Question

【题目】从方框中选择恰当的单词,并用其适当形式完成短文。

A. public B. price C. laughed D. do E. report F. hurried

G. worry H. allowed I. countries J. believed K.

“Jack, the headmaster wants you in his office.” When he heard this, Jack began to 【1】

about it and suddenly everyone around 【2】 and shouted “April fool”, for this was April Fool’s Day.

In Britain and in some other 【3】, it is usual and ordinary to play a joke on people on that day. Children are 【4】 to play harmless jokes on their friends until twelve o’clock at night. Usually they try to play a joke on other children into 【5】foolish things. Not only children but also grown-ups enjoy a joke on others. Even newspapers and radios at times try to play a joke on the 【6】 with a clever April Fool’s story.

Some time ago, for example, a very serious BBC TV program did a ten-minute 【7】

about spaghetti trees in Italy. The reporter said that trees weren’t produced as much spaghetti as they did last year because of the bad weather. He also said that the 【8】 of spaghetti would go up. A lot of people who didn’t know what spaghetti was made of 【9】 the story. Some housewives 【10】 to buy the food that was going to become in short supply.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】worry

【2】laughed

【3】countries

【4】allowed

【5】doing

【6】public

【7】report

【8】price

【9】believed

【10】hurried

【解析】文章通过杰克在愚人节这天被骗引出西方的愚人节。在美国和西方的一些国家人们在这天喜欢开一些无害的玩笑。甚至电台和报社也会开一些如此的玩笑。

【1】由上文“班主任想让你去办公室”故此处为“Jack对此非常担心。”worry about担心。

【2】由句意：突然周围的每个人笑了大喊道“愚人节”。由语境可知此句为一般过去时，需用动词laugh的过去式。

【3】在英国和一些国家，在那一天人们开一些玩笑很普通正常。country国家，由some修饰此处需用可数名词的复数形式。

【4】直到晚上12:00，人们被允许朋友之间开一些无伤害的玩笑。主语Children与allow之间应为被动关系。

【5】通常他们与孩子们开一些玩笑，让他们做一些傻事。into为介词，后接动名词作宾语。

【6】甚至有时候，报社和电台也与公众开一些玩笑。the public“公众”。

【7】不久前，一个非常正式的BBC节目对意大利的面条树做了10分钟的报告。此处需用名词report“报道”作宾语。

【8】他说空心面的价格将上涨。此处需用名词price“价格”作主语。

【9】许多人不知道空心面是由什么制成的相信了这个故事。由语境可知此处需用believe的过去式构成一般过去时。

A lot of people who didn’t know what spaghetti was made of ___9___ the story.

【10】一些家庭主妇匆匆忙忙去买将成为短缺商品的食物。由语境可知此处需用调查hurry“仓促”的过去式构成一般过去时。