43愚人节说愚人节-2023年中考英语时事热点话题题型专练.docx

1、43 愚人节说愚人节2023年中考英语时事热点话题题型专练愚人节的来历愚人节，又称愚人节日，是西方的传统节日，通常是在每年的4月1日庆祝。在这一天，人们将玩一些恶作剧和愚弄别人的小游戏，这种行为已经成为了传统。虽然这个节日的起源已经无从考究，但是我们可以从现代人的角度来认识和庆祝这个节日。在愚人节这一天，大家通常会玩一些笑话和恶作剧。这些小游戏有一些非常简单而有趣，比如让别人找到一些“不存在”的东西，或者在手机上设置一些假消息来愚弄别人。这些小游戏不仅可以让大家平时的压力缓解，同时也可以增加人与人之间的互动和关系。除了玩笑和恶作剧，愚人节还是一个可以传递和交流信息的机会。在这一天，很多人都会在

2、社交网络上发布一些有趣的信息和消息，这些信息可以让大家在愚人节这一天更加开心和快乐。最后，愚人节还是一个反思的机会。这一天可以让我们反思我们生活中的一些问题和矛盾。例如，我们可以反思一些人的行为是否必要，或者我们应该如何处理同事之间的矛盾。通过反思，我们可以更好地解决生活中的问题，提高我们的工作和生活质量。总的来说，愚人节是一个非常有意义的节日，它不仅可以让我们释放压力和放松身心，同时也可以增加人与人之间的交流和互动，让我们更加喜欢和享受生活。让我们一起来庆祝愚人节吧！一、完形填空阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Get your prac

3、tical jokes ready because April Fools Day is coming. It can be fun to _1_friends, but what will happen when the jokes get out of control?Sometimes our friends like to do _2_things on April Fools Day to make us laugh. However, some jokes can be hurtful if someones feelings are hurt or someone feels_3

4、_in front of classmates and friends. So before you play a joke on somebody, think to _4_, “Would I mind if he did this to me?”A famous TV star asked his girlfriend to _5_him on his show. When she answered yes, he replied, “April Fool”. Unluckily, the joke didnt have a very happy _6_ . He lost both h

5、is girlfriend and his show.When I was young, I played an April Fools joke _7_my father. I put salt in the sugar bowl _8_ sugar. When he put “sugar” into his milk, it was really salty. The joke was harmless(无伤害的） _9_we both laughed.One thing to remember about jokes is that you and your friends will _

6、10_together. The jokes should be relaxing and funny.1AsurpriseBthrillCannoyDfool2AheavyBnervousCsillyDimportant3AboredBhappyCembarrassedDworried4AitselfByourselfChimselfDmyself5AinterestBgetCmarryDfall6AbeginningBendingCfeelingDmeaning7AfromBtoCinDon8AbecauseBbecause ofCinsteadDinstead of9AorBbutCso

7、Dthough10AcryBshoutCspeakDlaugh【短文大意】本文是一篇记叙文。作者通过几个例子告诉我们愚人节开玩笑要适度，不能让人感到受伤或者尴尬。玩笑应该是让人放松的，让人开怀大笑的。【答案解析】1句意：愚弄朋友可能很有趣，但是当开玩笑失控的时候，会发生什么？surprise使惊奇；thrill使兴奋；annoy惹恼；fool愚弄。根据“It can be fun.jokes get out of control”中的“fun”和“jokes”可知，开朋友的玩笑可能很有趣。故选D。2句意：有时候我们的朋友喜欢在愚人节做一些愚蠢的事情让我们开怀大笑。heavy重的；nervous

8、紧张的；silly愚蠢的；important重要的。根据“.to make us laugh”可知，能让我们在愚人节大笑的事情应该是愚蠢的那些事。故选C。3句意：但是，如果有人感情受到伤害或在同学和朋友面前感到尴尬，有些笑话可能是伤人的。bored无聊的；happy开兴的；embarrassed尴尬的；worried担忧的。根据“some jokes can be hurtful”可知，有些玩笑是能够伤害到别人的，而“someones feelings are hurt”和后面一句是并列关系，所以有些玩笑话会使有些人在朋友面前感到尴尬。故选C。4句意：所以在你开别人玩笑之前，好好想想。itse

9、lf它自己；yourself你自己；himself他自己；myself我自己。根据“So before you play a joke on somebody,”可知，作者是在建议，开玩笑之前你要好好想想。主语是“you”,与之对应的反身代词yourself。故选B。5句意：一个著名的电视明星在他的节目上向他的女朋友求婚。interest使感兴趣；get得到；marry结婚；fall掉落。根据“When she answered yes, he replied, “April Fool”. ”中的yes可知，这个电视明星是在向女朋友求婚，让她嫁给他。故选C。6句意：不幸的是，这个笑话没有一个开

