阅读理解，请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　The United States is mainly an English-speaking country．A great number of population speaks English as their native language．Business, education and most public aspects(方面)of life are conducted in English．Across the country, people pronounce English sounds in several different ways and some regional(地区的)differences in words spelling exist(存在), but for the most parts, Americans speak one common language．This language is sometimes called American English．

　　However, not everyone in the US is a native speaker of English．Most of the persons coming into the country are speakers of other languages．There are hundreds of communities(社区)around the US where English is not the most commonly used language．Chinese, Italian, German, Greek, Vietnamese and French are all spoken in a great number of communities in the United States．Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language after English in the US．It is widely spoken in New York and across the southern part of the country．

　　For speakers of other languages, learning English is important, but traditionally, teaching people to speak English as a second language was given little attention．Non-English speakers were expected to "pick up" the language through getting in touch with people in public．Recently, this has changed．Today, most large public schools and community colleges have ESL(English as a Second Language)programs．American English teachers feel that English students should learn the language in the way they will be using it．Therefore, ESL programs teach different English lessons to different students．Some programs teach students to be able to express their thoughts in English in public．

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Mark Twain，the famous American writer，liked to play jokes on others．But once a joke 1 ndline　 on him．

　　One day Mark Twain was invited to give a talk in a small town．2 ndline　 lunch he met a young man，one of his friends．

　　The young man said that he had an uncle with him．He told Mark Twain that his uncle 3 ndline　 laughed or smiled，and that nobody and nothing was able to make his uncle smile or laugh．“You 4 ndline　 your uncle to my talk tonight，”said Mark Twain．“I'm sure I can make him laugh．”That evening the young man and his un-cle sat in the front．Mark Twain began to speak．He told several funny stories．This made everyone in the room 5 ndline．

　　But the old man never even smiled．Mark Twain told more funny stories，6 ndline　 the old man still kept quiet．Mark Twain told his 7 ndline　 stories．Finally he stopped.He was tired and quite 8 ndline．Some days later，Mark Twain told another friend of his about 9 ndline　 had happened．

　　“Oh，”said his friend，“I know that old man．He's been 10 ndline　 for years．”

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根据短文内容选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。(Choose the best answers to complete the passage．)

Shopping for clothes is not the　　1　　way for a man as it is for a woman．A man goes shopping because he needs　　2　　．He knows what he wants, and he goes there to 　　3　　it and buys it．It is unimportant whether it is cheaper or not．All men simply walk into a shop and ask the person in the shop 　　4　　 what they want．The job can be often completed in 　　5　　 than five minutes, with hardly any small talk 　　6　　 them and the person in the shop．Now how would a woman go about 　　7　　 clothes? Her shopping is not often based on need．She has never fully decided what she wants, and she is 　　8　　“having a look around”．She will try on a number of things．For her the most 　　9　　 thing is to find something that 　　10　　 thinks suits her．　　11　　 women have a very good sense of value when they 　　12　　 clothes．Faced with a room full of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour 　　13　　 from hanger to hanger, before choosing the dress she wants to try on．It is a long and hard 　　14　　, but obviously(显然)one to be enjoyed．Most dress shops have chairs 　　15　　 the waiting husbands．

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