April Fool's day,also known as All Fools’ Day,is the first day of April. It is a day when many people play jokes among one another. If you fall for a joke,you will be called an April fool.

   April Fool's Day originated from France. At the time of 1500s,some people still used the old calendar to count day and time. As a result,they celebrated New Year's Day on April 1st. These people were known as April Fools. This cultural custom became adopted (采納) in France and later spread (傳播) to many other countries like the United States of America. It is not a holiday,and so it doesn’t have a day-off,cake,any gifts,or sweets,but it does have a really good laughter after all among friends and family.

   Let me tell you some jokes I have played on my family in the past. The night before April FooFs day,I changed every clock in the house and made sure that when my parents got up the next morning the clock should be pointing to 3 ：00 pm. The next morning,my parents woke up wondering how slept so late and were worried for missing their work. Then I would run out from my room and shout ,“ April Fools!” The whole family laughed happily.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，回答下列問題。

1.When is April Fool's Day?

2. Which country did April Fool's Day originate from?

3. What do people often do on April Fool's Day?

4. Do students have a day-off on April Fool's Day?

5. Did the writer's parents wake up at 3:00 pm? Why?

導(dǎo)讀

文章是一篇說明文，介紹了愚人節(jié)的來歷及作者愚人節(jié) 和家人開的玩笑。

詳析

1. It is the first day of April. /Ifs April 1st.根據(jù)常識(shí)以

及文章的首句可知，愚人節(jié)是在4月1號(hào)。

2. France. 愚人節(jié)起源于法國。根據(jù)第二段首句可知 答案。

3. People play jokes among one another.在愚人節(jié)這天人們相互開玩笑。根據(jù)第一段第二句話可知答案。

4. No,they don't. 愚人節(jié)不是節(jié)日，不放假。根據(jù)第二 段的最后第一句話“It is not a holiday,and so it doesn’t have a day-off.可知答案。5. No,they didn't. Because the writer played a joke on them and changed every clock in the house to 3：00 pm.通讀最后一段可知，作者與父母開了一個(gè)玩笑:把鐘表重 新調(diào)好，爸爸媽媽起床時(shí)是下午的3:00.其實(shí)，父母起床 仍然是在早晨。

障礙句分析

The night before April Fool's day,I changed every clock in the house and made sure that when my parents got up the next morning the clock should be pointing to 3 :00 pm.,愚人節(jié)

前夜，我把家里所有的鐘表都重新調(diào)好，確保爸爸媽媽起床 時(shí)(時(shí)針正指向) 是下午3 :00.

make sure意為“保證，確保”，后面引導(dǎo)的賓語從句中， 是以連詞when引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語從句，意為“當(dāng)……的時(shí)候”。

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