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　　广东省连州市连州中学2012届高三12月月考英语试题
　　Ⅰ. 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）
　　第一节  完形填空 （共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）
　　阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　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 7      shoppers. Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces 8      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, 9    as a collection of small new stores 10     crowded city centres. 11     by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from 12 areas to outlying malls. And the growing 13    of shopping centres led 14     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 15     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. chosen for B. available to C. used by D. ready for
　　8. A. over B. from C. within D. outside
　　9. A. started B. founded C. set up D. organized
　　10. A. out of B. away from C. next to D. near
　　11. A. Attracted B. Surprised C. Delighted D. Enjoyed
　　12. A. inner B .central C. shopping D. downtown