2. 外语
  3. Hawaii, the newest state in the United States, is a 【C1】______ of eight large islands and many small 【C2】______ in the Central

Hawaii, the newest state in the United States, is a 【C1】______ of eight large islands and many small 【C2】______ in the Central

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问题    Hawaii, the newest state in the United States, is a 【C1】______  of eight large islands and many small 【C2】______  in the Central Pacific Ocean, about 2,200 miles west of San Francisco.  Hawaii was probably 【C3】______  about 750 A. D. , by 【C4】______  from the other Pacific islands. The first Europeans 【C5】______  Americans to visit it were the British Captain James Cook and his 【C6】______  in 1778. James named his discovery the Sandwich Islands 【C7】______  the sponsor of his expedition, the Earl of Sandwich. Twelve years later, the others from Europe and the new United States began to settle in the islands.
   These "westerners" brought 【C8】______  to Hawaii. They brought new diseases, which the Hawaiians had no 【C9】______  to; they brought alcohol, which many Hawaiians became 【C10】______  to; they brought a new religion which 【C11】______  the old values and forced the islanders to 【C12】______  their old culture and 【C13】______  to a new one.
   Many Americans settled in Hawaii, and in 1893, they 【C14】______  the queen and 【C15】______  Hawaii a republic.  Sandford Dole, a missionary’s son, was made president. In 1898, the United States 【C16】______  the islands, and it became a 【C17】______  of the United States in 1900.
   On December 7th, 1941, the Japanese 【C18】______  Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This attack 【C19】______  the entrance of the United States to the Second World War. In 1959, the United States Congress 【C20】______  Hawaii to statehood, making it the fiftieth state in the United States. For the first time in about 200 years, Hawaiians were able to participate in the electoral process.  
【C3】______
选项 A、colonized
B、inhabited
C、settled
D、occupied
答案C
解析  此处意为“定居”。
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