10、心的结局。beginning开始；ending结局；feeling感受；meaning意思。根据“He lost both his girlfriend and his show. ”中可知，这个电视明星最后失去了他的女朋友和节目，说明了这个玩笑并没有得到一个开心的结局。故选B。7句意：在我很小的时候，我对我父亲开了一个愚人节玩笑。from来自；to到；in在里面；on在上。开某人玩笑的短语是“play a joke on sb.”，应该用介词on。故选D。8句意：我用盐取代糖，将其放进了装糖的罐子里。because因为；because of由于；instead相反；instead of代替。

11、根据“I put salt in the sugar bowl”可知，作者是把盐放进了糖罐里，用来代替糖愚弄父亲。故选D。9句意：这个玩笑是没有害的，所以我们都开怀大笑。or否则；but但是；so所以；though尽管。根据“harmless”和“we both laughed.”可知，前后两句是因果关系，因为玩笑是没有害的，所以我们才能开怀大笑。故选C。10句意：关于笑话要记住的一点是，你和你的朋友会一起笑。cry哭泣；shout大叫；speak说话；laugh大笑。根据“The jokes should be relaxing and funny.”可知，因为玩笑是放松的，让人觉得有趣的。

12、所以朋友们才能一起开怀大笑。故选D。二、阅读回答问题April Fools Day is a celebration that takes place in different countries around the world. It happens on April 1st every year and is a day when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other.One April Fools Day, a reporter in England announced that there would

13、 be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti. Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy as much spaghetti as they could. By the time people realized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out. In another

14、 famous trick, a TV show in England reported the discovery of special water. They said this water would help people lose weight 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

15、this water.Many April Fools jokes may end up being not very funny. A famous TV star once invited his girlfriend onto his show on April Fools Day. He asked her to marry him. The lady was so happy because she really wanted to get married. However, when she said yes, he replied, “April Fool!” That litt

16、le joke didnt have a very happy ending. The TV star lost his girlfriend and his show was canceled.One of the worlds most famous tricks, however, happened in October rather than April. In that month in 1938, actor Orson Welles announced on his radio program that aliens from Mars had landed on the ear

17、th. 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, thousands of people had l

18、eft their homes.11The general idea of the passage: _12The reason why the supermarkets sold out all spaghetti on April Fools Day: _13The main idea of paragraph (段) 1: _14The result of the famous TV stars joke: _15The reason why so many people believe Orson Welles: _【短文大意】文章介绍了在愚人节人们通常与周围的人开玩笑，并举例几个人在

19、这一天开的玩笑以及玩笑的结果。【答案解析】11根据“April Fools Day is a celebration that takes place in different countries around the world. It happens on April 1st every year and is a day when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other.”以及整个文章的理解可知，主要是介绍有关愚人节的事情，故填An introduction to April Fools Day.12根据“

20、One April Fools Day, a reporter in England announced that there would be no more spaghetti.all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.”可知，因为记者的玩笑，所有的超市的意大利面都被卖空了，故填A reporters joke.13根据“April Fools Day is a celebration that takes place in different countries around the world. It happe

21、ns on April 1st every year and is a day when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other.”可知，第一段主要是介绍愚人节是什么时候，在这一天人们通常做什么，故填When is April Fools Day and what do people usually do on that day?14根据“A famous TV star once invited his girlfriend onto his show on April Fools Day.The TV sta

22、r lost his girlfriend and his show was canceled.”可知，因为在电视节目中开玩笑，那个电视明星最后失去了女友，而且节目被取消了，故填The TV star lost his girlfriend and his show was canceled.15根据“In that month in 1938, actor Orson Welles announced on his radio program that aliens from Mars had landed on the earth.and fear spread across the wh

23、ole country.”可知，因为威尔斯说得如此真实，以至于数百人相信了这个故事，故填Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story.三、阅读信息摘录读下面有关愚人节的文章，在各小题后做简单的笔记。April Fools Day is a celebration that takes place in different countries around the world. It happens on April 1st every year and is a day when many peo

24、ple play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other. One April Fools Day, a reporter in England announced that there would be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti. Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy as much spaghetti as they could. B

25、y the time people realized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out. In another famous trick a TV show in England reported the discovery of special water. They said this water would help people lose weight and that one customer had already lost a lot of we

26、ight 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 Fools jokes may end up being not very funny. A famous TV star once invited his girlfriend onto his show on April Fools Day. He asked her to marry him. The

27、lady was so happy because she really wanted to get married. However, when she said yes, he replied, “April Fool!” That little joke didnt have a very happy ending. The TV star lost his girlfriend and his show was canceled. One of the worlds most famous tricks, however, happened in October rather than

28、 in April. In that month in 1938, actor Orson Welles announced on his radio program that aliens from Mars had landed 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 f

