In the United States, _________ is the most common language in the country after EngIn the United States, _________ is the most common language in the country after English.

In the United States, _________ is the most common language in the country after English.

Chinese is the fourth most-spoken language in the USA.()

Hawaii, the youngest state of the United States, is different in many ways from the mainland states. The Hawaiian people are a mixture of the【21】Hawaiians and many immigrants who arrived【22】When the first pineapple plantations【23】in Hawaii in the 1900's, there were not enough people living on the. islands to do all the work.【24】more came: the Chinese, Japanese, and the Portuguese were the main groups.

For many years, Hawaiian customs were looked down on or【25】. Now there is new pride in the old ways. Children are learning the【26】language and the traditional songs and dances. At the University of Hawaii there is a great deal of interest in the history of the islands and the culture of the【27】.

Visitors to the islands【28】to see the island paradise as it【29】to be. Large numbers of tourists from the Mainland【30】in Hawaii daily. Signs of modem tourism are【31】. Honolulu and its suburbs, a quiet area of about 250,000 thirty years【32】, is now a crowded area of 800,000 residents and【33】.

As you drive around the island of Oahu, you can find some of the beaches are closed【34】the public, and more and more tourist resorts are being built in areas that were unspoiled. Hawaiians【35】about what will happen to the old way of life.

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A．local

B．original

C．folk

D．migratory

Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1995 in the United States.

A 19【M2】 photo shows Bill as a rapt young teenager,

watched his friend Paul Allen type at a computer terminal. 【M1】______

Allen became a co-founder of Microsoft. As for a child, Gates 【M2】______

had neat hair and an eager, pleasant smile. He entered Harvard

and dropped out to found Microsoft in 19【M9】Microsoft's first 【M3】______

product was a version of the programming language BASIC, for

the Altair 8800, arguably the world's first personal computer.

BASIC, invented by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz in 1964,

was someone else's idea. Such was the Alter. 【M4】______

By 1980, IBM had decided to build personal computers

and needed a PC operating system. So they fired Microsoft to 【M5】______

build its operating system. Microsoft bought Q-DOS from a

company called Seattle Computer Products and retailed them 【M6】______

for the PC.

The PC was released in August 1981 and was following 【M7】______

into the market by huge flocks of honking, beeping clones.

Apple released the Macintosh in 1984: a sophisticated

computer was now available to the masses. In May 1990,

Microsoft finally perfected it's own version of Apple windows 【M8】______

3.0, another huge hit.

By the early 1990s, electronic mail and the Internet were

big. Technologists forecast an Internet centered view of computing

called "mirror worlds". The World Wide Web was emerged in 【M9】______

1994, marking browsers unnecessary, and Netscape was founded 【M10】______

that same year.

【M1】

The English language is used by more people in the world than any other living language today. This may seem【C1】______at first. After all, the population of the United Kingdom is one of the【C2】______in the world. But of course the UK is not the only country【C3】______native language is English: the majority of people in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are also native English -【C4】______However, even if you add【C5】______the populations of these countries the total only comes to about 400 million,【C6】______is less than one-tenth of the population of the world. And English is a language【C7】______international business and commerce. It is also the native language of the United States. So, any country【C8】______, for example, to trade with the United States, or to take advantage of its technology, must be able to operate in English. Also, most scientific and technological【C9】______have been made by English-speaking societies. To keep up【C10】______such developments, to talk about them in international conferences, or write and read about them in scientific journals and books, scientists, scholars and students must be able to understand English.

【C1】

A．surprised

B．surprising

C．common

D．ordinary