Question

It's hard to avoid looking like a fool on April Fool's Day. On April 1 each year, people play tricks on each other. These tricks are usually silly rather than mean. Classmates sometimes tie each other's shoelaces to their chairs.Teachers might hand out an impossibly difficult surprise test that scares students before they realize it's only a joke. Newspapers announce fake(假的) contests (such as "Win an elephant!") and report on fake stories (like "UFO" lands in New York City).

Forget gifts, songs and special foods—those are for the other holidays of the year. On April Fool's Day, the only tradition is to laugh (and maybe to cause a little bit of trouble).

One April Fool's Day, when I was in high school, a group of students in my class played a very clever and funny trick on the teachers. They bought some chickens and set them free in our school cafeteria. The chickens ran all round the school, in and out of classrooms and under our feet. Feathers were flying everywhere.

Teachers began running after the chickens, trying to catch them. Finally, they caught four of them. But the chickens were wearing numbered tags (商标) around their necks, and the teachers discovered that they had only caught chickens No.1, 2, 3, and 5.Where was chicken No.4? The teachers looked and looked. They couldn't find another chicken. After a few hours, they realized that the students had played another joke on them: There were only four chickens in the first place! They've been tricked by the numbers on the chickens.

It's been a long time since I was in high school, but that April Fool's Day remains one of my favorite memories from those years.

1.What can we infer from the first paragraph on April Fool's Day?

A. Everyone is hard to avoid being fooled on April Fool's Day.

B. Students play jokes on teachers on April Fool's Day.

C. Teachers play tricks on students on April Fool's Day.

D. Newspapers often cheat people.

2.Why did students set chickens free?

A. They wanted to let chickens free.

B. They wanted to let chickens run all round the school.

C. They wanted to see feathers flying.

D. They wanted to play a trick on teachers.

3.How many jokes did the students play on teachers?

A. One.B. Two.C. Three.D. Four.

4.What's the title of the passage?

A. An unforgettable April Fool's Day

B. April Fool's Day

C. The origin of April Fool's Day

D. What do people do on April Fool's Day?

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.A

【解析】

试题分析: 本文介绍了愚人节的一些习俗，以及作者在高中时的一次难忘的愚人节经历。

1.A 细节理解题。根据文章第一段第一句It's hard to avoid looking like a fool on April Fool's Day可知，在愚人节当天，很难避免被愚弄，故选A。

2.D 推理判断题。根据文章第二段One April Fool's Day, when I was in high school, a group of students in my class played a very clever and funny trick on the teachers.及下文的介绍可知，学生们把鸡放了，是为了捉弄老师们。故选D。

3.B 细节理解题。根据文章第三段After a few hours, they realized that the students had played another joke on them: There were only four chickens in the first place!可知，老师们被捉弄了两次。故选B。

4.A 主旨大意题。文章先介绍愚人节的一些恶作剧习俗，接着介绍自己在高中时一次难忘的愚人节经历，故本文标题用A（一次难忘的愚人节）最合适。故选A。

考点：考查日常生活类短文阅读。

【名师点睛】

关于细节理解题

用细节定位法：细节理解题属直接解答性问题，是阅读理解题中最简单的一种，多数属中低难度的送分题。但由于高考所占的比例很大，应特别引起注意。事实和细节题的命题特点是：把某词语、某个句子或某具体事实用不同于原文的另一方式或句型表达，即同义改写。解答这类题的窍门是：A)注意掌握英语的多种表达法；B)正确分析词语在句中的作用；C)熟练运用英语的句型转换；D)读懂题干所提出的问题，并准确地找到文中涉及该问题的句子。

比如文章第8小题，就需要快速定位在文章的第一段第一句It's hard to avoid looking like a fool on April Fool's Day，可知，在愚人节当天，很难避免被愚弄，所以选择A。比如文章第9小题，根据文章第三段After a few hours, they realized that the students had played another joke on them: There were only four chickens in the first place!可知老师们被捉弄了两次。所以选择B。