A. DOWN B. UP C. WITH D. TIMEIX. READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE AND MA...

27. A. down B. up C. with D. timeIX. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate thecorrect answer to each of the questions.Out in the Pacific Ocean, 3,700 kilometers from Los Angeles, are the islands ofHawaii, the fiftieth state of the United States, with its area of 16,700 square kilometers.The first Hawaiians arrived from other Pacific islands sometime around 100 AD.Then in 1778, Captain Cook visited Hawaii. He put the islands on his maps of the PacificOcean. Then more ships knew Hawaii and began stopping there for supplies.In 1820, a small group of people from the eastern United States came to teach theHawaiian people about Christianity. They started farms to grow sugar cane andpineapples. Because there were not enough people to do all the farm work, farm ownersbrought in Asians - Chinese, Japanese, and Filipinos.Later Koreans, Portuguese, and Puerto Ricans also came. More people came fromthe US mainland and from other Pacific islands, and Hawaii became an island withtraditions from several countries. People from the various nation groups have marriedeach other, so today the groups are partly mixed.Hawaiians are very friendly and always welcome visitors. They celebratetraditional Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino holidays as well as holidays from The Unitedstates. Hawaii is known as the Aloha State. “Aloha” mean “hello”, “goodbye”, and “Ilove you” in Hawaiian. /.