单项选择题
Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the twentieth century. (1) in the 1990s 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 offere (5) These shops included drag-stores, 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 inter6st 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 center (12) malls, started as a collection of small new stores . (13) congested city centers.. (14) by hundreds of free parking spaces 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.
1()
A.fame
B.distinction
C.popularity
D.liking