This started to change in the 1970s with the arrival of supermarkets. They gave people the chance to buy everything that they needed in one place. People didn’t need to go to individual shops any more. 2___ So this new type of shop, along with a new way of storing meat and fruit at home, meant that instead of doing a small shop every few days, people could buy all the food that they needed for a week, or sometimes even a month.

B Customers knew exactly where to find the things they needed in each shop.

D People loved it because they had never had the chance to do all their shopping there before.

They also tried to offer customers everything that they needed, like a coffee shop, a hairdresser's and a chemist's. 4___ But this meant that the shops on the high street started to close down as they lost their customers.

B Customers knew exactly where to find the things they needed in each shop.

D People loved it because they had never had the chance to do all their shopping there before.

Copy Of Solutions Pre-intermediate Unit 7 Test Reading

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Read the text about shopping habits in the UK. Shopping habits in the UK have changed over the last sixty years, and this can be seen in the changing appearance of any British high street – the main shopping street in a town or city. In the 1950s, high streets had rows of individual shops selling different things.¹_ Most people did this every few days in order to buy fresh food. The high street was a sociable place to be. This started to change in the 1970s with the arrival of supermarkets. They gave people the chance to buy everything that they needed in one place. People didn’t need to go to individual shops any more. ²_ So this new type of shop, along with a new way of storing meat and fruit at home, meant that instead of doing a small shop every few days, people could buy all the food that they needed for a week, or sometimes even a month. As supermarkets became more popular, they changed from small local shops to huge superstores. ³_ They took people away from the high street. They also tried to offer customers everything that they needed, like a coffee shop, a hairdresser's and a chemist's. ⁴_ But this meant that the shops on the high street started to close down as they lost their customers. These days, more and more people are choosing not to go to supermarkets to do their shopping. ⁵___ People are also trying to spend less money, so a new type of discount shop has become very popular. It may be because of this that people have stopped doing big weekly or monthly shops. Now they go to shops more frequently to buy what they need for the next few days. So, in many ways, people seem to be going back to the way people shopped in the 1950s.

2.

Now read the text again. Match sentences A–G with gaps 1–5. There are two extra sentences.

3.

Shopping habits in the UK have changed over the last sixty years, and this can be seen in the changing appearance of any British high street – the main shopping street in a town or city. In the 1950s, high streets had rows of individual shops selling different things.¹___ Most people did this every few days in order to buy fresh food. The high street was a sociable place to be.

A.

A The idea was to get customers to spend all their money in one place.
B.

B Customers knew exactly where to find the things they needed in each shop.
C.

C And because of their size, many of these supermarkets were outside town.
D.

D People loved it because they had never had the chance to do all their shopping there before.
E.

E At the same time, more and more people had freezers in their houses.
F.

F There was a greengrocer's next to a butcher's next to a baker's, and people visited each place to do their shopping.
G.

G Instead, they are using the internet to shop from home and get their shopping delivered.

Correct Answer
F. F There was a greengrocer's next to a butcher's next to a baker's, and people visited each place to do their shopping.

Explanation
The correct answer is F. This is because the passage states that in the 1950s, high streets had rows of individual shops selling different things. People would visit each place, such as a greengrocer's, a butcher's, and a baker's, to do their shopping. This suggests that there were separate shops for different types of products, and people would visit each shop to buy what they needed.

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This started to change in the 1970s with the arrival of supermarkets. They gave people the chance to buy everything that they needed in one place. People didn’t need to go to individual shops any more. ²___ So this new type of shop, along with a new way of storing meat and fruit at home, meant that instead of doing a small shop every few days, people could buy all the food that they needed for a week, or sometimes even a month.

A.

A The idea was to get customers to spend all their money in one place.
B.

B Customers knew exactly where to find the things they needed in each shop.
C.

C And because of their size, many of these supermarkets were outside town.
D.

D People loved it because they had never had the chance to do all their shopping there before.
E.

E At the same time, more and more people had freezers in their houses.
F.

F There was a greengrocer's next to a butcher's next to a baker's, and people visited each place to do their shopping.
G.

