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  3. Hawaii’s native minority is demanding a greater degree of sovereignty over its own affairs. But much of the archipelagos (群岛的) p

Hawaii’s native minority is demanding a greater degree of sovereignty over its own affairs. But much of the archipelagos (群岛的) p

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问题     Hawaii’s native minority is demanding a greater degree of sovereignty over its own affairs. But much of the archipelagos (群岛的) political establishment, which includes the White Americans who dominated until the Second World War and people of Japanese, Chinese and Filipino origin, is opposed to the idea.
    The islands were annexed by the US in 1898 and since then Hawaii’s native peoples have fared (过着……的生活) worse than any of its other ethnic groups. They make up over 60 percent of the state’s homeless, suffer higher levels of unemployment and their life span is five years less than the average Hawaiians. They are the only major US native group without some degree of autonomy.
    But a sovereignty advisory committee set up by Hawaii’s first native governor, John Waihee, has given the natives’ cause a major boost by recommending that the Hawaiian natives decided by themselves whether to reestablish a sovereign Hawaiian nation.
    However, the Hawaiian natives are not united in their demands. Some just want greater autonomy within the state—as enjoyed by many American Indian natives over matters such as education. This is a position supported by the office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA.), a state agency set up in 1978 to represent the natives’ interests and which has now become the moderate face of the native sovereignty movement. More ambitious is the Ka Lahui group, which declared itself a new nation in 1987 and wants full, official independence from the US.
    But if Hawaiian natives are given greater autonomy, it is far from clear how many people this will apply to. The state authorities only count as native those people with more than 50 percent Hawaiian blood.
    Native demands are not just based on political grievances (不平), though. They also want their claim on 660,000 hectares of Hawaiian crown, land (官地) to be accepted. It is on this issue that native groups are facing most opposition from the state authorities. In 1993, the state government paid the OHA US$136 million in back rent (拖欠的租金) on the crown land and many officials say that by accepting this payment the agency has given up its claim to legally own the land. The OHA has vigorously disputed this.
John Waihee’s attitude towards the native Hawaiians’ sovereignty movement can best be described as "________".
选项 A、democratiC
B、optimistiC
C、demanding
D、ambitious
答案A
解析 根据题干中的人名John Waihee定位于第3段。从该段recommending后的内容可以知道John Waihee对夏威夷土著争取主权的运动采取民主的做法，不强迫所有人接受同样的做法，由此可见，选项A为本题答案。从该段可以看出John Waihee持中立的态度，既没有对该提议表示乐观、充满信心，也没有表示野心勃勃，由此可见，选项B和D都没有原文依据；原文只用了recommend一词，并非带有强迫性的demand，因此选项C也不正确。
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