29、ear spread across the whole country. By the time police officers announced that the story was a hoax, thousands of people had left their homes.16What many people do on April Fools Day: _17The reason why the supermarket sold out spaghetti on April Fools Day:_18The thing that the TV show said the spec

30、ial water could do: _19The time Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth: _20The reason why so many people believed Orson Welles: _【短文大意】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了四个著名的愚人节玩笑。【答案解析】16根据第一段第二句“It happens on April 1st every year and is a day when many people play all kinds of tricks a

31、nd jokes on each other.”可知愚人节是在每年的四月一日，这一天很多人会开彼此的玩笑。故填Playing all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other.17根据第二段第一句“One April Fools Day, a reporter in England announced that there would be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti.”可知有一年的愚人节，英格兰的一位记者宣布说

32、因为意大利农民不再种意大利面了，所以不会再有意大利面了，因此当天超市里的意大利面都卖光了。故填A reporter in England announced that there would be no more spaghetti.18根据第二段中的“They said this water would help people lose weight and that one customer had already lost a lot of weight in just four months.”可知他们说这种水可以帮助减肥，而且有一个顾客已经在四个月内减重很多。故填Helping pe

33、ople lose weight.19根据第三段中的“One of the worlds most 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 had landed on the earth.”可知在1938年10月，演员Orson Wells在他的电台节目中说来自火星的外星人已经在地球上着陆。故填In October

34、1938.20根据第四段中的“Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story, and fear spread across the whole country.”可知Wells把这个消息讲得跟真的一样，让人们都信以为真，说明他所说的听起来像真的一样。故填What he said sounded so real.四、语法填空阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。April fools Day is traditionally a day to play practi

35、cal jokes _21_ others. No one knows how this holiday began but it was thought to have originated in France. The _22_ (close) point in time that can be identified as the beginning of this tradition was in 1582, in France. New Years Day _23_ (celebrate) on March 25 and celebrations lasted until April

36、1st. In the mid-1560s, King Charles IX changed New Years Day from March 25 to January 1st, _24_ there were some people who still celebrated it on April 1st and those people were called April Fools. Tricks performed on April fools Day range from the simple, such as saying, “Your shoes untied!” or set

37、ting a _25_ (roommate) alarm clock back an hour is a common gag. The news media even gets involved. For instance, a British short film once shown on April fools Day was a fairly detailed documentary about “spaghetti farmers” and _26_ they get their crop from the spaghetti trees. April fools Day is _

38、27_ “for-fun-only” observance. Nobody is expected _28_ (buy) gifts or to take their “significant other” out to eat in a fancy restaurant. Nobody _29_ (get) off work or school. Its _30_ (simple) a fun little holiday, but a holiday on which one must remain forever vigilant, for he may be the next Apri

39、l fool!【短文大意】本文主要介绍了愚人节的来历和趣味性。【答案解析】21句意：愚人节传统上是对别人开玩笑的日子。“开某人的玩笑”play jokes on sb，故填on。22句意：可以确定这一传统开始的最近时间点是在1582年的法国。形容词“close”接近的，临近的，修饰名词“point”作前置定语，the+形容词最高级，表“最”，close最高级为closest。故填closest。23句意：新年在3月25日庆祝并一直持续到4月1日。主语New Years Day和谓语动词celebrate为被动关系，and并列之后“lasted”为一般过去时态，be动词使用was，celebra

40、te过去分词为celebrated。故填was celebrated。24句意：在16世纪60年代中期，查理九世国王将新年从3月25日改为1月1日，但仍有一些人仍然在4月1日庆祝新年，这些人被称为愚人。前后两个句子，中间用连词连接，根据句意可知，前后两个句子为转折关系，用转折连词but连接。故填but。25句意：愚人节表演的技巧很简单，比如说：“你的鞋带开了！”或将室友的闹钟往后调一小时是常见的噱头。空前冠词a，后加单数名词，空后名词alarm clock，此处需用名词所有格，词尾+s。故填roomates。26句意：例如，曾经在愚人节放映的一部英国短片是一部相当详细的纪录片，讲述了“意大利面

41、条农夫”以及他们如何从意大利面条树上收获作物。根据句意可知，如何收获，用疑问词how。故填how。27句意：愚人节是一个“仅供娱乐”的节日。泛指“一个”且“for-fun-only”为辅音音素开头，用不定冠词a。故填a。28句意：没有人会买礼物或带他们的“重要的另一半”去高档餐厅吃饭。“有望做某事，被期待做某事”be expected to do。故填to buy。29句意：没有人不上班或不上学。根据句子前后时态，本句为一般现在时，不定代词Nobody作主语，谓语动词用单三，get单三为gets。故填gets。30句意：这只是一个有趣的小假期，但却是一个必须永远保持警惕的假期，因为他可能是下一

