Question

【題目】 "I just gave birth to 5 babies last weekend." Isn't that exciting? Oh, you don't believe me? "Okay then, I stole some money from a bank on Saturday night." Now do you believe me? Actually, I hope you don't. April 1st, or April Fool's Day is the day when we play jokes on people. Do you have it in your country?

April Fool's Day started in the sixteenth century in Europe. Before that time, New Year's Day was celebrated on April 1st. If they were teased, they were called fools.

Nowadays we play jokes on people on April 1st. For example, someone might put salt in the sugar bottle, so another person could put it in his coffee "by accident". Or someone might change the time on another person's alarm clock so that the person would unknowingly wake up earlier or later than planned. Or maybe a person would tell a lie to make someone else shocked.

After we play the trick, we say "April Fool". Then the poor person realizes he has been fooled. It is generally done in the spirit of fun and doesn't cause any real harm to anyone. Do you have any great jokes to play on anyone? Try it out.

【1】Before the sixteenth century, New Year's Day was on _______.

A.April 1stB.January 1stC.October 1stD.February 1st

【2】Which of the following situations doesn't make you "April Fool"?

A.Someone might put salt in the sugar bottle, then I could put it in my coffee "by accident".

B.A man might take my bag by mistake, then he could say sorry to me.

C.Someone might change the time on my alarm clock, then I would unknowingly wake up earlier or later than planned.

D.A person would tell a lie to make me shocked.

【3】Sometimes people lie to shock someone on_______.

A.New Year's DayB.Christmas DayC.April Fool's DayD.Thanks giving Day

【4】In the 2nd paragraph, the closest meaning of the underlined word "teased" is in English.

A.hitB.criticizedC.laughed atD.shocked

【5】What should be the right attitude(態(tài)度) towards "April Fool"?

A.It is generally done in the spirit of fun and doesn't cause any real harm to anyone.

B.It is done for the real fools.

C.We needn't say "April Fool" when we play jokes on people on April 1st.

D.Don't play jokes on others.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】

本文主要向我們介紹了愚人節(jié)，包括它的時間、由來、歷史以及具體屬于愚人節(jié)的例子等。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段“April Fool's Day started in the sixteenth century in Europe.”和“Beforethattime，NewYear'sDaywascelebratedonApril1st”可知，愚人節(jié)是在16世紀的歐洲開始的，在那之前，4月1日是慶祝新年的。故選A。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段“For example, someone might put salt in the sugar bottle, so another person could put it in his coffee "by accident". Or someone might change the time on another person's alarm clock so that the person would unknowingly wake up earlier or later than planned. Or maybe a person would tell a lie to make someone else shocked.”可知，有人可能在糖瓶里放了鹽，這樣另一個人就可以“不小心”把它放進他的咖啡里；或者有人可能會改變另一個人的鬧鐘時間，這樣那個人就會在不知不覺中比計劃的早或晚醒來；或者一個人為了讓別人震驚而撒謊。這三種情況都可以使你成為“四月愚人”，所以A、C、D三項不符合題意。B項，A man might take my bag by mistake, then he could say sorry to me. 一個男人可能會錯拿了我的包，然后他可能會向我道歉。在文中沒有提及，所以B項這種情況不會使你成為“四月愚人”。故選B。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段“Or maybe a person would tell a lie to make someone else shocked.”可知，有些時候，人們會在愚人節(jié)這天撒謊，讓別人感到震驚。故選C。

【4】詞義猜測題。hit打擊，撞擊；criticized批評；laughed at嘲笑；shocked震驚。根據(jù)“they were called fools”可知，他們只有在被嘲笑了以后，他們才被成為愚蠢的人，所以此處劃線部分單詞teased與laughed at的意思最接近。故選C。

【5】觀點態(tài)度題。根據(jù)最后一段“It is generally done in the spirit of fun and doesn't cause any real harm to anyone.”可知，在愚人節(jié)的時候，對別人開玩笑通常是為了好玩，不會對任何人造成傷害，這是對“四月愚人”正確態(tài)度。故選A。