心很多小型的新商場聚集在一起構成了大規模購物中心。start 在此處是開業的意思。

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

　　55.【解析】[J]購物中心越來越流行，popularity即普及、流行之意。

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

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