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    Unlike most other holidays,the history of April Fools’ Day,sometimes called All Fools’ Day,is not totally only point in time that can be agreed on as the beginning of this tradition was 1582,in re that year,the New Year was celebrated for eight days,beginning on March celebration reached the highest point on April the reform of the calendar under Charles 1X,the the Gregorian calendar(公历,阳历)was introduced,and New Year’s Day was moved to January 1.

    However,because in those days communications were not as developed as they are today,many people did not receive the news for several people refused to accept the new calendar and continued to celebrate the New Year on April e backward people were considered”fools” by other were often sent on “fools” errands(徒劳无益的工作)or were made the targets of jokes.

    This developed,over time,into a tradition of playing a trick on someone on the first day of tradition eventually spread to England and Scotland in the eighteenth was later introduced to the American colonies of both the Britain and l Fools’ Day thus developed into an international fun feast,so to speak,with different nationalities specializing in their own kind of humor at the expense of their friends and families.

25.According to an earlier calendar,New Year’s Day in France was_______ .

A. March25    B. January 1    C. April 1    D. April3

26.Which of the following first had the tradition of celebrating the April Fools’ Day?

A. France.    B. England.    C. Scotland.    D. America.

27.What was people’s attitude towards the new calendar?

A. They accepted it happily.    B. They refused it immediately.   

C. Some recognized it.        D. Some laughed at it.

28.The passage mainly tells us______.

the French did on April Fools’ Day April Fools’ Day come into being

was the new calendar introduced   some people were fooled in France

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