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The shopping centre emerged in the early 1900s in the suburbs that encircled American cities.
Suburbs on that time tended to be chiefly residential and depend on the traditional city centres
for shopping. The first suburban commercial centres had three identifiable features: they
consisted of a number of stores built and leased by a single developer; they were usually
situated at a significant intersection, and they provided plenty of free, off-street parking. These
"shopping villages" resembled small-town shopping districts, both in their
architecture, which
was carefully traditional, and in their layout, which integrated them into the
surrounding
neighbourhood. The stores faced the street and the parking were usually in the rear.
4. Before the introduction of shopping centres, those living in the
residential suburban areas
..........
A. were anxious to keep commercial activities there to a minimum.
B. usually preferred to go to nearby small towns so as to do their shopping.
C. forced parking a great problem when they went downtown to shop.
D. had to go into the centre of the city to do their shopping.
5. A popular site for the early shopping centres in the United States was .........
A. the very heart of a big city with roads directly serving all the suburbs.
B. one near an important road junction with space enough to provide sufficient parking
facilities.
C. the villages bordering on the suburbs on a town, since they too would benefit from the
facilities.
D. a suitable point midway between two of three suburban areas.
6. The new "shopping villages" were reminiscent of small-town shopping areas ...........
A. since many architects felt these could hardly be integrated effectively into suburban
conditions.
B. though the stores faced onto the
parking lots, not the streets.
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