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To much of the world, bullfighting has always been distinctly Iberian. But these days, parts of the southern France are laying c

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问题     To much of the world, bullfighting has always been distinctly Iberian. But these days, parts of the southern France are laying claim to the ancient rite. From the Cote Basque to the arenas of Aries and Beziers, the traditions of the corrida have spread to towns where bullfighting has long been banned, and been embraced with such enthusiasm you’d think the sport had been born there. The rising passion for blood and sand has been denounced by animal-rights activists. Last month someone set off a bomb near the bullring in Carcassonne, 100 miles southeast of Toulouse. Yet France’s impassioned aficionados fiercely defend their right to these moral rituals. Bullfighting, they insist, is part of their indigenous heritage, an expression of a shared regional culture that should be protected.
    The rest of the Continent should take note. The paradox of an ever-more-united Europe is that as borders between member states become less important, so do the nations themselves—and regional identities assert themselves. It’s easy to forget that most European nation-states were created as we know them only during the 19th century, after a long succession of bloody conflicts. "If the chances of war had been a little different, all the regions sharing the corrida might have been together," argues Jean Michel Mariou, a stalwart fan of bullfighting. On both side of the Pyrenees there are Basques, there are Catalans, there are common cultures, he says. "The corrida is only one expression of it. "
    Bullfighting isn’t the only cultural tradition that has begun to transcend borders, of course. To name but one other: the Celtic revival, built largely around musical affinities that encompass the coast of Ireland, Scotland and Cornwall, Brittany and Normandy. But while bagpipes may stir the blood, they don’t spill it. And the violence of bullfighting appalls many people who don’t feel they share in the culture of the corrida.
    "The concept of lasting local tradition doesn’t mean anything anymore," says Josyane Wuerelle, coordinator of the Federation de Liasions Anti-Corrida in Agde, just south of Montpellier. Bullfighting is about attracting tourists, not honoring local history, she argues. Robert Marge doesn’t see it that way, of course. He recently declined an invitation to organize a bullfighting in Paris’s enormous Stade de France. "We didn’t want to sell our souls by bringing the corrida to a region where it doesn’t exist," he explains. But he has also got the sense to know that some traditions don’t travel well.
We learn from the beginning of the passage that bullfighting
选项 A、has become lawful in France.
B、will boom tourism in France.
C、is part of the valuable heritage of French.
D、has become more popular in France.
答案D
解析 从本文开头可以看出，斗牛[A]在法国已经合法化。[B]将给法国的旅游业带来繁荣。[C]是法国人一项珍贵的文化遗产[D]在法国已经越来越盛行。第一段第三句话指出，斗牛的传统已传播到对这项活动禁止了很长时间的一些城镇。也就是说，斗牛在法国越来越盛行，因此正确答案为[D]。第二句指出，法国南部的一些地区也正在努力争取进行斗牛运动的权利，并未提及斗牛目前在法国已经合法化，所以[A]不对；[B]在第一段中并未提及；[C]只是对斗牛运动痴迷者的看法，并不代表所有人的想法。
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