Question

【題目】

April Fools’ Day comes on the first day of April. No one knows how the day started. There is a story going like this: In the Middle Age, some French people celebrated (慶祝) the New Year on April 1. Then their New Year’s Day changed to January 1. But some people didn’t know that. Other French people made fun of them “April fools” and played jokes on them.

Now different countries use different ways to play jokes on people. In France, people stick a paper fish to their friends’ backs to fool them. When their friends find it, they shout, “April Fish!” In England, people play jokes only on the morning of that day. You are a “noodle” if someone fools you. In Scotland, April Fools’ Day is forty-eight hours long. They call an April fool “April Gowk”. Gowk is another name for a cuckoo (布谷鳥). In America, people play small jokes not only on their friends, but also on any other people on April 1st. They will look down at your shoes and say, “Your shoeslace is open.” If you really think so and look down to see, you’re an April fool then.

【1】You can __________ on others on April Fools’ Day.

A.eat April FishB.play with cuckoosC.play jokes

【2】In France, people stick __________ to their friends’ backs to fool them.

A.a fishB.a paper fishC.a paper dog

【3】According to the passage, which statement is true?

A.In France, the New Year’s Day is on April 1 now.

B.In Scotland, people can only play jokes on April 1.

C.In America, people can play small jokes on anyone on April 1.

【4】The best title (標題) of this passage is “__________”.

A.The Game ShowB.April Fools’ DayC.Cultures of Countries

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文，主要介紹了愚人節(jié)的起源。不同國家的人們在這一天“愚人”的方式都不完全一樣，對“愚人”的稱呼也不一樣。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Other French people made fun of them “April fools” and played jokes on them.”其他法國人取笑他們“四月傻瓜”，并對他們開玩笑�？芍�在愚人節(jié)人們可以向別人開玩笑eat April Fish吃四月魚；play with cuckoos玩布谷鳥；play jokes開玩笑。故選C。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“In France, people stick a paper fish to their friends’ backs to fool them.”在法國，人們把一條紙魚貼在朋友的背上愚弄他們�？芍�人們是把紙魚貼在朋友的后背上。a fish一條魚；a paper fish一條紙魚；a paper dog一條紙狗。故選B。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)“Then their New Year’s Day changed to January 1.”可知在法國，他們的新年是1月1日，故A錯誤。根據(jù)“In Scotland, April Fools’ Day is forty-eight hours long.”可知在蘇格蘭，愚人節(jié)將持續(xù)48個小時。故B錯誤。根據(jù)“. In America, people play small jokes not only on their friends, but also on any other people on April 1st.”可知，在美國，在4月1日，人們不僅可以對他們的朋友開小玩笑，也可以對任何其他的人開玩笑。故C項正確，故選C。

【4】最佳標題題。根據(jù)文章第一句“April Fools’ Day comes on the first day of April.”愚人節(jié)是四月的第一天。可知本文主要講述愚人節(jié)的由來，故選B。