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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.
Jean Michel Mariou indicates that
选项 A、bullfighting is nothing more than a culture popular in many regions.
B、regions sharing the corrida were separated because of the war.
C、bloody conflicts might have been avoided if bullfighting had been allowed officially.
D、regions sharing the same culture are likely to be united as a result of the war.
答案B
解析 琼·米切尔·马里奥指出，[A]斗牛只是盛行于很多地区的一种文化形式而已，别无其他。[B]战争将共享斗牛传统的地区分裂开来。[C]如果斗牛早得到官方的承认，流血冲突就有可能避免了。[D]共享同样文化的地区可能因为战争而统一。本题主要考查对琼·米切尔·马里奥所说的包含虚拟语气的第一句话的理解：“如果战争的可能性稍微有点不同的话，共享斗牛文化的地区也许会集中在一起。”在这之前，作者指出，欧洲是在19世纪经历了一系列的流血冲突才形成现在的局面。结合这两个地方，我们不难理解琼·米切尔·马里奥主要是想说，是战争将那些共享斗牛传统的地区分裂开来，所以本题的正确答案为[B]。
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