题目内容：

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。情将其答案下面题号后的横线上。每空限填一个词，每词限用一次。方框中有两个是多余的。

express,speak,open, be,practice,take,clear, try,when,understand, sit,bring

Many Chinese students don’t pay much attention to 1.  English at school. They think it necessary 2. speaking English in class, but not out of class. Here is a story to show you how important it is to speak the English language freely in everyday life.

A foreigner once got hungry and went into a restaurant in London. He sat down at a table. When the waiter came, he 3.  his mouth, put his fingers into it and took them out again in order   4. that he wanted something to eat for he could not speak English. The waiter soon 5. a cup of tea. The man shook his head. The waiter then   6.  away the tea and brought a cup of coffee. The man again shook his head. He   7. again and again, but he wasn’t able to make the waiter   8.  him. Finally another man came in. He spoke English   9. and fluently. In a few minutes, there 10.  a large plate of meat and vegetables on the table before him.