Question

阅读短文，掌握其大意，然后用方框内所给的词 的适当形式填空，每个词限用一次。

someone joke	celebrate	how	name
any  fool	different	so	may

April Fools’ Day is a day to play jokes on others. No one knows 1.      this    holiday began but people think it first started in France.

In the 16th century, people 2.      New Year’s Day on April 1. In the middle of 1560s King Charles IX changed it from April 1 to January 1. But some people still celebrated in on April 1, 3.      others called them April Fools.

Each country celebrates April Fools’ Day 4.      .    In    France,    people  call    the    April Fools “April Fish”. They glue a paper fish to their friends’ backs to 5.       them.    When    he or she finds this, they shout “ April Fish! ”

In England, people play 6     only in the morning. You are a “ noodle ” if 7.

     fools    you.    In    Scotland, April Fools’ Day is 48 hours long. They call an April Fool “ April Gowk”. Gowk is another 8.       for a cuckoo bird.

In America, people play small jokes on their friends and 9.       other people on the

first of April. They 10.      point    down    to your shoes and say, “Your shoelace is untied. ”If you believe them and look down to see, you are an April Fool then.

Answer 1

 1.  how 2. celebrated 3. so      4. differently    5.    fool

6. jokes 7.    someone  8. name    9.    any    10.    may