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April Fool’s Day is a day to play jokes on others. No one knows how this holiday began but it was thought to begin in France.

In France, New Year’s Day was celebrated on March 25 and celebrations lasted until April 1st. When New Year’s Day was changed from March 25 to January 1st in the 1560s by King Charles IX （查理九世）, there were some people who still celebrated it on April 1st and those people were called April Fools.

April Fool’s Day is a “for-fun-only” day. Nobody is expected to buy gifts or to take their friends out to eat in a fancy restaurant. Nobody gets off work or school. It’s simply a fun little holiday, but a holiday on which one must remain forever vigilant,(*惕的） for he may be the next April Fool!

Each country celebrates April Fool’s Day differently. In France, the April Fool is called “April Fish” (Poisson d’Avril). The French fool their friends by taping a paper fish to their friends’ backs and when some discover this trick, they yell ”Poisson d’Avril!”

In England, tricks can be played only in the morning. If a trick is played on you, you are a “noodle”. In Scotland, April Fool’s Day is 48 hours long and you are called an “April Gowk”, which is another name for a cuckoo bird. The second day in Scotland’s April Fool’s Day is called Tally Day. Tally Day’s gift to children is the still-funny “Kick Me ” sign.

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1. April Fool’s Day began in .

A. America B. France C. England D. Scotland

2. In France people used to celebrate on March 25 before the 1560s.

A. New Year’s Day B. Father’s Day C. April Fool’s Day D. Mother’s Day

3. On April Fool’s Day, people usually .

A. send presents to others B. ask friends to have dinner

C. play jokes on others D. have a day off

4. The underlined word “trick” means “ ” in Chinese.

A. 惡作劇 B. 打擊 C. 策劃 D. 傷心

5. In Scotland, you are called “_____” ,which is another name for a cuckoo bird.

A. Poisson d’Avril B. an April Gowk C. a noodle D. Tally Day