問題詳情
Spain is a popular tourist destination for many reasons: great art and museums,gorgeous beaches, not to mention world-famous architecture. 51 They’rethere, instead, to take part in the world’s largest tomato fight!52 Freeing the ham is the cue for the delivery of over 100 tons oftomatoes, and then the battle is ready to commence. The streets and the crowd are sooncovered with red, sticky tomato pulp. 53 But even in the midst of thisanarchy, safety matters. Goggles are strongly recommended for all participants, andtomatoes must be softened by squashing them before being thrown. 54The origins of the festival are obscure. 55 Of course, history isprobably far less important to those involved than the chance to enjoy some messy fun andgive a new meaning to the phrase “paint the town red.”
【題組】51
(A) Anyone with a baseball cap or camera— stereotypical badges of the tourist—is asurefire target.
(B) All that’s known is that some tomatoes were thrown at a religious festival in 1945, andthat things took off from there.
(C) Exactly one hour after it begins, the madness ends.
(D) But it’s not to admire the scenery that, on the last Wednesday of August, up to 50,000tourists descend on the town of Buñol.
(E) Oddly enough, the festival of La Tomatina begins not with a tomato, but with a ham.
參考答案
答案：D
難度：困難0.230769
統計：A(2),B(5),C(1),D(3),E(0)