44. Which of the following can best fit into the blank in the paragraph below?
(A) In America, however, people use words from other languages.
(B) In Britain, however, life changed considerably and so did English.
(C) In America, however, people like to shop at malls.
(D) In Britain, however, this place is called a chemist’s.
In America, the place where medicines are sold is called a drugstore or pharmacy.
_______________ In Britain, the skilled person who owns or manages a shop where medicines are
sold is called a chemist, but in America, this person is called a druggist or pharmacist. To the
British mind, a drugstore sounds like a place where illegal drugs like heroin and cocaine are sold,
rather than where legal drugs like cough medicine and headache tablets can be purchased!