Iii. Cloze (30 points)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, Cand D.Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Hawaii, the youngest state of the United States, is different in many ways from the mainland states. The Hawaiian people are a mixture of the 21 Hawaiians and many immigrants who arrived 22 When the first pineapple plantations 23 in Hawaii in the 1900's, there were not enough people living on the islands to do all the work.24 more came: the Chinese, Japanese, and the Portuguese were the main groups.
For many years, Hawaiian customs were looked down on or 25. Now there is new pride in the old ways. Children are learning the 26 language and the traditional songs and dances. At the University of Hawaii there is a great deal of interest in the history of the islands and the culture of the27.
Visitors to the islands 28to see the island paradise as it 29to be. Large numbers of tourists from the Mainland 30 in Hawaii daily. Signs of modern tourism are 31 Honolulu and its suburbs, a quiet area of about 250,000 thirty years 32, is now a crowded area of 800,000residents and 33.
As you drive around the island of Oahu, you can find some of the beaches are closed 34 the public, and more and more tourist resorts are being built in areas that were unspoiled.Hawaiians 35 about what will happen to the old way of life.
21. A. local
B. original
C. folk
D. migratory
22. A. later
B. first
C. earlier
D. last
23. A. planted
B. would plant
C. were being planted
D. had been planted
24. A. When
B. That
C. So
D. Though
25. A. respected
B. admired
C. damaged
D. ignored
26. A. Chinese
B. Hawaiian
C. Japanese
D. Portuguese
27. A. past
B. today
C. America
D. other countries
28. A. enjoy
B. willing
C. want
D. are like
29. A. are used
B. was
C. used
D. would
30. A. approach
B. arrive
C. Reach
D. stay
31. A. somewhere
B. anywhere
C. nowhere
D. everywhere
32. A. before
B. ago
C. Over
D. near
33. A. tourists
B. immigrants
C. people
D. crowds
34. A. for
B. from
C. toward
D. to
35. A. wonder
B. think
C. puzzle
D. worry
