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完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
April 1 is a day to be careful, or you could easily get tricked by someone. It's April Fool's Day, a day when people__1__like to try to make a fool of someone else and__2__ at them.
There are lots of simple tricks that you can __3__on your friends. For example, you could wear a black sweater and pull a piece of__4__ thread through it, so that people can see it and try to pull it off. You could change the__5__ on someone's alarm clock so that they're late for work. Or stick a coin to the floor and see how many people try to_6__ it up.
There's also a tradition of large companies__7__ to fool a lot of people. In particular, the media often try to make a person__8__ something that is not true. Newspapers__9__ some funny stories every year，__10__some of them are actually true. It's entertaining to try to guess which stories are__11__and which are not. For example, the name of an expert used in the story might be “Loof Lirpa”__12__ “April Fool”．
Radio and television programs have also__13__ many people by broadcasting reports which are untrue. One program__14__ the invention of an amazing new weightloss product－water which__15__ some minus calories!
And one of the most___16__ tricks ever was broadcast by the BBC itself in 1957! A very__17__ news program reported on the noodle harvest in Switzerland，18__ some clear pictures of the working farmers who are__19__ noodles from trees! Hundreds of people were taken in and wrote to ask how to__20__ their own noodles.
1. A. formally B. exactly
C. regularly D. traditionally
2. A. smile B. annoy
C. laugh D. frighten
3. A. make B. play
C. take D. find
4. A. white B. thin
C. thick D. short
5. A. color B. size
C. time D. shape
6. A. pick B. turn
C. kick D. look
7. A. allowing B. failing
C. attempting D. pretending
8. A. discover B. perform
C. invent D. believe
9. A. copy B. publish
C. print D. type
10. A. although B. however
C. besides D. despite
11. A. right B. actual
C. correct D. true
12. A. as well as B. instead of
C. or rather D. ahead of
13. A. cheated B. hurt
C. fooled D. surprised
14. A. realized B. examined
C. proved D. announced
15. A. contained B. included
C. appeared D. disappeared
16. A. curious B. anxious
C. famous D. humorous
17. A. serious B. funny
C. strict D. stupid
18. A. taking B. selling
C. drawing D. showing
19. A. making B. picking
C. hanging D. enjoying
20. A. order B. buy
C. eat D. grow
【回答】
每年的四月一日是“愚人节”，人们相互愚弄，报纸、电台、电视也会通过一些方式来庆祝这个节日。
1. D 每年的四月一日是传统的“愚人节”，人们的行动也应该是传统型的，因此选traditionally最合适，而formally(规范地)，exactly(准确地)以及regularly(规则地)都不符合语境。
2. C 愚人节的目的不是为了惹怒或惊吓某人，所以排除B和D；而smile at指“对某人微笑”，所以选laugh at表示“嘲笑”。
3. B play tricks on sb.“开某人的玩笑，捉弄某人”。
4. A 从具体的语境来看，这个玩笑是故意让人发现黑*衣服上的白线而去拽掉，借此开玩笑。
5. C 因为是借助闹钟来开玩笑，所以要调整时间，才能达到此效果。
6. A pick sth. up意思是“把某物拾起来”。
7. C attempting为“企图，试图”之意，用来表达许多大公司的愚人节活动的目的。
8. D 愚人节的目的是让别人“相信”虚假的事情，而非让他们发现事情的真相。
9. B 作为报纸或报社，要“发表”一些文章来愚弄人。
10. A 前后句子属于转折关系，所以用although；而however为副词，要单独用，不能接句子。
11. D 人们从判断故事的真假中获得乐趣，这也是愚人节的目的之一。故事的真实与否用true。前一句及下一段第一句也有提示。
12. B 人名Loof Lirpa倒过来就是April Fool，人们用Loof Lirpa来代替April Fool，以达到愚弄人的目的，所以选B。
13. C 广播和电视也借此愚弄人们，而cheated意为“欺骗”，怀有恶意；hurt伤害；surprised只表示“使惊奇”。
14. D 动词announce表示“宣布”，其他三项与句意不符。
15. A 句意：水里“含有”减肥用的负热量。
16. C 从下文的叙述来看，该愚人节的故事非常出名，而不是“好奇” “焦急”或“幽默”。
17. A serious(严肃认真的)来说明此愚人节的故事让人信服的程度。
18. D 指照片显示的内容，而非去拍照片等。
19. B pick noodles指“采摘面条”。
20. D 上文提到从树上采摘面条，所以人们想知道如何让树“长”面条。
知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类
题型：完型填空
