The worst recession since World War II took place on the high street, with one in ten stores left empty as wounded retailers went to the wall(破产). But as the recovery gets under way and empty shops find new tenants, the names over the doors are changing. Several foreign retailers have plans to set up shops in the UK this year, attracted by the scale of the market and a national obsession with shopping. After falling through much in 2009, retail spending starts to recover at the turn of the year and with so many shops empty, landlords are offering prospective tenants the best deals in years.
Lorna Hall, retail editor at a trend forecaster center, says that even before the credit crunch(艰难局面)some big American groups were grading the UK. Stores such as Abercrombie & Fitch and Best Buy have been hit by the downturn on Main Street but have remained determined to press ahead with expansion in the UK, if only to gain a foothold(立足点)for their large online businesses.

单选题 One of the consequences the recession caused is that______.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】细节推断题。由题干中的recession定位到首段第一句。文章首段指出，自二战以来最严重的一次经济危机让商店的生意受到重创：大受打击的零售商们破产，10％的商店人去楼空。因此可以判断B)“一些商店停业”正确。

单选题 With the recovery of economy, many shops are getting

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】事实细节题。由题干中的recovery，shops定位到首段第二句。文中提到，随着经济复苏，新的租客进驻，店名也正在发生改变。由此可知很多商店有了新的租客，所以A)“新租客”正确。

单选题 What has attracted some foreign retailers to decide to set up shops in the UK?

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】事实细节题。由题干中的attracted，foreign retailers定位到文章第二段首句。文中提到，受到市场规模和国内购物热的影响，几家国外零售商也计划今年进驻英国市场，因此A)“市场规模”是吸引国外零售商的因素之一。

单选题 Landlords are offering prospective tenants the best deals in years because______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】事实细节题。由题干中的Landlords are offering prospective tenants定位到第二段末句。文中指出，由于很多商店空着，房东为潜在的租客提供了历年来最大的优惠。由此可知，房东提供优惠的原因是D)“很多商店空着”。

单选题 Some stores are determined to expand in the UK for the purpose of getting______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】细节推断题。由题干中的determined，expand和the UK定位到文章最后一句。文中指出，很多国外商店决定进驻英国市场，他们想要在网上交易中获得立足之地，D)“更大的网上销量”与此相符。