The first day of April is full of fun. It is April Fool’s Day. A fool on that day is a p________(1) who does not think carefully and easily b       (2) things that are not true.

On April Fool’s Day, people tell lies (撒谎) to fool o       (3) people. They play tricks (恶作剧). Then everyone around l       (4). You can tell a lie on April Fool’s Day. If someone believes the lie, say, “April Fool!” But you should be c       (5). Someone may tell you a lie, too. If you believe it, he or she will say, “April Fool!”

Here are some April Fool lies.

“Your shoe is untied.”

“There’s a bug on your shoulder (肩膀).”

“Our teacher says we’re having a math t       (6) today.”

“Your bike has a flat tire (扁的轮胎).”

You can play such an April Fool’s trick:

You n       (7) a coin or a dollar bill, and the thread (线).

Tape (用……绑起) a very long thread to the money. Put the m       (8) down on the ground. H       (9) the other end of the thread. Stand away.

When someone sees the money and tries to p       (10) it up, pull (拉) back the thread quickly. Laugh and say, “April Fool!”

Social customs (习俗) and ways of behaving change all the time. Things that were considered impolite many years ago are now acceptable. Just a few years ago, it was considered to be impolite behavior for a man to smoke on the street. No man who thought of himself as being a gentleman would make a fool of himself by smoking when a lady was in the room.

Customs also differ from country to country. Does a man walk on the left or the right of a woman in your country? Or doesn’t matter? What about table manners (行为)?

The Americans and British people not only speak the same language but also share a large number of social customs. For example, in both America and England, people shake hands when they meet each other for the first time. Also most Englishmen will open a door for a woman or offer their seats to women, and so will most Americans. Promptness (准时) is important both in England and in America. That is, the dinner guest (客人) either arrive close to the time that has been made or calls up to explain his delay (耽误).

The important thing to remember about social customs is not to do anything that might make other people feel uncomfortable —especially if they are your guests. There is an old story about a man who gave a very formal dinner party. When the food was served (服务), one of the guests started to eat his peas with a knife. The other guests were amused or greatly surprised, but the host calmly picked up his knife and began eating in the same way. It would have been bad manners to make his guest feel foolish or uncomfortable.

1.The underlined phrase “make a fool of himself” in the first paragraph means        .

    A. make himself strong                      B. make himself rich

    C. make himself comfortable                 D. make himself seemed like a fool

2. If a dinner invitation is for six o’clock, the guest is supposed to arrive at        six.

    A. nearly or a minute or two later than         B. a quarter past

    C. a quarter to                             D. much later than

3.The last example in the passage shows       .

    A. the correct way to use a knife at table     

B. that it is good manners not to make your guest feel foolish or uncomfortable

C. that social customs and ways of behaving change too fast

D. that different counties have different customs

4.The best title of the passage is         .

    A. Different Customs                        B. Social Customs

    C. Customs Are Changing Fast                D. Different Countries, Different Customs

In America, just as in Europe, men usually open doors for women, and women always walk ahead of men into a room or a restaurant, unless(除非) the men have to be ahead of the ladies to choose the table, to open the door of a car or do some other things like the above. In the street, men almost always walk or cross the street on the closer side of the ladies to the traffic. But if a man walks with two ladies, he should walk between them. Then if the host or hostess or both of them come in a car to get their guest(客人) for dinner, the guest should sit at the front seat and leave the back seat though（尽管）there is no people sitting on it.
【小题1】 In America men usually ______.

One day a poor student walked in a town. He didn’t have anything to eat for several days and he was very hungry. But when he saw a man selling steamed bread (馒头 ), he let out a scream (大叫一声 ) and fell (倒 ) to the ground. When the man asked the student what was the matter, the student answered, “I don’t like steamed bread. Whenever (无论何时) Ｉsee them , I feel ill and can’t eat .”
The man then wanted to play a joke on the student. He put ten steamed bread in a room and then put the student in it. After a short time, the man opened the door of the room. H e was surprised to find that the student ate all the steamed bread. The student explained, “For some strange reason, I suddenly find that I like steamed bread.” 
The man was angry that the student had fooled ( ) him. He asked what other things he did not like to eat. “Oh, I like everything,” answered the student. “But at the moment I don’t like to drink two cups of good strong tea!”
【小题1】The student was very hungry because ___________.

单词拼写（10分）

1.If you have a s____________, you should not eat anything

2.The traffic lights are ___________（控制）by a central computer

3.Lucy often plays tennis to relax h____________ after school

4.Mother says I should stop playing computer and __________(rest)

5.T_________ to Mr Wang and the passengers, the doctors saved the man in time .

6.The driver saw an old man _______ (lie) on the side of the road .

7.My uncle _________ (repair) some old bikes these days. He plans to give them away to charity

8.We s_______ the floor just half an hour ago.

9.What difficulty I had _______ (clean) the dirty walls.

10.The boy h_______ eating the same day after day.