42、个愚人！修饰形容词短语用副词，simple副词为simply。故填simply。五、短文语境提示填空根据课文内容填空。April Fools Day happens on April 1st and is a day when many people play all _31_ of tricks and jokes on each other. One April Fools Day, a reporter in England announced that there would be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in I

43、taly had stopped _32_ spaghetti. Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy as much spaghetti as they _33_. By the time people _34_ that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had been _35_ out. In another famous trick a TV show in England reported the _36_ of special

44、water. They said this water would help people lose weight. By the end of the day, more than 10,000 people had phoned the TV station to _37_ out how to get this water. Many April Fools jokes may end _38_ being not very funny. A famous TV star once invited his girlfriend onto his show and asked her to

45、 _39_ him. The _40_ was happy but it was not true. The TV star lost his girlfriend and his show was _41_. In October in 1938, actor Orson Welles announced that aliens from Mars had landed on the earth. He _42_ where they had landed and told how they were moving across the United States. Welles made

46、it sound so _43_ that hundreds of people believed the story. By the time police _44_ announced that the story was a hoax, _45_ of people had left their homes.【短文大意】本文主要讲述几个愚人节时的恶作剧，一些很有趣，但是有一些显得没有那么有趣。【答案解析】31句意：愚人节是在4月1日，在这一天，许多人互相开各种各样的玩笑。根据句意可知，表示“各种各样的玩笑”，all kinds of“各种各样的”，故填kinds。32句意：有一年愚人节，

47、英国的一位记者宣布不再有意大利面了，因为在意大利种植意大利面的农民已经停止种植意大利面了。根据“farmers”以及“spaghetti”可知，用grow“种植”，且根据stop doing“停止做某事”可知，故填growing。33句意：许多人跑到当地的超市去尽可能多地买意大利面。as.as sb can“尽可能多地”，且描述过去发生的事情，用一般过去时，故填could。34句意：等到人们意识到这个故事是一个恶作剧，全国所有的意大利面都已经被卖光了。根据文意可知，这是一个恶作剧，所以是“人们意识到这是一个恶作剧”。realize“意识到”，且描述过去发生的事情，用一般过去时，故填realiz

48、ed。35句意：等到人们意识到这个故事是一个恶作剧，全国所有的意大利面都已经被卖光了。根据“Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy as much spaghetti as they could”可知，人们尽可能多的买意大利面，所以用sell out“卖光”，且根据空前“had been”可知，用过去分词形式，故填sold。36句意：在另一个著名的恶作剧中，英国的一个电视节目报道发现了一种特殊的水。根据空前“the”以及空后“of”可知，空处用名词形式，且根据句意可知，表示“发现了一种特殊的水”。discovery“发现”，故填di

49、scovery。37句意：在这一天结束的时候，超过一万人打电话给电视台来查明如何得到这种水。根据“this water would help people lose weight”可知，表示“人们打电话给电视台来查明如何得到这种水”。find out“查明”，且根据空前“to”可知，用动词原形，故填find。38句意：许多愚人节的笑话可能最后都不是很好笑。根据“The TV star lost his girlfriend and his show was canceled”可知，表示“最后都不是很好笑”，end up“最后，最终”，故填up。39句意：一位著名的电视明星曾经邀请他的女朋友参加

50、他的节目并让她嫁给他。根据“his girlfriend”可知，表示“让他的女朋友嫁给他”，marry“嫁、娶”，且根据ask sb to do sth可知，用动词原形，故填marry。40句意：这个女士很开心，但是这不是真的。根据“his girlfriend”可知，是这个女士很开心。lady“女士”，故填lady。41句意：这个电视明星失去了他的女朋友并且他的节目被取消了。根据“The TV star lost his girlfriend”以及“was”可知，是一个不好的结局，所以这个电视明星的节目被取消了，用被动语态，cancel“取消”，过去分词为canceled。42句意：他描述了

51、他们在哪里登陆，并讲述了他们是如何穿越美国的。根据句式可知，空处作谓语，且根据“where they had landed and told how they were moving across the United States”可知，他在描述整件事情，describe“描述”，且根据“In October in 1938”可知，用一般过去时，故填described。43句意：威尔斯让它听起来是如此地真实以至于成百上千的人相信了这个故事。根据空前“sound”可知，空处用形容词，且根据“hundreds of people believed the story”可知，表示“真实的”，real“真实的”，故填real。44句意：到警察宣布这个故事是一个恶作剧时，成千上万的人已经离开了他们的家乡。根据句意可知，表示“警察宣布这个故事是一个恶作剧”，police officer“警察”，使用复数形式，故填officers。45句意：到警察宣布这个故事是一个恶作剧时，成千上万的人已经离开了他们的家乡。根据“hundreds of people believed the story”可知，表示“许多人都已经离开了他们的家乡”，用“thousands of”，故填thousands。