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问题详情：

  Unlike most other holidays, the history of April Fools’ Day, sometimes called All Fools’ Day, is not totally clear. The only point in time that can be agreed on as the beginning of this tradition was 1582, in France. Before that year, the New Year was celebrated for eight days, beginning on March 25th. The celebration reached the highest point on April 1st. With the reform of the calendar under Charles IX，the Gregorian calendar(公历，阳历) was introduced, and New Year’s Day was moved to January 1st.

However, because in those days communications were not as developed as they are today, many people did not receive the news for several years. Some people refused to accept the new calendar and continued to celebrate the New Year on April e backward people were considered “fools” by other people. They  were often sent on “fools” errands(徒劳无益的工作)  or were made the targets of jokes.

This developed, over time, into a tradition of playing a trick on someone on the first day of April. The tradition eventually spread to England and Scotland in the eighteenth century. It was later introduced to the American colonies of both the Britain and France. April Fools’ Day thus developed into an international fun feast, so to speak, with different nationalities specializing in their own kind of humor at the expense of their friends and families.

108．According to an earlier calendar, New Year’s Day in France was ________.

A．March 25th                                               B．January 1st

C．April 1st                                                   D．April 3rd

109．Which of the following first had the tradition of celebrating the April Fools’ Day？

A．France.                                                     B．England.

C．Scotland.                                                  D．America.

110．What was people’s attitude towards the new calendar？

A．They accepted it happily.

B．They refused it immediately.

C．Some recognized it.

D．Some laughed at it.

111．The passage mainly tells us ________.

A．what the French did on April Fools’ Day

B．how April Fools’ Day came into being

C．when was the new calendar introduced

D．why some people were fooled in France

【回答】

108．C

109．A

110．C

111．B

【分析】

这是一篇说明文。本文介绍了愚人节的由来。

108．推理解判断题。由第二段“.......... and continued to celebrate the New Year on April 1”可知，根据以前的公历，法国的元旦是4月1日。故C选项正确。

109．细节理解题。由第一段“The only point in time that can be agreed on as the beginning of this tradition was 1582，in France.”可知，法国是第一个庆祝愚人节的国家。故A选项正确。

110．推理判断题。由第二段“Some people refused to accept the new calendar”可知，一部分人接受了新公历，一部分人拒绝了新公历。故C选项正确。

111．主旨大意题。从全文及最后一段最后一句“April Fools’ Day thus developed into an international fun feast，so to speak，with different nationalities specializing in their own kind of humor at the expense of their friends and families.”可知，短文主要告诉我们愚人节的由来。故B选项正确。

知识点：节假日活动

题型：阅读理解