Question

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1─20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

April Fool’s Day is a western festival. No one________ exactly when and how April Fool’s Day began. However, there are some stories about ________ it came into being. One story________ like this: in the sixteenth-century France, the start of the new year was on April first. It was celebrated________ much the same way ________ 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, ________, who hadn’t heard or didn’t believe the ________ in the date, so they ________ to celebrate New Year’s Day on April first. ________ played tricks on them and called them “April fools”. They tried to make them believe that something false was________. In France today, April first is called “April Fish”. French children fool their friends by taping a paper fish to their friends’ ________.When the “young fool” ________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 ________ trick on April Fool’s Day is ________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. ________the trick is, if you fail for the joke the prankster shouts “April Fool!”

In Britain today, on the first of April, even________ newspapers, radio and TV programs tell big lies. You________ read a science ________showing that doctors have found a way to cure AIDS, ________you would probably listen to a piece of news about an UFO________ on an island.

1.A. understands B. knows C. believes D. remembers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20.A. lying B. walking C. flying D. landing

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