AprilFool’sDayisawesternfestival.Noone 41  exactlywhena...

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April Fool’s Day is a western festival. No one  41   exactly when and how April Fool’s Day began. However, there are some stories about  42   it came into being. One story 43   like this: in the sixteenth-century France, the start of the new year was on April first. It was celebrated  44  much the same way  45   it is today with parties and dancing into the late hours of the night. Then in 1562, Pope (教皇) Gregory introduced a new calendar(日历) for the Christian world, and the new year fell on January first. There were some people,  46   , who hadn’t heard or didn’t believe the   47   in the date, so they   48   to celebrate New Year’s Day on April first.   49   played tricks on them and called them “April fools”. They tried to make them believe that something false was  50.   In France today, April first is called “April Fish”. French children fool their friends by taping a paper fish to their friends’  51   . When the “young fool”   52   this trick, the prankster(恶作剧者) shouts “April Fish!”

Today Americans play small tricks on friends and strangers alike on the first of April. One 53    trick on April Fool’s Day is   54   to a friend’s shoe and saying, “Your shoelace is united (你的鞋带开了).” School children might tell a classmate that school has been canceled.  55   the trick is, if you fail for the joke the prankster shouts “April Fool!”

In Britain today, on the first of April, even  56  newspapers, radio and TV programs tell big lies. You  57   read a science  58   showing that doctors have found a way to cure AIDS,  59   you would probably listen to a piece of news about an UFO  60    on an island.

41. A. understands      B. knows        C. Believes         D. remembers

42. A. when         B. why       C. how             D. where

43. A. goes             B. tells          C. happens       D. writes

44. A. as               B. like         C. with             D. in

45. A. like          B. as             C. so               D. for

46. A. however          B. but          C. therefore         D. instead

47. A. fact             B. news         C. change           D. information

48. A. remained         B. continued   C. considered       D. went

49. A. Others           B. Somebody    C. Many        D. Some

50. A. real             B. true             C. right            D. correct

51. A. hands          B. faces         C. backs            D. heads

52. A. discovers       B. sees              C. found            D. notices

53. A. usual            B. common           C. funny           D. silly

54. A. looking down     B. pointing down    C. getting down     D. turning down

55. A. Whenever         B. Whoever          C. Whatever         D. Wherever

56. A. serious         B. famous           C. interesting       D. important

57. A. might          B. should             C. could            D. must

58. A. letter           B. speech            C. writing        D. report

49. A. so               B. and            C. or                 D. but

60. A. lying           B. walking           C. flying          D. Landing

【回答】

  41-45: BCADB  46-50: ACBAB  51-55: CABBC    56-60: AADCD

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