题目内容
“The headmaster wants you in his office.”The __1__ boy to whom friend says one of these things gets to __2__ about it and suddenly everyone around __3__ and shouts, “April Fool!” __4__ this is April 1, or All Fool’s Day.
In Britain and in some other countries, it is __5__ to play tricks on people on that day. Children are __6__ to play harmless jokes on their friends until twelve o’clock at noon. Usually they __7__ to trick other children into __8__ foolish things. It is not only children __9__ like such jokes. Grown—ups also enjoy tricking others. Even newspapers and radios __10__ try to fool the __11__ with a clever April Fools’ story.
Some time ago, for example, a very __12__ BBC TV programme did a ten-minute __13__ about spaghetti(意大利面条) trees in Italy. The reporter said that __14__ the recent bad weather, trees weren’t __15__ as much spaghetti as they __16__ did. He said the __17__ of spaghetti would __18__. A lot of TV viewers who didn’t know what spaghetti is made of actually __19__ the story. Some housewives hurried to buy __20__ food that was going to become in short supply.
1．A．clever
B．poor
C．good
D．excited
2．A．consider
B．fear
C．worry
D．frighten
3．A．laughs
B．speaks
C．jumps
D．quarrels
4．A．For
B．As
C．Such
D．So
5．A．easy
B．comfortable
C．moral
D．common
6．A．let
B．permitted
C．made
D．forbidden
7．A．manage
B．imagine
C．try
D．order
8．A．having
B．taking
C．making
D．doing
9．A．that
B．however
C．whatever
D．those
10．A．in time
B．at times
C．all the time
D．for a time
11．A．public
B．readers
C．listeners
D．children
12．A．famous
B．popular
C．serious
D．curious
13．A．announcement
B．show
C．news
D．report
14．A．about
B．to
C．with
D．for
15．A．planting
B．collecting
C．gathering
D．producing
16．A．normally
B．possibly
C．seldom
D．before
17．A．quantity
B．price
C．quality
D．taste
18．A．go off
B．go up
C．come down
D．come over
19．A．realized
B．accepted
C．believed
D．understood
20. A．/
B．a
C．all
D．the
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