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完形填空 April Fools' Day 答案

April Fools’ Day
The first of April is commonly known __11__ April Fools’ Day, and it’s customarily on this day to play a __12__ on a friend. If your friend is __13__ in, then he or she is an April __14__.
It isn’t only children who __15__ jokes. Grown-ups like such pranks(恶作剧), too. Even the media sometimes try to deceive the __16__with a __17__ April fool story. Some years __18__, for example, a famous joke was played on the __19__. A __20__ reporter reported that strange geological changes have resulted in weaker gravity in different __21__ of Britain. He asked _22__ to jump __23__ and see if they __24__ jump higher than they usually could. Many people did. The hundreds of __25__ the BBC received proved how __26__ the hoax(恶作剧) was. Not until twelve o’clock did the BBC gently __27__ its listeners it was April Fools’ Day that day.
Making jokes only __28__ until noon of the day, the rule is rigid and everybody accepted. Anyone who tries to make a fool after midday is a __29__ fool than he whohas been __30__. The late trickster is instantly rebuffed(受挫), as a piece of poem goes:
April Fools’ Day is gone and past. You are the biggest fool at last. When April Fools’ Day comes again, you’ll be the biggest fool then.
11. A. for B. to C. about D. as
12. B. fool B. trick C. match D. game
13. A. taken B. cheated C. fooled D. invited
14. A. fool B. boy C. girl D. child
15. A. dislike B. like C. hate D. enjoy
16. A. fools B. grown-ups C. adults D. public
17. A. dull B. foolish C. slow D. wise
18. A. more B. before C. ago D. later
19. A. screen B. radio C. TV D. computer
20. A. scientific B. ordinary C. common D. special
21. A. countries B. parts C. place D. nation
22. A. scientists B. readers C. watchers D. listeners
23. A. back B. down C. up D. up and down
24. A. mostly B. hardly C. usually D. normally
25. A. pictures B. messages C. ideas D. calls
26. A. successful B. unsuccessful C. successfully D. unsuccessfully
27. A. retell B. remind C. tell D. warns
28. A. lasts B. continues C. goes D. comes on
29. A. clever B. bigger C. smaller D. foolish
30. A. selected B. chosen C. fooled D. made

Answer 1

11.A 12.B 13.A 14.A 15.B
16.D 17.B 18.C 19.B 20.A
21.B 22.D 23.D 24.B 25.B
26.B 27.C 28.A 29.D 30.C

Answer 2

11D, 12B, 13C, 14A, 15B, 16D, 17D, 18C, 19C, 20A, 21B, 22D, 23C, 24D, 25D, 26A, 27C, 28A, 29D, 30B