"Aha!" they both exclaimed. "You ARE from Iraq!" Tara smiled and said yes. Then she  【小题1】 to both of them for lying the day before. She explained that she had not wanted to get into an Arabic conversation with them. It had been her experience that many ESL students continued to speak their native language in ESL class, and Tara had not come to ESL class to practice her Arabic. In her opinion, ESL students should try to speak English  【小题2】 .

"I agree," said Rose.

"You're 100 percent right," agreed Jennifer. "Rose and I must stop speaking Arabic to each other. Right, Rose?" Rose nodded, and then said something in Arabic. And  【小题3】 three women laughed.

Over the next four months, Tara became friendly with both women, 【小题4】 she never spoke a word of Arabic to them during class of break.