(15) people from around the world came to the eastern Spanish town of Bunol. They threw tons of tomatoes
(16) each other in a yearly food fight. That made the street in red juice. A rocket
(17) from the town hall was the start of the event for which local government offered 120 tons of tomatoes.
Many people, including many from Britain, France, Germany, Russia and Asia, wore hard hats, glasses or protective plastic sheets.
(18) protect their things from the sea of red mush (糊状物), shopkeepers
(19) huge plastic covers on the front of their stores. About 40,000 people took part in the tomato fight this year,
(20) four times the people of the town.
(21) amazing!
After the fight lasting about one hour, municipal(市政的) workers and local people used big water pipes to clean the streets which were covered with tomato mush. The joiners went to a nearby river to wash
(22) .
The tomato fight is held each year on the last Wednesday in August. The start of the event is still not clear although it is
(23) to have its roots in a food fight between childhood friends
(24) in Bunol.
| 小题1: | | A．Thousands of | B．Ten thousands | C．Thousand of | D．Ten thousand of |
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| 小题3: | | A．is fired | B．fired | C．fires | D．was firing |
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| 小题4: | | A．In order to | B．So that | C．Because of | D．If |
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| 小题5: | | A．put away | B．put off | C．put up | D．put out |
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| 小题6: | | A．more than | B．much more | C．many more | D．less than |
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| 小题7: | | A．That | B．How | C．What an | D．Is it |
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| 小题8: | | A．tomatoes | B．them | C．themselves | D．dishes |
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| 小题9: | | A．thought | B．sure | C．all right | D．saying |
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小题10:.
| A．on the 1940 | B．in the 1940 | C．in 1940’s | D．in the 1940S |
