完形填空閱讀下面短文，從短文後各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。April...

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閱讀下面短文，從短文後各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

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“愚人節”，人們相互愚弄，報紙、電臺、電視也會通過一些方式來慶祝這個節日。

1. D　每年的四月一日是傳統的“愚人節”，人們的行動也應該是傳統型的，因此選traditionally最合適，而formally(規範地)，exactly(準確地)以及regularly(規則地)都不符合語境。

2. C　愚人節的目的不是為了惹怒或驚嚇某人，所以排除B和D；而smile at指“對某人微笑”，所以選laugh at表示“嘲笑”。

3. B　play tricks on sb.“開某人的玩笑，捉弄某人”。

4. A　從具體的語境來看，這個玩笑是故意讓人發現黑*衣服上的白線而去拽掉，藉此開玩笑。

5. C　因為是藉助鬧鐘來開玩笑，所以要調整時間，才能達到此效果。

6. A　pick sth. up意思是“把某物拾起來”。

7. C　attempting為“企圖，試圖”之意，用來表達許多大公司的愚人節活動的目的。

8. D　愚人節的目的是讓別人“相信”虛假的事情，而非讓他們發現事情的真相。

9. B　作為報紙或報社，要“發表”一些文章來愚弄人。

10. A　前後句子屬於轉折關係，所以用although；而however為副詞，要單獨用，不能接句子。

11. D　人們從判斷故事的真假中獲得樂趣，這也是愚人節的目的之一。故事的真實與否用true。前一句及下一段第一句也有提示。

12. B　人名Loof Lirpa倒過來就是April Fool，人們用Loof Lirpa來代替April Fool，以達到愚弄人的目的，所以選B。

13. C　廣播和電視也藉此愚弄人們，而cheated意為“欺騙”，懷有惡意；hurt傷害；surprised只表示“使驚奇”。 

14. D　動詞announce表示“宣佈”，其他三項與句意不符。

15. A　句意：水裡“含有”減肥用的負熱量。

16. C　從下文的敘述來看，該愚人節的故事非常出名，而不是“好奇”  “焦急”或“幽默”。   

17. A　serious(嚴肅認真的)來說明此愚人節的故事讓人信服的程度。

18. D　指照片顯示的內容，而非去拍照片等。

19. B　pick noodles指“採摘麵條”。

20. D　上文提到從樹上採摘麵條，所以人們想知道如何讓樹“長”麵條。

知識點：人物傳記 故事閱讀類

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