More than 100 police and 120 civil protection volunteers were on hand in case of incidents.
The Tomatina is held each year in Bunol, located in a rich area some 40 kilometres (25 miles) 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 newspaper coverage brought more and more people to the festival.
8. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Tomatina--a local government's headache
B. Tomatina--a Spanish tomato festival
C. Tomatina--an international incident
D. Tomatina--a one-hour bloody battle
9. What does the underlined word "pelt" in Paragraph 1 mean?
A. catch
B. connect
C. throw
D. trick
10. The local government will be concerned about the following EXCEPT
.
A. preventing the citizens and tourists from fighting
B. asking workers to tidy the street after the battle
C. buying tonnes of tomatoes for the festival
D. providing the rest rooms for all present
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