2.Tens of thousands of people from around the world pelted each other with tons of tomatoes last Wednesday in the eastern Spanish town of Bunol.The one-hour bloodless battle,known as the Tomatina,left the town awash in a sea of tomato pulp (漿狀物).
The town council(委員會) brought in some 100tons of ripe tomatoes on trucks for the estimated(預計的)40,000tourists who came to the town of just 9,000local people for the annual festival,which has taken place for more than 60years.
Many of the participants were shirtless while others wore old clothes,or hard hats.Afterwards,workers hosed down(用水管沖洗)the walls and streets to remove the tomato pulp.
Spanish media said the tomatoes cost the town council around 28,000euros (﹩US35,000),about one third of the overall budget of 70,000euros for the festival,most of which goes to pay for security,cleaning services,mobile toilets and civil protection.
Doyle,who serves in the army in Ireland,learned about the festival while vacationing in Spain and did not want to miss it."I recommend it to everyone who wants to have a great time,"he said."I'll definitely come back."
There were no reports of injuries in this year's fight,said city councilor Pilar Garrigues.She said participants receive a list if recommendations on how to fight without hurting anybody.
Lots of fighters take their red shirts off,and they are not supposed to throw them,just the fruit.Nor is it considered fair to throw tomatoes that are a bit on the green side because they're harder.And the red ones?Squeeze them first,please,to remove the sting(梗).
More than 100police and 120civil protection volunteers were on hand in case of incidents.
The"Tomatina"is held each year in Bunol,which is about 40kilometers north of the coastal city of Valencia,Spain's third-largest city,on the last Wednesday in August.
The origins of the event are unclear although it is thought to have its roots in a food fight between childhood friends in the mid-1940s in the city.It has grown in size as international press coverage brought more and more people to the festival.
25.What does the underlined word"pelted"in the first sentence most probably mean?B
A.Looked after. B.Threw at.
C.Laughed at. D.Searched for.
26.How did the workers deal with the tomato pulp?A
A.They washed it with water.
B.They left it as it was.
C.They took it away on trucks.
D.They poured it into the sea.
27.From the text we can infer that DoyleD.
A.learned about the festival when he was in the army.
B.heard of the festival while he was in Ireland.
C.took part in most of the former festivals.
D.liked the festival very much.
28.The participants squeeze the tomatoes first toC.
A.make them harder.
B.see if they are ripe.
C.protect others from being hurt.
D.mix the red and green sides together.
分析 短文主要介紹了西班牙小鎮(zhèn)布諾爾互扔番茄節(jié)日的報導.
解答 25.B,詞義猜測題,根據(jù)后一句The one-hour bloodless battle,known as the Tomatina,left the town awash in a sea of tomato pulp可以猜測,他們互相扔西紅柿,導致整個城市都是西紅柿漿,故答案為B.
26.A,細節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)句子workers hosed down(用水管沖洗)the walls and streets to remove the tomato pulp可知,之后工人用水沖洗這些西紅柿漿,故答案為A.
27.D,推理判斷題,從他說的話I recommend it to everyone who wants to have a great time我們可以知道,他非常喜歡這個節(jié)日,故答案為D.
28.C,細節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)句子participants receive a list if recommendations on how to fight without hurting anybody可知,參加者擠壓西紅柿是為了防止其他人受到傷害,故答案為C.
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