[单项选择]A. Since last year. B. For a few days.
C. For a few hours. D. For several weeks.

[填空题]Since World War Two, especially in the last few decades of the 20th century, large groups of foreigners have come and settled in the United States. The (11) is that many Americans speak a foreign language at home. Today, one in seven Americans speaks a language (12) English. Spanish is the leading foreign language spoken by 17 million Americans. All together, 31.8 million Americans speak 329 foreign languages in the (13) . That means there is an increase of 34 percent in foreign language usage since 1980. Asian languages are used by 14 percent of foreign language speakers. That (14) the new wave of immigrants from Asian countries (15) India, Japan, Korea and the Philippines. However, fewer European languages are heard in American families than before.Since World War Two, especially in the last few decades of the 20th century, large groups of foreigners have come and settled in the United States. The (11) is that many Americans speak

[判断题]
Situation in Southern Thailand worsens since last September.

[单项选择]Jake （）with Janet since last week
A. had never talked    
B. hasn’t talked
C. doesn’t talk      
D. will never talk

[单项选择]In the last few minutes the conversation has become seemingly（）as if the discussion were of some minor domestic matte r and not survival itself.
A. crucial
B. central
C. casual
D. causal