Question

   (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.

1.	A．Thousands of B．Ten thousands C．Thousand of D．Ten thousand of

2.	A．with B．for C．to D．at

3.	A．is fired B．fired C．fires D．was firing

4.	A．In order to B．So that C．Because of D．If

5.	A．put away B．put off C．put up D．put out

6.	A．more than B．much more C．many more D．less than

7.	A．That B．How C．What an D．Is it

8.	A．tomatoes B．them C．themselves D．dishes

9.	A．thought B．sure C．all right D．saying

10..

A．on the 1940

B．in the 1940

C．in 1940’s

D．in the 1940S

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.D

【解析】

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。

2.此题考查固定短语throw at表示想…扔…

3.此题考查过去分词，表示被动意义。

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。

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。

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。

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。

8.此题考查反身代词，此处wash themselves表示去洗澡。

9.此题考查被动语态，it is thought表示被认为。

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。