[单项选择] Newspaper publishers in the United States have long been enthusiastic users and distributors of weather maps. Although some newspapers that had carried the United States Weather Bureau’s national weather map in 1912 dropped it once the novelty had passed, many continued to print the daily weather chart provided by (5) their local forecasting office. In the 1930’s, when interest in aviation and progress in 　　air-mass analysis made weather patterns more newsworthy, additional newspapers 　　started or resumed the daily weather map. In 1935, The Associated Press (AP) news 　　service inaugurated its WirePhoto network and offered subscribing newspapers 　　morning and afternoon weather maps redrafted by the AP’s Washington, B.C, office (10)from charts provided by the government agency. Another news service, United Press 　　International (UPI), developed a competing photowire network and also provided 　　timely weather maps for both morning and afternoon newspapers
A. precise
B. poor
C. simple
D. dull

[单项选择] Newspaper publishers in the United States have long been enthusiastic users and distributors of weather maps. Although some newspapers that had carried the United States Weather Bureau’s national weather map in 1912 dropped it once the novelty had passed, many continued to print the daily weather chart provided by (5) their local forecasting office. In the 1930’s, when interest in aviation and progress in 　　air-mass analysis made weather patterns more newsworthy, additional newspapers 　　started or resumed the daily weather map. In 1935, The Associated Press (AP) news 　　service inaugurated its WirePhoto network and offered subscribing newspapers 　　morning and afternoon weather maps redrafted by the AP’s Washington, B.C, office (10)from charts provided by the government agency. Another news service, United Press 　　International (UPI), developed a competing photowire network and also provided 　　timely weather maps for both morning and afternoon newspapers
A. The differences between government and newspaper weather forecasting in the United States.
B. The history of publishing weather maps in United States newspapers
C. A comparison of regional and national weather reporting in the United States.
D. Information that forms the basis for weather forecasting in the United States

[单项选择]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 (31) on both sides with many various businesses. Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries. (32) , some shops offered (33) . These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe-repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops. (34) in the 1950s, a change began to (35) . Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street (36) too few parking places were available to shoppers. Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces (37) 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 mal
A. built
B. designed
C. intented
D. lined