(1) Cultures and customs
complete the text and with the correct passive form of the verb in brackets.
La Tomatina takes place each year in Buñol, a small town near Valencia in Spain. Many stories
(tell) about how it all started. One is that in 1945, a group of young people,
attending a festival grabbed tomatoes from a nearby market stall and started a playful food fight.
(stop) by the police, but on the same day in August a year after that, a food
- (fight) in Buñol again, with local people bringing tomatoes to throw at each
other. In the 1950s the event (4)
.(ban), but the locals continued and (5)
(lock) up in jail. The people of Buñol demonstrated against the ban, and finally in 1959 they
(allow) to hold the event again. However, a strict code of conduct
(introduce), controlling issues such as how the fight was to begin. Since then, the
festival (8)
(attend) by more and more people each year.
They (2)
battle (3)
(6)
(7)
Exam task
2
You are going to read an article in which four people describe going to see an unusual annual
avent For questions 1-10 choose from the people (A-D). The people may be chosen more