There are some special traditions in Hawaii . People there are very friendly and always welcome visitors . They give visitors a lei , a long necklace of beautiful fresh flowers . Men wear bright flowered shirts , and women often wear long flowered dresses .

In Hawaii you may find some traditional Chinese , Japanese and Philippine holidays . Of course , many holidays are from the United States . People call Hawaii the Aloha State . Aloha means both “hello” and “good--bye”. It also means “I love you ” .

Usually when people from different countries , races or traditions lives together , there are serious problems . But in Hawaii there are few problems , people have learned to live together in peace .

Hawaiians earn most of their money from tourists , most of whom come from the mainland and from Japan . The families of the first people who came from the U.S. mainland own the important banks and companies . Japanese are  also starting business and buying more and more land .

小题1:The underlined word “lei” in Paragraph One means ____________.

A．a necklace of flower

B．a plant in Hawaii.

C．a group of flower

D．a flowered dress小题2:Which of the following is TRUE about the people in Hawaii according to the passage?

A．They live together in peace.

B．There are no problems at all in Hawaii .

C．It is difficult for them to live together .

D．There are serious problems among them .小题3:Most of the rich men in Hawaii are _____________ .

A．Japanese

B．Americans and Chinese

C．Japanese and Americans

D．Chinese and Japanese小题4:The holiday in Hawwaii come from ______________ .

A．America

B．Philippines

C．China and Japan

D．All the above小题5:From the passage we know that Hawaiians are mostly __________.

A．rude to others

B．friendly to others

C．visitors from the mainland

D．tourists from Japan