Shopping habits in the United States hav

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问题 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, and 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 center was built. Shopping centers, or rather malls,  12 as a collection of small new stores  13 crowded city centers.  14 by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from  15 areas to outlying malls. And the growing  16 of shopping centers 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.

选项 1.______ A.As early as B.Early C.Early as D.Earlier

答案B

解析as early as的意思为“同…一样早”,固定搭配。early是副词,“早期”的意思。earlier是比较级“较早”的意思。
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