(15) people from around the world came to the eastern Spanish town of Bunol. They threw tons of tomatoes (16) each other in a yearly food fight. That made the street in red juice. A rocket (17) from the town hall was the start of the event for which local government offered 120 tons of tomatoes.
Many people, including many from Britain, France, Germany, Russia and Asia, wore hard hats, glasses or protective plastic sheets. (18) protect their things from the sea of red mush (糊状物), shopkeepers (19) huge plastic covers on the front of their stores. About 40,000 people took part in the tomato fight this year, (20) four times the people of the town. (21) amazing!
After the fight lasting about one hour, municipal(市政的) workers and local people used big water pipes to clean the streets which were covered with tomato mush. The joiners went to a nearby river to wash (22) .
The tomato fight is held each year on the last Wednesday in August. The start of the event is still not clear although it is (23) to have its roots in a food fight between childhood friends (24) in Bunol.
【小题1】A．Thousands ofB．Ten thousandsC．Thousand ofD．Ten thousand of【小题2】A．withB．forC．toD．at【小题3】A．is firedB．firedC．firesD．was firing【小题4】A．In order toB．So thatC．Because ofD．If【小题5】A．put awayB．put offC．put upD．put out【小题6】A．more thanB．much moreC．many moreD．less than【小题7】A．ThatB．HowC．What anD．Is it【小题8】A．tomatoesB．themC．themselvesD．dishes【小题9】A．thoughtB．sureC．all rightD．saying【小题10】.A．on the 1940B．in the 1940C．in 1940’sD．in the 1940SA
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(答案→)A
解析：
【小题1】此题考查不确切数量的表达方式，根据语法知识，唯一表达正确的是A。
【小题2】此题考查固定短语throw at表示想…扔…
【小题3】此题考查过去分词，表示被动意义。
【小题4】此题考查固定短语in order to表示目的，意思是为了…，后跟短语。
【小题5】此题考查动词短语put up表示搭建，店主为了保护自己的商店的东西，在门前搭建起一个很大的塑料覆盖物。
【小题6】此题考查形容词的比较级，more than表示比…还多。今年参加食物大战的人数超过当地人数的4倍还多。
【小题7】此题考查感叹句的基本结构，how引导的感叹句的中心词是形容词或副词。
【小题8】此题考查反身代词，此处wash themselves表示去洗澡。
【小题9】此题考查被动语态，it is thought表示被认为。
【小题10】此题考查表示年代的表达方式。In the 1940s表示20世纪40年代。