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1、LifeisfulloftheunexpectedSectionB2a-2eUnit122bReadthepassagequickly.Thenmatcheachparagraphwiththemainidea.Paragraph1OneofthemostfamoustricksplayedParagraph2ExamplesoffunnystoriesthathappenedonAprilFool’sDayParagraph3AnintroductiontoFool’sDayParagraph4Asadstorythathappenedon

2、AprilFool’sDayItiscelebratedeveryyearonthefirstdayofApril.Ithasbeenpopularsincethe19thcentury.Thedayisnotanationalholidayinanycountry,butitiswell-knowninEurope,Australia,BrazilandtheUnitedStates.Onthisday,peopleplayjokesandhoaxesoneachother.Thejokesandtheirvictimsareknownas

3、"Aprilfools".Hoaxstoriesmaybereportedbythepressandothermediaonthisdayand explainedlater.AprilFools’Day=AprilFool’sDay2c.Readthepassageagainandanswerthequestions.WhydidthesupermarketsrunoutofspaghettioneAprilFool’sDay?Becauseareporterannouncedthattherewouldbenomorespaghettia

4、sspaghettifarmersinItalyhadstoppedgrowingspaghetti.WhatdidtheTVshowsaythatthespecialwatercoulddo?Itwassaidthatthespecialwaterwouldhelppeopleloseweight.WhydidtheTVstar’sjokehaveabadending?Becausehelostbothhisgirlfriendandhisshow.4.WhendidOrsonWellestellpeopleaboutaliensfromM

5、arslandingontheearth?ItwasinOctober1938.5.WhydidsomanypeoplebelieveOrsonWelles?BecauseOrsonWellesmadeitsoundsorealthathundredsofpeoplebelievedthestory.Whichofthesestoriesisthemostbelievable?Whichistheleastbelievable?Why?Ithink…Because…Wouldyoubefooledbyanyofthesestories?Yes

6、,Iwould.Because…No,Iwouldn’t.Because…AprilFool’sDayisacelebrationthattakesplaceindifferentcountriesaroundtheworld.IthappensonApril1steveryyearandisadaywhenmanypeopleplayallkindsoftricksandjokesoneachother.OneAprilFool’sDay,areporterinEnglandannouncedthattherewouldbenomoresp

7、aghettibecausethespaghettifarmersinItalyhadstoppedgrowingspaghetti.Manypeoplerantotheirlocalsupermarketstobuyasmuchspaghettiastheycould.Bythetimepeoplerealizedthatthestorywasahoax,allofthespaghettiacrossthecountryhadbeensoldout.InanotherfamoustrickaTVshowinEnglandreportedth

8、ediscoveryofspecialwater.Theysaidthiswaterwouldhelppeopleloseweightandthatonecusto