G Instead, they are using the internet to shop from home and get their shopping delivered.

Correct Answer
E. E At the same time, more and more people had freezers in their houses.

Explanation
The answer choice E states that at the same time as the arrival of supermarkets, more and more people had freezers in their houses. This is a logical explanation for why people could buy all the food they needed for a week or even a month. Having freezers allowed people to store meat and fruit at home for longer periods of time, reducing the need for frequent trips to the shops.

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5.

As supermarkets became more popular, they changed from small local shops to huge superstores. ³___ They took people away from the high street.

A.

A The idea was to get customers to spend all their money in one place.
B.

B Customers knew exactly where to find the things they needed in each shop.
C.

C And because of their size, many of these supermarkets were outside town.
D.

D People loved it because they had never had the chance to do all their shopping there before.
E.

E At the same time, more and more people had freezers in their houses.
F.

F There was a greengrocer's next to a butcher's next to a baker's, and people visited each place to do their shopping.
G.

G Instead, they are using the internet to shop from home and get their shopping delivered.

Correct Answer
C. C And because of their size, many of these supermarkets were outside town.

Explanation
The correct answer is C. This answer explains that supermarkets became huge superstores and were located outside town due to their size. This suggests that the change from small local shops to large superstores resulted in supermarkets being located away from the high street.

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They also tried to offer customers everything that they needed, like a coffee shop, a hairdresser's and a chemist's. ⁴___ But this meant that the shops on the high street started to close down as they lost their customers.

A.

A The idea was to get customers to spend all their money in one place.
B.

B Customers knew exactly where to find the things they needed in each shop.
C.

C And because of their size, many of these supermarkets were outside town.
D.

D People loved it because they had never had the chance to do all their shopping there before.
E.

E At the same time, more and more people had freezers in their houses.
F.

F There was a greengrocer's next to a butcher's next to a baker's, and people visited each place to do their shopping.
G.

G Instead, they are using the internet to shop from home and get their shopping delivered.

Correct Answer
A. A The idea was to get customers to spend all their money in one place.

Explanation
The correct answer is A. The idea was to get customers to spend all their money in one place. This is because the sentence states that the supermarkets tried to offer customers everything they needed, like a coffee shop, a hairdresser's, and a chemist's. By providing all these services in one place, the supermarkets aimed to attract customers and encourage them to spend all their money in their establishment, rather than shopping at different shops on the high street. This led to the closure of shops on the high street as they lost their customers to the supermarkets.

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These days, more and more people are choosing not to go to supermarkets to do their shopping. ⁵___ People are also trying to spend less money, so a new type of discount shop has become very popular. It may be because of this that people have stopped doing big weekly or monthly shops. Now they go to shops more frequently to buy what they need for the next few days. So, in many ways, people seem to be going back to the way people shopped in the 1950s.

A.

A The idea was to get customers to spend all their money in one place.
B.

B Customers knew exactly where to find the things they needed in each shop.
C.

C And because of their size, many of these supermarkets were outside town.
D.

D People loved it because they had never had the chance to do all their shopping there before.
E.

E At the same time, more and more people had freezers in their houses.
F.

F There was a greengrocer's next to a butcher's next to a baker's, and people visited each place to do their shopping.
G.

G Instead, they are using the internet to shop from home and get their shopping delivered.

Correct Answer
G. G Instead, they are using the internet to shop from home and get their shopping delivered.

Copy Of Solutions Pre-intermediate Unit 7 Test Reading

Now read the text again. Match sentences A–G with gaps 1–5. There are two extra sentences.

As supermarkets became more popular, they changed from small local shops to huge superstores. 3___ They took people away from the high street.

They also tried to offer customers everything that they needed, like a coffee shop, a hairdresser's and a chemist's. 4___ But this meant that the shops on the high street started to close down as they lost their customers.

As supermarkets became more popular, they changed from small local shops to huge superstores. ³___ They took people away from the high street.

They also tried to offer customers everything that they needed, like a coffee shop, a hairdresser's and a chemist's. ⁴___ But this meant that the shops on the high street started to close down as they lost their customers.