When I was young,I liked to play jokes on people I knew, especially on my parents and friends. One day my mother was cooking and I was playing with my younger brother Tony. Suddenly I ran to my mother and said: “Tony fell from the open window!” She was very worried and ran out of the kitchen. Then I said: “Don’t worry, I’m just joking.” My mother shouted at me, “If you do it again, I’ll hit you.”

Another day I went swimming with my friends in the sea. I wanted to play a joke on them. In the beginning I swam fast and I called out “Help!”. All my friends came to help me. However, they found that I was joking. But half an hour later I wasn’t joking. I was so fast, soon I got tired and couldn’t swim on in water. I tried my best to call my friends for help, but this time nobody came to help me.

In the end they found I was telling the truth. They came and saved my life. They took me to the hospital. This is the best lesson in my life. From then on I haven’t joked on anyone.

1.When he was young, the writer liked to _______.

A.play with his brother B.help his mother cook

C.play jokes on people D.go swimming with his friends

2.What happened when the writer was playing with his brother? ______

A.He got tired. B.He played a joke on his mother.

C.Tony fell from the open window. D.His mother hit him.

3.In the beginning, all his friends came to help him because he ______.

A.swam fast B.called for help

C.would sink in water D.couldn’t swim on in the water

4.When the writer called his friends for help for the second time, they ______.

A.took him to the hospital at once

B.came and saved him immediately

C.thought at first he was joking again

D.did nothing because the writer had lied to them

5.The story tells us that ________.

A.swimming is dangerous

B.the writer is a naughty boy

C.one can play jokes only on people he knows

D.if someone always tells lies, others won’t trust (信任) him

I think April Fool's Day is a very unusual holiday. On April Fool's Day, you have to watch out for practical jokes. You can't trust everything you hear on April 1st. Even some main newspapers will put fake news to fool people. I heard a story about how on April Fool's Day, a piece of fake news brought panic (恐慌) to London. A newspaper printed an article about aliens landed in England. This caused many people to be afraid and the local police were not very pleased with the newspaper.

It can be interesting to play tricks, but you'd better not to go too far. One April Fool's Day, I called my mother from the university I attended. I told her that I failed all of my exams and because of this, I wasn't able to graduate. She was so upset that she started to cry. I felt really bad about making her sad and tried to tell her it was just a joke. After I told her it was only an April Fool's Day's joke, she got so angry with me that she hung up the phone. I had to call her back and apologize before she would talk to me again.

April Fool's Day's jokes can be funny,but you should be careful not to hurt people's feelings by embarrassing them too much. Before you act, you should always make sure to put yourself in someone else's shoes and think about how they might feel.

1.What can't be trusted on April Fool's Day?

A.Everything you hear. B.Strangers' jokes.

C.Friends' jokes. D.Everything on TV.

2.What was the writer when he called his mother on April Fool's Day?

A.A worker. B.A student.

C.A teacher. D.A reporter.

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.Once aliens landed in England.

B.April Fool's Day is a usual holiday.

C.The mother felt worried when she got the call.

D.You can do anything to fool your friends on April Fool's Day.

4.What does the passage mainly tell us?

A.Don't play jokes on your friends.

B.It's bad for newspapers to put fake news.

C.Children shouldn't play jokes on their mothers.

D.Don't go too far when playing jokes on April Fool's Day.

5.What does the underlined word “fake” mean in Chinese?

A.可怕的 B.过时的

C.最新的 D.虚假的

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