B．The language which is different from "standard language"

C．The language spoken in most parts of one country

D．American English

3. American English has so many dialects because ________．

A．people have come from all over the world B．the US is made up of so many states

C．Americans move from one place to another D．the US is a large country

4. As many Americans move all over the country, they ________．

A．change their dialects B．take their dialects with them

C．don't speak their dialects D．can't understand each other's dialects

5. Many people believe the English spoken on TV and the radio is standard English because ________．

A．there are no differences in the way people speak on TV and the radio

B．English spoke in BBC and VOA is the same

C．people expect those who report the news speak excellent English

D．English spoken on TV and the radio doesn't contain dialects

B.

　　My name is Wang Kun. Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip. Two years ago she bought an expensive mountain bike and then she persuaded me to buy one. Last year, she visited our cousins, Dao Wei and Yu Hang at their college in Kunming. They are Dai and grew up in western Yunnan Province near the Lancang River, the Chinese part of the river that is called the Mekong River in other countries. Wang Wei soon got them interested in cycling too. After graduating from college, we finally got the chance to take a bike trip. I asked my sister, "Where are we going?" It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends. Now she is planning our schedule for the trip.

I am fond of my sister but she has one serious shortcoming. She can be really stubborn. Although she didn't know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she organize the trip properly. Now I know that the proper way is always her