Question

    “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

 

Answer 1

答案：B;C;A;A;D;B;C;D;A;B;A;C;D;C;D;A;B;B;C;D
提示：

1.　　　　 从下文可知，让这个男孩去见老师只不过是开的玩笑，被人耍了应该是poor可怜的 2.　　　　 只有worry可以和about连用，且意思相符 3.　　　　 大家都明白这不过是一个玩笑，会laugh大笑 4.　　　　 for这里是因为的意思，因为愚人节。 5.　　　　 既然叫愚人节，可想而知在那一天开玩笑是common正常的，普通的，easy容易的，comfortable舒服的，moral精神的 6.　　　　 从常识以及第一段可知，愚人节开玩笑是permitted被允许的。 7.　　　　 try to do sth试着做某事，manage to do 表示设法成功做到某事，不可能每个玩笑都是成功的 8.　　　　 have拥有，take拿着，make制作，do做，应该是做蠢事 9.　　　　 这里是定语从句，修饰前面的children，BCD都不符合意思 10.　　 in time及时，at times不时，all the time一直，for a time暂时一度 11.　　 public公众，BCD均意思不符 12.　　 从后面得知，人们对这个节目中的假消息深信不疑，那么它应该一向是个很严肃的节目 13.　　 announcement宣布，show节目，news新闻，report报道，news是不可数名词 14.　　 for在这里是因为的意思，因为天气坏，所以才导致了下面的结果 15.　　 主语是tree，只能选择produce生产，产出 16.　　 normally通常，比通常的产量要少 17.　　 因为产量少了，所以有影响的只有价格 18.　　 产量少了，价格自然会上涨 19.　　 realize意识到，accept接受，believe相信，understand理解 20.　　 这里的food专门指意大利面条，特指