Ⅳ.任務(wù)型閱讀

  April Fool's Day is celebrated in the Western world on April 1st of every year. It is also called All Fools’ Day. It is not a legal (法定的) holiday. Even though it is celebrated for many years,it is still not included in the official list of holidays every year.

  April Fool's Day is a day when people can play jokes and hoaxes on each other. In the United States 9 Canada,France and South Korea,jokes and hoaxes last all day,and in some countries such as Ireland,South Africa,New Zealand and the United Kingdom they last only until noon. In these countries if someone plays a trick on you in the afternoon,he or she will be called an April Fool.

   Here are two pieces of real April Fool's Day news in history. On April 1st,1946,Hawaii and Alaska were hit by a tsunami (海嘯) that killed 165 people. On April 1st,2002,WWE RAW changed its logo (標(biāo)識) which is used until now.

   A famous April Fool's Day hoax in history is when the Leaning Tower of Pisa was announced to have fallen over,many people called the radio station to confirm (確認(rèn)) the shocking (令人震驚的) news.

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5. Jack always plays tricks people. So you may get angry with him.

   A. on   B. to   C. in   D. at

4. When we practice speaking English,we often end up in Chinese.

   A. speak         B. to speak

   C. speaking   D. spoken

3. people will visit our city in summer.

   A. Thousand           B. Thousands of

   C. Two thousands     D. Thousand of

2. Tom and Linda for ten years,but they've never quarreled.

   A. married                     B. have married

   C. had been married   D. have been married

Ⅲ.單項(xiàng)選擇

1. By the time I got to the cafe,all the strawberry

ice cream.

A. sell out                      B. were sold out

C. had been sold out   D. are sold out

3. He was sleeping when the UFO arrived. He didn't wake until the UFO (disappear) .

2. These ideas are more (believe) than others.

I.用所給詞的正確形式填空

1. He didn't go to the movies last night because he already (see) it.

5. We have a (慶祝) in the hall every year.