“I just gave birth to 5 babies last weekend.” Isn't that exciting? Oh, you don't believe me? “Okay then,I stole some money from a bank on Saturday night.” Now do you believe me? Actually, I hope you don't. April 1st, or April Fool's Day is the day when we play jokes on people. Do you have it in your country?

April Fool's Day started in the sixteenth century in Europe. Before that time, New Year's Day was celebrated on April 1st.If they were teased, they were called fools.

Nowadays we play jokes on people on April 1st.For example, someone might put salt in the sugar bottle so another person could put it in his coffee “by accident”.Or someone might change the time on another person's alarm clock so that person would unknowingly wake up earlier or later than planned. Or maybe a person would tell a lie to make someone else shocked.

After we play the trick, we say “April Fool”. Then the poor person realized he was fooled. It is generally done in the spirit of fun and doesn't cause any real harm (伤害) to anyone. Do you have any great jokes to play on anyone today? Try it out. Just don't forget to say “April Fool” when the other person begins looking a little confused.

1.Before the sixteenth century, New Year's Day was ________.

A. April 1st B. January 1st

C. October 1st D. February 1st

2.Which of the following situations doesn't make you “April Fool”?

A. Someone might put salt in the sugar bottle, then you could put it in your coffee “by accident”.

B. A man might take your bag by mistake, then he could say sorry to you.

C. Someone might change the time on your alarm clock, then you would unknowingly wake up earlier or later than planned.

D. A person would tell a lie to make someone else shocked.

3.Sometimes people lie to shock someone on ________.

A. New Year's Day B. Christmas Day

C. April Fool's Day D. Thanksgiving Day

4.In the 2nd paragraph, the closest meaning of the underlined word “teased” is ________ in English.

A. hit B. criticized

C. laughed at D. shocked

5.What should be the right attitude (态度) towards “April Fool”?

A. It is generally done in the spirit of fun and doesn't cause any real harm to anyone.

B. It is done for the real fools.

C. We needn't say “April Fool” when we play jokes on people on April 1st.

D. Don't play jokes on people.

In a small city in England, there was a farmer who lived alone. Every day he____a pound of butter to his neighbour, who was a baker, One day the baker decided to____the butter to see if he was getting a pound. After he weighed it, he found that he wasn't. The baker then took____farmer to the judge (法官).

The judge asked the farmer if he had any way to weigh the butter. The farmer replied. "I am so____that I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it,_____I do have a kind of scale(天平). " The judge asked, "Then how do you weigh the butter?" The farmer replied, "Before the baker started buying butter from____, I had bought bread from him. So now every time when I bring home the bread from the baker, I put it on the scale and give him the butter of the same weight,"

We____what we give to others in life. Whenever you take actions, ask yourself this____, "Am I honest?"

Honesty or dishonesty can become a____. Some dishonest people can lie(说谎) without a red face. Others lie so much that they do not even____what the truth is any more. But who is it bad for? As a matter of fact, those who lie will hurt themselves by their own dishonest behavior.

1.A. gave B. fed C. sold D. threw

2.A. weigh B. watch C. cut D. use

3.A. / B. a C. an D. the

4.A. rich B. poor C. honest D. quiet

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

6.A. I B. my C. me D. mine

7.A. get back B. look back C. give back D. turn back

8.A. answer B. question C. help D. idea

9.A. difference B. habit C. mistake D. difficulty

10.A. study B. mean C. imagine D. know

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