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　　MADRID (AFP)--Some 40000 Spaniards were gathering in the eastern town of Bunol ready to create a “human gazpacho（西班牙凉菜汤）”, hurling（投掷）some 100000 kilograms (220000 pounds) of tomatoes at one another to mark La Tomatina, surely one of the world’s messiest festivals.

　　Madcap fans from around the world converge（集中）on the normally sleepy town on the last Wednesday of August, many clad（穿衣的）in waterproof capes（防水衣）to stave（抵挡）off the onslaught（冲击）of juice and pulp（果肉）in a manic（狂轰滥炸）free-for-all believed to have begun life as an argument between two carnival（狂欢节）participants in 1945.

　　In keeping with local tradition local people and tourists join the fun and games from midday, when five lorries（卡车）groaning under the weight of tomatoes move into place in the central plaza of the town.

　　That is the signal for participants to hurl fruit at anything that moves and everybody gets drenched（“落汤鸡”）in the process.

　　The rules say the tomatoes have to be squashed up（被压碎）a little before they are thrown to make them all the squishier（黏糊糊的）.

　　After pelting（大战）each other for an hour revelers（狂欢者）jump in a nearby river to clean themselves while the fire brigade hose（用水冲）down the streets.

(1)What is passage mainly about?

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A．People in Bunol celebrate Tomato Festival.

B．People in Bunol fight each other for stealing tomatoes.

C．People in Bunol use lorries to make tomatoes delicious.

D．People in Bunol love to waste tomatoes for fun.

(2)Why do the tomatoes have to be squashed up（被压碎）?

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A．Because people wear waterproof capes.

B．Because they won’t hurt people and people can easily get fun.

C．Because they are carried by lorry.

D．Because the fire brigade hose（用水冲）down the streets.

(3)What is the meaning of the word that is underlined in Paragraph 3?

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A．广场

B．卧室

C．院子

D．警察局

Answer 1

答案：A;B;A
解析：

(1)本文介绍了西班牙西红柿狂欢节的情况，故答案为A项。 (2)把西红柿稍微压碎一下的目的自然是为了安全和制造更多的乐趣。A项“人们穿着防水衣”；C项“西红柿是用卡车运来的”；D项“消防车用水冲街道”；A、C、D三项均非娱乐、狂欢的宗旨。 (3)根据文章的大意，人们参加的是西红柿狂欢节，自然地点是广场。