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 (庆祝). 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 1940's, 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 (卡车) 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 (压烂) the tomato before throwing it and you are allowed to throw nothing but tomatoes.
It is usually over in less than half an hour. Everyone then sets off to the river to clearup. Sounds like fun!
小题1:The most exciting activity of the festival is ________.
A．parades
B．street parties
C．the tomato fight
D．the musical bands show小题2:The stories about how the festival began are ________.
A．quite different
B．rather sad
C．very famous
D．very clear小题3: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小题4: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.小题5: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