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Ancient cultures celebrated New Year's Day on or around April 1, which roughly
coincides with the beginning of spring. In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII ordered a new calendar,
which called for New Year's Day to be celebrated on January 1. However, many people,
either refusing to accept the new date or not having heard about it,
Year's Day on April 1. Other people began to make fun of these traditionalists, sending them
on "fool's errands" or trying to fool them into believing something false. __18__, the practice
spread throughout Europe and the rest of the world.
17 to celebrate New
Nowadays, on April Fools' Day, people often 19 to create elaborate hoaxes to fool
others. Newspapers, radio and TV stations, and websites have participated in the April 1
tradition of making 20 reports in order to fool their audiences. The BBC once reported that
Swiss farmers were experiencing a spaghetti crop and showed scenes of people harvesting
noodles from trees. Guess what? Numerous viewers were fooled.
16. (A) leads to
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(B) brings out
(B) continuing
(C) stems from
(C) to continue
(D) comes across
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