【題目】閱讀理解
Unlike most other holidays, the history of April Fools' Day. Sometimes called All Fools' Day, is not as the totally clear. The only point in time that can be agreed on as the beginning of this tradition was 1582,in France. Before that year, the New Year was celebrated for eight days, beginning on March 25.The reform of the calendar celetxration reached the highest point on April l_With the riform of the calendar under Charles 1X,the Gregorian calendar (公歷, 陽歷）was introduced, and New Year's Day was moved to January 1.
However, because in those days communications were not as developed as they are today, many people did not receive the news for several years. Some people refused to accept the new calendar and continued to celebrate the New Year on April, These backward people were considered “foots” by other peopk. They were often sent on “fools” errands (徒勞無益的工作)or were made the taragets of jokes.
This developed, over time, into a tradition of playing a trick on someone on the first day of April. The tradition eventully spread to England and Scotland in the eightreenth century. It was later introduced to the American colonies of both the Britain and Francc.April Fools' Day thus developed into an international fun feast,so to speak,with different nationalities specializing in their own kind of humor at the expense of their friends and families.
（1）According to the new calendar, which day was New Year's Day moved to in France ?
A.March 25.
B.January 1.
C.April 1.
D.April3.
（2）Which of the following first had the tradition of celebrating the April Fools' Day?
A.France
B.England,
C.Scotland
D.America.
（3）What was people's attitude towards the new calendar?
A.They accepted it happily.
B.They refused it immediately.
C.Some recognized it.
D.Some laughed at it.
（4）What does the passage want to tell us?
A.What the French did on April Fools' Day.
B.How April Fools' Day come into being.
C.When was the new calendar introduced.
D.Why some people were fooled in France.

【答案】
（1）C
（2）A
（3）C
（4）B
【解析】文章向讀者介紹愚人節(jié)傳統(tǒng)的由來。

（1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段Some people refused to accept the new calendar and continued to celebrate the New Year on April 1.一些人拒絕接受新歷，仍然繼續(xù)在4月1日慶祝新年�？芍鶕�(jù)早期日歷，法國人的新年是4月1日。故選C。

（2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段The only point in time that can be agreed on as the beginning of this tradition was 1582,in France.可知愚人節(jié)傳統(tǒng)開始在法國，故選A。

（3）推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段內(nèi)容Some people refused to accept the new calendar and continued to celebrate the New Year on April 1.These backward people were considered”fools” by other people.，可知一些人拒絕接受新歷，繼續(xù)在4月1日慶祝新年，這些滯后的人被其他人認(rèn)為是“傻子” �？芍�?jiǎng)傞_始對(duì)于新歷的態(tài)度，一些人接受，一些人拒絕。故選C。

（4）主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，文章向我們介紹愚人節(jié)的由來，故選B。

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