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April Fools' Day, one of the most light-hearted days of the year, has an unclear origin. Some see
it as a celebration related to the turn of the seasons from winter to spring; others, however, believe that
it 11 the adoption of a new calendar.
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,
to celebrate New 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. 13, the practice spread throughout Europe and the rest of the world.
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Nowadays, on April Fools' Day, people often
14 to create elaborate hoaxes to fool others.
Newspapers, radio and TV stations, and websites have participated in the April 1 tradition of
making 15 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? A great number of viewers were fooled.
(A) leads to
(B) brings out
DB(A) continue
(B) continuing
(C) stems from
(C) to continue
(D) comes across
B 13. (A) Precisely
(B) Eventually
(C) Additionally
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B(A) come to an end
(B) go to great lengths
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(B) essential
(C) put in service
(C) ancient
(D) continued
(D) Literally
(D) hold in store
(D) subjective
