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四、课文变变变
April Fool's Day is a______(celebrate) that takes place in different countries around the world. It happens on April 1st every year and is a day______many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other. One April Fool's Day, a reporter in England______(announce) that there would be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti. Many people ran to their local supermarkets______(buy) as much spaghetti as they could. By the time people realized that the story was______hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country______(sell) out. In another famous trick a TV show in England reported the______(discover) of special water. They said this water would help people lose______(weigh) and that one customer had already lost a lot of weight in just four months. By the end of the day, more than 10,000 people had phoned the TV station to find out how to get this water.
Many April Fool's jokes may end up______(be) not very funny. A famous TV star once invited his girlfriend onto his show______April Fool's Day. He asked her to marry him. The lady was so happy because she really wanted to get______(marry). However when she said yes, he replied, "April Fool!" That little joke didn't have a very happy ending. The TV star lost his girlfriend and his show was______(cancel).
One of the world's______(famous) tricks, however, happened in October rather than in April. In that month in 1938, actor Orson Welles announced on his radio program that aliens from Mars______(land) on the earth. He described where they had landed and told how they were moving across the United States. Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story, and fear spread across the whole country. By the time police officers announced that the story was a hoax,______(thousand) of people had left their homes.

答案： 1. celebration 2. when 3. announced 4. to buy 5. a 6. had been sold 7. discovery 8. weight 9. being 10. on 11. married 12. canceled 13. most famous 14. had landed 15. thousands

一、阅读理解
A doctor entered the hospital hurriedly after being called in for an important surgery (外科手术). He found the boy's father waiting worriedly.
On seeing him, the father cried out, "Why did you take all this time to come? Don't you know that my son is in danger? Don't you have any sense of duty?"
The doctor said, "I am sorry. I wasn't in the hospital and I came as fast as I could and now I wish you could calm down so that I can do my work quietly."
"Calm down? What if your son were in this room right now? If your son dies while you are waiting for a doctor, what will you do?" said the father angrily. The doctor smiled and replied, "We'll do our best and you should also pray (祈祷) for your son."
The surgery took some time before the doctor went out, saying happily, "Thank goodness! Your son is saved!" And without waiting for the father's reply, he ran away, "If you have any questions, ask the nurse."
"Couldn't he wait some minutes so that I can ask about my son's state (状况)?" shouted the father. The nurse answered, tears coming down her face. "His son died yesterday in a road accident, and he was at the burial (葬礼) when we called him for your son's surgery. And after he saved your son, he left running to finish his son's burial."
1. What was the boy's father doing when the doctor arrived?
A. He was looking after the boy.
B. He was shouting angrily at the nurse.
C. He was waiting worriedly.
D. Tears were coming down his face.
2. How was the boy's situation?
A. He died.
B. He was saved.
C. He was still in danger.
D. He had to wait for the result.
3. Why did the doctor run away immediately after the operation?
A. To look after the boy.
B. Not to answer the boy's father.
C. To finish his son's burial.
D. To care for his own son.
4. Which words can be used to describe the doctor?
A. Smart and brave.
B. Quiet and strict.
C. Patient but proud.
D. Helpful and selfless.
5. What may the boy's father feel in the end?
A. Regretful.
B. Angry.
C. Tired.
D. Excited.

答案： 1.C 2.B 3.C 4.D 5.A