1. 如今,英语是科学领域中最受欢迎的语言。

English is now the ________ ______language for science.

2. 这个玩笑可没有令人高兴的结局。

The joke didn’t have a very　　     _________.

3. 当我到那儿时,权威机构已经指出这是个骗局。

When I got there, the authorities　　    　　　　that it was a hoax.

4. 我的笑话才最有趣。

My joke is _______ 　　   of all.

5. 在愚人节那天,人们互相开玩笑。

On April Fool’s Day, people play　　     　　　　each other.

　　“Jack, the headmaster wants you in his office.”

　　When he heard this, Jack began to (1) about it and suddenly everyone around (2) and shouted “April fool”（在愚人节受到愚弄的人）, for this was April 1, or April Fools' Day.

　　In Britain and in some other (3) , it is usual and ordinary to play a joke on people on that day. Children are (4) to play harmless jokes on their friends until twelve o'clock at night. (5) they try to play a joke on other children into (6) foolish （愚蠢的）things. Not only children but also grown-ups enjoy playing a joke on others. Even newspapers and radios (7) try to play a joke on the (8) with a clever April Fools' story.

　　Some time ago, (9) , a very serious BBC TV program did a ten-minute (10) about spaghetti（意大利细面条）trees in Italy. The reporter said that trees weren't (11) as much spaghetti as they did last year because of the bad weather. He also said that the (12) of spaghetti would (13) A lot of people who didn't know what spaghetti was made of 14 the story. Some housewives 15 to buy the food that was going to become in short supply（供应）.