Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century. 1in the 1900s most American towns and cities had a Main Street. Main Street was always the heart of a town. This street was lined on the both sides with many 2businesses. Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries. In addition, some shops offered 3. There shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops. But in the 1950s, a change began to 4place. Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street while in Street while too few parking places were 5to 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 needed. And open space is what they got when the first shopping centre was built. Shopping centers, or rather malls, 6as a collection of small new stores away from crowded city centers.7by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from 8areas to outlying malls. And the growing 9of 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 10of the stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks, with benches, fountains, and outdoor entertainment.
A. designed
B. take
C. Early
D. Attracted
E. though
F. convenience
G. services
H. fame
I. various
J. popularity
K. cosmetics
L. started
M. downtown
N. available
O. cheapness