A youth lay in a bath of tomato juice during the “Tomatina” Tomato Fight in the town of Bunol, near Valencia, eastern Spain.

Tens of thousands of people took off their shorts and threw tons of juicy tomatoes at each other in the Tomatina food fight, creating knee-deep rivers of tomato sauce (酱) on the streets of this Spanish town.

Five trucks carried 130 tons of the fruit for the hour-long fight which attracted foreign tourists. Among them are British, French, Argentineans and Japanese, as well as locals.

On the bell of noon the signal was given and for the next 60 minutes participants (参加人) hurled tomatoes at each other until a gunshot signalled the end of the festival.

The clean-up followed, with fighters washing the signs of battle away in the local river or under hundreds of temporary (临时的) showers. While the front of buildings were watered, they seemed brighter than ever after their bath.

The Tomatina, held on the last Wednesday in August, is said to be the world’s largest tomato fight. In the past people have been hurt during the tomato fight but no one was killed or injured this year.

The origin (起源) of the festival is unknown, but everyone in Bunol seems to have a favorite story. However, most agree it started around 1940.

1.The passage shows that the tomato fight this year is __________.

2.The underlined word “hurled” means “__________”.

3.According to the passage, we can learn that __________.

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A youth lay in a bath of tomato juice during the “Tomatina” Tomato Fight in the town of Bunol, near Valencia, eastern Spain.
Tens of thousands of people took off their shorts and threw tons of juicy tomatoes at each other in the Tomatina food fight, creating knee-deep rivers of tomato sauce (酱) on the streets of this Spanish town.
Five trucks carried 130 tons of the fruit for the hour-long fight which attracted foreign tourists. Among them are British, French, Argentineans and Japanese, as well as locals.
On the bell of noon the signal was given and for the next 60 minutes participants (参加人) hurled tomatoes at each other until a gunshot signalled the end of the festival.
The clean-up followed, with fighters washing the signs of battle away in the local river or under hundreds of temporary (临时的) showers. While the front of buildings were watered, they seemed brighter than ever after their bath.
The Tomatina, held on the last Wednesday in August, is said to be the world’s largest tomato fight. In the past people have been hurt during the tomato fight but no one was killed or injured this year.
The origin (起源) of the festival is unknown, but everyone in Bunol seems to have a favorite story. However, most agree it started around 1940.
【小题1】The passage shows that the tomato fight this year is __________.

A youth lay in a bath of tomato juice during the “Tomatina” Tomato Fight in the town of Bunol, near Valencia, eastern Spain.

Tens of thousands of people took off their shorts and threw tons of juicy tomatoes at each other in the Tomatina food fight, creating knee-deep rivers of tomato sauce (酱) on the streets of this Spanish town.

Five trucks carried 130 tons of the fruit for the hour-long fight which attracted foreign tourists. Among them are British, French, Argentineans and Japanese, as well as locals.

On the bell of noon the signal was given and for the next 60 minutes participants (参加人) hurled tomatoes at each other until a gunshot signalled the end of the festival.

The clean-up followed, with fighters washing the signs of battle away in the local river or under hundreds of temporary (临时的) showers. While the front of buildings were watered, they seemed brighter than ever after their bath.

The Tomatina, held on the last Wednesday in August, is said to be the world’s largest tomato fight. In the past people have been hurt during the tomato fight but no one was killed or injured this year.

The origin (起源) of the festival is unknown, but everyone in Bunol seems to have a favorite story. However, most agree it started around 1940.

The passage shows that the tomato fight this year is __________.

A. frightening                          B. boring

C. popular                              D. harmful

The underlined word “hurled” means “__________”.

A. presented (赠送)                     B. threw

C. gave                             D. picked

According to the passage, we can learn that __________.

A. participants can have a good rest after the fight ends

B. the festival came from a favorite story

C. only adults are permitted to attend the festival

D. no one was hurt in this year’s tomato fight

What is the best title for the passage?

A. A Youth Lay in a Bath of Tomato Juice

B. Tomato-hurling Festival in Spain

C. The History of “Tomatina” Tomato Fight

D. Festivals in Spain

A friend of ours was walking down a deserted Mexican beach at sunset．As he walked along, he began to see another man in the distance．As he drew   1　, he, who had been feeling so tired of teaching those naughty children at school, suddenly   2   the local native kept   3 down, picking something up and throwing it out into the water．Time and again he kept hurling （猛投） things out into the ocean．

As our friend   4   even closer, he found that the man was picking up starfish that had been washed up on the beach and, one   5  , he was   6   them back into the water．

Our friend was   7  ．He got close to the man and said, “Good evening, friend．I was  8  what you are doing．”

“I am throwing these starfish back into the ocean．You see, it’s   9   tide right now and all of these starfish have been   10   up onto the shore． 11   I don’t throw them back into the sea, they’ll die up here from   12   of oxygen．”

“I   13   that,” our friend replied, “but there must be thousands of starfish on this beach．You can’t  14   get to all of them．There are   15   too many．And don’t you realize this is probably happening on hundreds of beaches all up and down this   16  ．Can’t you see that you are not able to make a   17  ?”

The local native  18  , bent down and picked up yet   19   starfish, and as he threw it back into the sea, he   20  , “Made a difference to that one!”

1．A．farther                  B．nearer                 C．older                   D．stronger

2．A．observed               B．realized                C．discovered           D．noticed

3．A．slipping                 B．moving                C．bending               D．falling

4．A．marched               B．approached          C．swam                 D．ran

5．A．at a time                B．from time to time C．at times               D．in no time

6．A．giving                   B．throwing             C．dragging             D．waving

7．A．frightened             B．moved                 C．shocked             D．puzzled

8．A．recording              B．wondering           C．following             D．forecasting

9．A．low                      B．huge                   C．rising                  D．changeable

10．A．cleaned               B．dried                   C．pushed                D．washed

11．A．If                        B．Though               C．Because              D．Unless

12．A．quality                 B．lack                    C．balance               D．damage

13．A．challenge             B．suspect               C．understand          D．excuse

14．A．luckily                 B．possibly               C．hardly                 D．quickly

15．A．simply                 B．basically              C．approximately      D．especially

16．A．island                  B．coast                   C．ocean                  D．tide

17．A．sacrifice              B．choice                 C．profit                  D．difference

18．A．smiled                 B．prayed                C．sighed                 D．frowned

19．A．another               B．that                    C．one                    D．other

20．A．praised               B．commented          C．replied                D．added