Question

Spain is famous for its tomato festival, called La Tomatina. It happens in a small town Hanoi on the last Wednesday of August every year. During the festival there are all kinds of activities, but the most exciting part is the tomato fight. It takes place at the end of long celebration (慶祝）.You are encouraged to throw tomatoes in the fight. There’re many stories about how the festival began. One of the stories goes that during the 19409s,some friends started a tomato fight,while another story is about a local band. Anyway, everyone in Bunol seems to have a different story. Before the tomato fight, there are parades (游行）,musical bands, street parties and so on.   On the day of the fight, shopkeepers cover their windows and doors in order to keep away from the tomato fight. At the same time, thousands of tourists and local people come to the town square together. Then large trucks (卡車）full of tomatoes arrive. From theback of the large trucks, a great town band start to throw tomatoes at others. Then the crowds fight back, throwing the tomatoes at anything and anyone. Soon the streets are in the sea of red tomato juice.

Everyone is supposed to obey a small number of rules ： You must squash(壓爛)the tomato before throwing it and you are allowed to throw nothing but tomatoes.

It is usually over in less than hall an hour. Everyone then sets off to the river to clear up. Sounds like fun!

( C    ) 6. The most exciting activity of the festival is

A. parades

B. street parties

C. the tomato fight

D. the musical bands show

( A )7. The stories about how the festival began are

A. quite different    B. rather sad

C. very famous    D. very clear

(D )8. On the fight day,_.

A. all the buses are filled with tomatoes

B. you can see lots of red apples on the streets

C. shopkeepers are not allowed to watch people fight

D. lots of tourists and local people take part in the fight

(B )9. Which of the following is TRUE according to

the passage?

A. You can throw tomatoes at others but others can't throw back.

B. The tomato must be squashed before throwing

it.

C. The fight usually lasts more than thirty minutes.

D. People can throw everything on the fight day.

(B ) 10. The best title of the passage can be_.

A. Travel in Spain

B. The Tomato Festival in Spain.

C. The History of Spain

D. Rules of the Tomato Festival

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Answer 1