On April Fool's Day, it's always fun to get someone a surprise with hoaxes. Here are two interesting hoaxes for you to enjoy.
Story 1：The Lefthanded Whopper
1998：Burger King published (出版) a full page advertisement in USA Today. They announced they had invented a new kind of hamburger,a Left-handed Whopper. The hamburgers were specially designed for the thirty-two million left-handed Americans. According to the advertisement,the new hamburgers included the same ingredients (成分) as the common hamburgers,but all the Left-handed Whoppers were rotated (旋转) 180 degrees to suit left-handed customers. Though the following day Burger King announced that the Left-handed Whopper was a hoax,thousands of customers had gone into restaurants to order the new hamburgers.
Story 2：Instant Color TV
1962：In 1962 there was only one TV channel in Sweden, and it played in black and white. The TV station's technical expert (技术专家)，Kjell Stensson, appeared on the news to announce that thanks to a new skill, people could change their black and white TV sets into color reception (接收). All they had to do was hanging a nylon sock over their TV screens. Stensson was so convincing that thousands of people were taken in. But when they put the socks over the screens,the TV programs were still played in black and white.
1.The first hoax happened in ________.
A.England B.Australia C.America D.Sweden
2.In 1998,there were ________ in America.
A.32 million disabled people B.32 million left-handed people
C.180 million disabled people D.180 million left-handed people
3.There was only one ________ in Sweden in 1962.
A.TV channel B.TV program C.TV set D.TV expert
4.In the second story,the Swedes were told to hang a ________ over their TV screens to get color reception.
A.color coat B.color sock C.nylon coat D.nylon sock
5.The underlined phrase “were taken in” means “________”.
A.believed the hoax B.were brought C.forgot the story D.were interested
"I just gave birth to 5 babies last weekend." Isn't that exciting? Oh, you don't believe me? "Okay then, I stole some money from a bank on Saturday night." Now do you believe me? Actually, I hope you don't. April 1st, or April Fool's Day is the day when we play jokes on people. Do you have it in your country?
April Fool's Day started in the sixteenth century in Europe. Before that time, New Year's Day was celebrated on April 1st. If they were teased, they were called fools.
Nowadays we play jokes on people on April 1st. For example, someone might put salt in the sugar bottle, so another person could put it in his coffee "by accident". Or someone might change the time on another person's alarm clock so that the person would unknowingly wake up earlier or later than planned. Or maybe a person would tell a lie to make someone else shocked.
After we play the trick, we say "April Fool". Then the poor person realizes he has been fooled. It is generally done in the spirit of fun and doesn't cause any real harm to anyone. Do you have any great jokes to play on anyone? Try it out.
1.Before the sixteenth century, New Year's Day was on _______.
A.April 1st B.January 1st C.October 1st D.February 1st
2.Which of the following situations doesn't make you "April Fool"?
A.Someone might put salt in the sugar bottle, then I could put it in my coffee "by accident".
B.A man might take my bag by mistake, then he could say sorry to me.
C.Someone might change the time on my alarm clock, then I would unknowingly wake up earlier or later than planned.
D.A person would tell a lie to make me shocked.
3.Sometimes people lie to shock someone on_______.
A.New Year's Day B.Christmas Day C.April Fool's Day D.Thanks giving Day
4.In the 2nd paragraph, the closest meaning of the underlined word "teased" is in English.
A.hit B.criticized C.laughed at D.shocked
5.What should be the right attitude(态度) towards "April Fool"?
A.It is generally done in the spirit of fun and doesn't cause any real harm to anyone.
B.It is done for the real fools.
C.We needn't say "April Fool" when we play jokes on people on April 1st.
D.Don't play jokes on others.
Yesterday morning I went to Liuhou Park by bike. While I was walking in the park, a young man stopped me and asked if I could take some photos for him. I was happy to help and took many beautiful photos for him. With many thanks, he said goodbye to me. However, a few minutes later, I found the young man had left his bag on the bench(长凳). I thought he must forget to take it with him. So I decided to wait for him. Ten minutes later, the young man returned in a hurry. Seeing his bag in my hand, he was very happy. Then I gave the bag to him. He showed his gratitude to me. When I left, he thanked me again.
What a great pleasure it was to help others!
1.Yesterday morning I went to Liuhou Park ________.
A.on foot B.by bike C.by bus
2.A young man asked me if I could ________ for him.
A.take some photos B.draw a picture C.sing a song
3.The young man left his ________ on the bench.
A.hat B.umbrella C.bag
4.Ten ________ later, the young man returned in a hurry.
A.minutes B.hours C.days
5.The underlined word “gratitude”in paragraph 1 means “________” in Chinese.
A.情感 B.感激 C.看法
It was a Sunday morning. My parents went to attend the marriage celebration of one of my relatives in the next village. I did not go with______because I wanted to prepare for my tests at home. But I was expected to attend the feast (宴会) at 1：00 p. m.
At about 11：00 in the morning my______came. My parents were absent so I had to treat him myself. I went to the kitchen and _______the biscuits. But I couldn't find them. I also tried to______a cup of tea for him. But there was no milk. I went to my neighbor's house and borrowed some milk. But_______I added salt instead of sugar. When I offered the cup of tea to my uncle, he gladly accepted it. Then I______my mistake when he asked for sugar for the tea. I couldn't find the sugar. So______I rushed to my neighbor's house for it.
After the_______, my uncle left. It was time for me to go and attend the feast. However, when I went to get my bike, I found that it had a flat tire (瘪了的轮胎). I thought of borrowing the neighbor's bike, but I felt________to request him for the third time.________I decided to go there on foot. However, by the time l got there, the feast had been over. I told my parents everything and they pitied me for my bad day.
1.A.him B.her C.it D.them
2.A.friend B.grandfather C.uncle D.neighbor
3.A.waited for B.paid for C.searched for D.cared for
4.A.drink B.prepare C.borrow D.buy
5.A.by mistake B.in person C.for example D.in total
6.A.remembered B.recalled C.realized D.repeated
7.A.only B.again C.also D.yet
8.A.tea B.lunch C.test D.show
9.A.angry B.happy C.interested D.embarrassed
10.A.But B.Or C.So D.Though
—My mother drove me to school because of the rain.
—______. I had to ride my bike and got wet.
A.It’s a pity B.I’m sorry to hear that
C.You’re lucky D.Have a good time
—Sorry, Mr. Green. I have ________ my homework at home.
—Never mind. But don't forget ________ it to the school tomorrow.
A.left;bring B.forget;to bring C.left;to bring D.forgot;bringing
