The beasts asked the bat (蝙蝠) ______.

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　　A. who was he trying to fool [fu:l] v. 愚弄

　　B. how was he trying to fool

　　C. whom he was trying to fool

　　“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）.

阅读理解

　　John thought that he was very clever and that no one could play a trick on him. So he often talked about his cleverness. He once spoke very rudely (粗鲁) to Tom. “You will never play a trick on me, Tom. You are too stupid (愚蠢).”“Wait here by the gate,” replied Tom, “I'll find a way to trick (捉弄) you.” Then he went home.

　　Two hours later Lucy came along. “Why are you standing here?” she asked John. “I'm waiting for Tom,” replied John. “He is going to trick me. ”

　　“Tom has gone to his home. ” said Lucy, “You have already been tricked ! ”

　　After that John never spoke about his cleverness again.

根据短文内容，从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。

1．John thought himself ________.

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2．Tom let John wait by the gate and left there to ________.

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A．find a good way to trick John.

B．escape (逃脱) from John

C．have a trick on John

D．have a rest

3．John stayed there

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A．to see if Tom dare come again

B．to wait for Lucy

C．to have a rest

D．to wait for Tom to come

4．In fact John ________.

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A．was tricked by Tom

B．tricked Tom

C．tricked Lucy

D．tricked himself

5．From the story we know that John ________.

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A．is clever indeed

B．isn't clever at all

C．is warm hearted (热心的)

D．likes have tricks on himself