Solution 7 Reading

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

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

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.

3 Read the text. Match sentences A–G with gaps 1–5. There are two extra sentences.

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.

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.

A The idea w

Read the text. Match sentences with gaps 1–5. There are two extra sentences.

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.

So, in many ways, people seem to be going back to the way people shopped in

the 1950s.

A The idea

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. 6. _____ So, in many ways, people seem to be going back to the way people shopped in

the 1950s.

In the 1950s, British high streets were filled with large supermarkets.

People used to visit different shops on the high street to buy their food

The arrival of supermarkets meant that people no longer needed to buy fresh food.

The idea behind superstores was to make shopping more convenient by offering everything in one place.

Today, people mostly prefer to go to supermarkets to do their shopping.

Supermarkets were often located in the town center in the 1970s