Shopping in the United States changes a lot．About ninety years ago most people s

Shopping in the United States changes a lot．About ninety years agomost people shopped in small stores that were owned by one person or a family．Women went from the bakery to the butcher’s to the grocer and on to thefruit and vegetable seller in order to get their food for the week．Then, about sixty yearsago, supermarkets were born．In a supermarket, peoplecould get all the different kinds of food they needed without going todifferent stores．

    The next big change in shopping in theUnited States was the shopping mall．A shopping mall is a group of stores under oneroof．Because malls allowed people to shop withoutworrying about the weather, they soon became very popular．The mall became a place for people to socialize in addition toshopping．If you walk through a mall, you will see olderpeople sitting, chatting and drinking coffee．Malls areplaces for teenagers to hang out．Many teens will oftenjust “go tothe mall” andspend time with their friends．

    The recent change in American shopping wasthe superstore．Large chain stores such as Wal-Mart, Office Depot and Toys “R” Us have been built all acrossthe United States．Because they are so large, they can buy goods at a great discountand sell them much cheaper than smaller stores．Sometimes,when they are built near small towns, many of the small town stores have toclose．They just cannot compete with their giantneighbors．

    And now, online shopping is becoming moreand more popular all over the States．People are too busy to go to the physicalstores, so they goshopping over the Internet．Online shopping has lots of advantages．Forinstance, online stores are usually available 24 hours a day．Searching or browsing online shops can be faster than browsing thephysical stores．While, online shopping also has itsdisadvantages．People are at higher risk of being cheatedon the part of the merchant than in a physical store．And privacyof personal information may be let out．

1.Which of the following shows the right orderof shopping development in the United States?

    ①small stores  ②superstores  ③shopping malls  ④shopping online ⑤supermarkets

    A．①②③④⑤     B．①⑤③②④     C．②③④①⑤     D．①⑤②③④

2.Which is the place for people to spend timewith others according to the passage?

    A．Small stores． B．Supermarkets． C．Shopping malls D．Superstores．

3.Why can the superstores sell products atmuch lower prices?

    A．Because they can buy goodsat a reduction in price．

    B．Because they are acrossthe United States．

    C．Because they sell allkinds of products people need．

    D．Because they are builtnear small towns．

4.What’sthe disadvantage of online shopping according to the passage?

    A．Wasting time．                   B．Fixed prices．

    C．No chance to do physicalactivities. D．Leaking personal information．

试题答案

【答案】

1.B          

2.C

3.A

4.D

【解析】 略