SpainisfamousforitstomatofestivalcalledLaTomatina.IthappensinasmalltownHanoionthelastWednesdayofAugusteveryyear.Duringthefestivalthereareallkindsofactivitiesbutthemostexcitingpartisthetomatofight.Ittakesplaceattheendoflongcelebration(庆祝).Youareencouragedtothrowtomatoesinthefight.There’remanystoriesabouthowthefestivalbegan.Oneofthestoriesgoesthatduringthe1940'ssomefriendsstartedatomatofightwhileanotherstoryisaboutalocalband.AnywayeveryoneinBunolseemstohaveadifferentstory.

Beforethetomatofightthereareparades(游行)，musicalbandsstreetpartiesandsoon.Onthedayofthefightshopkeeperscovertheirwindowsanddoorsinordertokeepawayfromthetomatofight.Atthesametimethousandsoftouristsandlocalpeoplecometothetownsquaretogether.Thenlargetrucks(卡车)fulloftomatoesarrive.Fromthebackofthelargetrucksagreattownbandstarttothrowtomatoesatothers.Thenthecrowdsfightbackthrowingthetomatoesatanythingandanyone.Soonthestreetsareintheseaofredtomatojuice.

Everyoneissupposedtoobeyasmallnumberofrules:Youmustsquash(压烂)thetomatobeforethrowingitandyouareallowedtothrownothingbuttomatoes.

Itisusuallyoverinlessthanhalfanhour.Everyonethensetsofftotherivertoclearup.Soundslikefun!

1.Themostexcitingactivityofthefestivalis________

A.parades

B.streetparties

C.thetomatofight

D.themusicalbandsshow

2.Thestoriesabouthowthefestivalbeganare________

A.quitedifferent

B.rathersad

C.veryfamous

D.veryclear

3.Onthefightday_________

A.allthebusesarefilledwithtomatoes

B.youcanseelotsofredapplesonthestreets

C.shopkeepersarenotallowedtowatchpeoplefight

D.lotsoftouristsandlocalpeopletakepartinthefight

4.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A.Youcanthrowtomatoesatothersbutotherscan’tthrowback

B.Thetomatomustbesquashedbeforethrowingit

C.Thefightusuallylastsmorethanthirtyminutes

D.Peoplecanthroweverythingonthefightday