Section D Directions: In this section you will hear a recorded short passage. The passage is printed in the test paper, but with some words or phrases missing. The passage will be read three times. During the second reading, you are required to put the missing words or phrases on the Answer Sheet in order of the numbered blanks according to what you hear. The third reading is for you to check your writing. Now the passage will begin. Since World War Two, especially in the last few decades of the 20 th century, large groups of foreigners have come and settled in the United States. The (16) is that many Americans speak a foreign language at home. Today, one in seven Americans speaks a language (17) English. Spanish is the leading foreign language spoken by 17 million Americans. Altogether 31.8 million Americans speak 329 foreign languages in the (18) . That means there is an increase of 34 percent is foreign language usage since 1980. Asian languages are used by 14 percent of foreign language speakers. That (19) the new wave of immigrants from Asian countries (20) India, Japan, Korea and the Philippines. However, fewer European languages are heard in American families than before.