In the last century there were not 　1　 big towns in the U.S.　2　 there are today.Most towns in the co In the last century there were not ____ 1 ____ big towns in the U.S.____ 2 ____ there are today.Most towns in the country were small.And in these small towns,the general store was ____ 3 ____ people ____ 4 the things they couldn't made or grow at home. 5 the store sold 6 a good deal about life in the United States at that time.People bought tools that they needed on their farms.They bought salt,sugar,coffee and 7 that their farms didn't produce.They bought articles of 8 that they could not make themselves,and cloth or other materials that the 9 would make into dresses for themselves,shirts for the men and clothes for their children. Life in the 10 century America was 11 .One proves that most people were satisfied with what they had 12 still they looked forward 13 courage to whatever the future would 14 them.It would be interesting to know 15 they would feel about life in the world today. 16 to them that life is too complex,or would they be glad to see that life is 17 in the past? Nobody will 18 know the 19 people at that time would enjoy life today or not.Perhaps man is always the same of his kind.They did take things for granted,and also they did try to make life more comfortable.We have to admit that it is the same 20 people at present. 1.A.many                     B.so many             C.so much             D.a lot of 2.A.where             B.like                    C.what                  D.as 3.A.where             B.for                     C.in which             D.that 4.A.made                     B.bought               C.sold               D.paid for 5.A.That                B.No matter           C.Which            D.What 6.A.says                B.talks                  C.refers             D.tells 7.A.other things     B.another food    C.other foods         D.foods and drinks 8.A.clothes            B.clothing             C.dresses               D.suits 9.A.farmers           B.men                   C.women               D.children 10.A.eighteenth      B.nineteenth          C.twentieth            D.next 11.A.easy                     B.simple                C.interesting      D.tiresome 12.A.and which      B.and yet               C.and that              D.but what 13.A.in                 B.to                      C.of                  D.with 14.A.bring             B.take                   C.happen to           D.serve 15.A.what             B.whether              C.that                   D.how 16.A.Did it appear  B.Would it seem  C.What did it seem  D.What appeared 17.A.still what it used to be        B.better than what it was C.much more easier than          D.no more than it was 18.A.never            B.always           C.once              D.ever 19.A.truth that              B.fact whether   C.idea how            D.information of 20.A.as                 B.for                     C.with               D.like