2013高考英语（完形填空）倒计时冲刺50天（14）及答案
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 in the heart of a town.This street was__1__on both sides with many __2__businesses.Here，shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise：clothing，furniture，hardware，groceries.__3__，some shops offered __4__.These shops included drugstores，restaurants，shoe-repair stores，and barber or hairdressing shops.__5__in the 1950s，a change began to __6__.Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street while too few parking places were available to shoppers.Because the streets were crowded，merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces __7__ the city limits.Open space is what their car-driving customers needed.
And open space is what they got when the first shopping centre was built.Shopping centres，or rather malls，__8__as a collection of small new stores __9__crowded city centres.__10__by hundreds of free parking space，customers were drawn away from downtown areas to outlying malls.And the growing __11__of shopping centres 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 __12__of one stop shopping，malls were transformed into landscaped parks，with benches，fountains，and outdoor entertainment.
1．A.built B．Designed
C．intended D．Lined
2.A.varied B．Various
C．sorted D．mixed-up
3.A.Apart from B．However
C．In addition D．As well
4.A.medical care B．Food
C．cosmetics D．Services
5.A.Suddenly B．Abruptly
C．Contrarily D．But
6.A.be taking place B．Take place
C．be taken place D．Have taken place
7.A.over B．From
C．out of D．Outside
8.A.started B．Founded
C．set up D．Organized
9．A.out of B．Away from
C．next to D．Near
10．A.Attracted B．Surprised
C．Delighted D．Enjoyed
11．A.distinction B．Fame
C．popularity D．Liking
12．A.cheapness B．Readiness
C．convenience D．Handiness
参考答案
1．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。
2．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”。
3．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常用在句末。
4．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。
5．D 本句的意思是“在二十世纪五十年代，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。
6．B take place没有被动语态，故可排除C项；再根据句意可知此处应选B项。
7．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”。
8．A 本句的意思是“购物中心是从聚集一些小的新店铺开始的”，只有started as有此意。
9．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”；near是“靠近”的意思。
10．A 此处指“被……所吸引”。surprise意为“使……惊奇”；delight 意为“使……喜悦”；enjoy意为“欣赏，喜爱”。
11．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的、设备更好的商店的建成”。distinction“声望”；fame“卓越，好名声”；popularity“流行，名望”；liking“喜爱，喜好”。故选C项。
12．C 这里convenience与providing组成短语“提供方便，便利”，符合上下文意思。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”。
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入的空白处的最佳选项，并从答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Mrs Amatuli was my teacher in the fourth grade. One day at lunch time, Mrs Amatuli asked me if she could 36 my sandwiches. She explained that I could use the money to buy a 37 lunch from the cafeteria（自助餐厅）. I was 38. I never bought my lunch at the cafeteria. It was 39 expensive for my family, and I always carried my lunch and brought the bag back home to 40 again the next day.
You can understand my 41 when I had the opportunity to buy a hot lunch. Kids always 42 about the cafeteria food but I was very 43 of them.
When we 44 lunch that day, Mrs Amatuli took me aside and said she wanted to 45 why she had bought my sandwiches. I really didn't care why, 46 it gave me a few minutes of her precious 47 so I was very quiet as she explained.
You 48 , she was a Catholic(天主教徒) and she told me that Catholics didn’t eat red meat on Fridays—they ate 49 on Fridays.
Oh, I couldn't 50 to get home and tell my Mom that from then on I wanted fish on Fridays. 51 my Mom understood why, she gladly fixed fish for me on Fridays. From then on, every Friday I could get in 52 with the rest of the kids for a hot lunch. I didn’t care how many of the kids complained about the cafeteria food—it 53 great to me!
I realize now that Mrs Amatuli 54 have fixed herself a fish sandwich on Fridays. She bought my sandwiches because she saw a little girl who was pleased over the simple
55 of having a hot lunch.
36. A. buy B. have C. try D. eat
37. A. cheap B. big C. hot D. delicious
38. A. sad B. disappointed C. confused D. excited
39. A. rather B. too C. very D. quite
40. A. use B. eat C. fill D. carry
41. A. mind B. anxiety C. delight D. interest
42. A. complained B. worried C. talked D. cared
43. A. fond B. hopeful C. proud D. envious
44. A. bought B. finished C. had D. prepared
45. A. explain B. discuss C. tell D. cover
46. A. as B. while C. so D. but
47. A. idea B. attention C. advice D. thought
48. A. think B. believe C. see D. say
49. A. chicken B. beef C. vegetables D. fish
50. A. expect B. wait C. wish D. long
51. A. Because B. So C. Before D. After
52. A. touch B. line C. way D. trouble
53. A. tasted B. sounded C. looked D. smelled
54. A. should B. need C. could D. must
55. A. act B. question C. measure D. gesture
参考答案
36 – 55 A C D B A C A D B A D B C D B D B A C A
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