2．Tens of thousands of people from around the world pelted each other with tons of tomatoes last Wednesday in the eastern Spanish town of Bunol．The one-hour bloodless battle，known as the Tomatina，left the town awash in a sea of tomato pulp （浆状物）．
The town council（委员会） brought in some 100tons of ripe tomatoes on trucks for the estimated（预计的）40，000tourists who came to the town of just 9，000local people for the annual festival，which has taken place for more than 60years．
Many of the participants were shirtless while others wore old clothes，or hard hats．Afterwards，workers hosed down（用水管冲洗）the walls and streets to remove the tomato pulp．
Spanish media said the tomatoes cost the town council around 28，000euros （﹩US35，000），about one third of the overall budget of 70，000euros for the festival，most of which goes to pay for security，cleaning services，mobile toilets and civil protection．
Doyle，who serves in the army in Ireland，learned about the festival while vacationing in Spain and did not want to miss it．"I recommend it to everyone who wants to have a great time，"he said．"I'll definitely come back．"
There were no reports of injuries in this year's fight，said city councilor Pilar Garrigues．She said participants receive a list if recommendations on how to fight without hurting anybody．
Lots of fighters take their red shirts off，and they are not supposed to throw them，just the fruit．Nor is it considered fair to throw tomatoes that are a bit on the green side because they're harder．And the red ones？Squeeze them first，please，to remove the sting（梗）．
More than 100police and 120civil protection volunteers were on hand in case of incidents．
The"Tomatina"is held each year in Bunol，which is about 40kilometers north of the coastal city of Valencia，Spain's third-largest city，on the last Wednesday in August．
The origins of the event are unclear although it is thought to have its roots in a food fight between childhood friends in the mid-1940s in the city．It has grown in size as international press coverage brought more and more people to the festival．
25．What does the underlined word"pelted"in the first sentence most probably mean？B
A．Looked after． B．Threw at．
C．Laughed at． D．Searched for．
26．How did the workers deal with the tomato pulp？A
A．They washed it with water．
B．They left it as it was．
C．They took it away on trucks．
D．They poured it into the sea．
27．From the text we can infer that DoyleD．
A．learned about the festival when he was in the army．
B．heard of the festival while he was in Ireland．
C．took part in most of the former festivals．
D．liked the festival very much．
28．The participants squeeze the tomatoes first toC．
A．make them harder．
B．see if they are ripe．
C．protect others from being hurt．
D．mix the red and green sides together．
分析 短文主要介绍了西班牙小镇布诺尔互扔番茄节日的报导．
解答 25．B，词义猜测题，根据后一句The one-hour bloodless battle，known as the Tomatina，left the town awash in a sea of tomato pulp可以猜测，他们互相扔西红柿，导致整个城市都是西红柿浆，故答案为B．
26．A，细节理解题，根据句子workers hosed down（用水管冲洗）the walls and streets to remove the tomato pulp可知，之后工人用水冲洗这些西红柿浆，故答案为A．
27．D，推理判断题，从他说的话I recommend it to everyone who wants to have a great time我们可以知道，他非常喜欢这个节日，故答案为D．
28．C，细节理解题，根据句子participants receive a list if recommendations on how to fight without hurting anybody可知，参加者挤压西红柿是为了防止其他人受到伤害，故答案为C．
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