Hawaii, the newest state in the United States, is a 【C1】______of eight large islands and m

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.

【C1】______

A．group

B．bunch

C．gathering

D．sort