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You need to be careful on April 1st, or you could easily get ricked by someone.

The history of April Fool’s Day is uncertain, but one explanation is connected（关联） with the change in the calendar in the 16th century, which meant that April 1st was no longer the beginning of the year. Those who still celebrated the new year on April 1st were called fools. There are lots of simple tricks that you can play on your friends. For ex-ample, you can change the time on someone’s alarm clock so that they wake up very early, or glue a coin to the floor and see how many people try to pick it up.

All of these things are small jokes that you can play on one person or a few people. There’s also a tradition of large companies trying to fool lots of people. For example, a hamburger restaurant once claimed（声称） that they were introducing a left-handed burger!

In particular, radio and television programs have also fooled many people by broadcasting news which wasn’t true. One of the most famous hoaxes ever was broadcast by the BBC itself in 1957! A very serious news program called Panorama reported on the poor spaghetti harvest in Switzerland, and showed pictures of farmers picking spaghetti from trees! Hundreds of people believed it and wrote to the BBC asking how to grow their own spaghetti.

【小题1】What do we learn from the second paragraph?

A．New Year’s Day was on Jan. 1st before 16th century.

B．People celebrated April Fool’s Day before the 16th century.

C．People are sure of the history of April Fool’s Day.

D．April 1st was once the beginning of the year.

【小题2】Who were called April fools at first?

A．People who knew the calendar change first.	B．People who didn’t know the calendar change.
C．People who were born on April 1st.	D．People who changed New Year’s Day..

【小题3】Which of the following is TRUE on April 1st?

A．The author played jokes on the BBC.

B．It is lucky to have a joke played on you. C.Jokes are usually played on friends.

C．People feel upset when they are fooled.

【小题4】What does the underlined word “broadcasting” mean in the pas-sage?

A．Sending a radio signal.	B．Revealing the truth.
C．Making up a story.	D．Making an advertisement.

【小题5】What is the best title for the passage?

A．The History of April Fool’s Day	B．How to Play Tricks
C．April Fool’s Day	D．How to Celebrate April Fool’s Day