It was a Sunday morning. My parents went to attend the marriage celebration of one of my relatives in the next village. I did not go with______because I wanted to prepare for my tests at home. But I was expected to attend the feast (宴会) at 1:00 p. m.

At about 11:00 in the morning my______came. My parents were absent so I had to treat him myself. I went to the kitchen and _______the biscuits. But I couldn't find them. I also tried to______a cup of tea for him. But there was no milk. I went to my neighbor's house and borrowed some milk. But_______I added salt instead of sugar. When I offered the cup of tea to my uncle, he gladly accepted it. Then I______my mistake when he asked for sugar for the tea. I couldn't find the sugar. So______I rushed to my neighbor's house for it.

After the_______, my uncle left. It was time for me to go and attend the feast. However, when I went to get my bike, I found that it had a flat tire (瘪了的轮胎). I thought of borrowing the neighbor's bike, but I felt________to request him for the third time.________I decided to go there on foot. However, by the time l got there, the feast had been over. I told my parents everything and they pitied me for my bad day.

1.A.him B.her C.it D.them

2.A.friend B.grandfather C.uncle D.neighbor

3.A.waited for B.paid for C.searched for D.cared for

4.A.drink B.prepare C.borrow D.buy

5.A.by mistake B.in person C.for example D.in total

6.A.remembered B.recalled C.realized D.repeated

7.A.only B.again C.also D.yet

8.A.tea B.lunch C.test D.show

9.A.angry B.happy C.interested D.embarrassed

10.A.But B.Or C.So D.Though

"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 the 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 realizes he has been fooled. It is generally done in the spirit of fun and doesn't cause any real harm to anyone. Do you have any great jokes to play on anyone? Try it out.

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

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 I could put it in my coffee "by accident".

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

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

D.A person would tell a lie to make me shocked.

3.Sometimes people lie to shock someone on_______.

A.New Year's Day B.Christmas Day C.April Fool's Day D.Thanks giving 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 others.

On April Fool's Day, it's always fun to get someone a surprise with hoaxes. Here are two interesting hoaxes for you to enjoy.

Story 1:The Left?handed Whopper

1998:Burger King published (出版) a full page advertisement in USA Today. They announced they had invented a new kind of hamburger,a Left-handed Whopper. The hamburgers were specially designed for the thirty-two million left-handed Americans. According to the advertisement,the new hamburgers included the same ingredients (成分) as the common hamburgers,but all the Left-handed Whoppers were rotated (旋转) 180 degrees to suit left-handed customers. Though the following day Burger King announced that the Left-handed Whopper was a hoax,thousands of customers had gone into restaurants to order the new hamburgers.

Story 2:Instant Color TV

1962:In 1962 there was only one TV channel in Sweden, and it played in black and white. The TV station's technical expert (技术专家),Kjell Stensson, appeared on the news to announce that thanks to a new skill, people could change their black and white TV sets into color reception (接收). All they had to do was hanging a nylon sock over their TV screens. Stensson was so convincing that thousands of people were taken in. But when they put the socks over the screens,the TV programs were still played in black and white.

1.The first hoax happened in ________.

A.England B.Australia C.America D.Sweden

2.In 1998,there were ________ in America.

A.32 million disabled people B.32 million left-handed people

C.180 million disabled people D.180 million left-handed people

3.There was only one ________ in Sweden in 1962.

A.TV channel B.TV program C.TV set D.TV expert

4.In the second story,the Swedes were told to hang a ________ over their TV screens to get color reception.

A.color coat B.color sock C.nylon coat D.nylon sock

5.The underlined phrase “were taken in” means “________”.

A.believed the hoax B.were brought C.forgot the story D.were interested

There is no way that you don't have any embarrassing moments. You can't control everything that happens, so you're going to be in an embarrassing situation one day. So how can you solve this problem?The answer is to control your actions and try not to get upset.

◆Remember that you'll probably laugh about it in a few days, so try to see the funny side of it.

◆If it is something so embarrassing that you feel you will never laugh about it, please remember that the __(1)__ will be over after some time.

◆Ask your friends to give you a break and not to make fun of you. If you've done the same for them, they're more likely to agree to give you a break.

Always remember that you are not alone. Everyone has embarrassing moments. While you are sure that everyone is going to remember this moment forever, the fact is that they'll probably forget it very soon. Most of us remember the moments in which we feel embarrassed, but very few of us remember other people's embarrassing moments.

Most people have short memories. So while you may never forget the moment when your skirt was torn (撕裂) in gym class, most of the other people probably forget it at once. Although a short memory may not be a(n) __(2)__ thing when you are trying to remember facts in a history test, it is useful when you are trying to forget life's most embarrassing moments.

任务一:根据短文内容,分别写出(1)和(2)两处所缺单词。(每空限填一词)

1.(1)____________  (2)__________

任务二:根据短文内容,选择正确答案。

2.It can be inferred (推断) from the passage that ________ when you fall down after making a speech.

A.everyone will remember the moment forever

B.you may never forget the moment

C.other people will feel embarrassed

D.you will not remember the moment

任务三:请把文中画线的部分译成汉语。

3._______________________________________________

任务四:请根据短文内容,回答下列问题。

4.Why does the writer say “you are not alone”?

________________________________________________________

5.What's the main idea of the passage?

It's mainly about how to ____________when you are embarrassed.

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