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  3. While popular in the U. S. , the April Fool’s Day tradition is even more pre

While popular in the U. S. , the April Fool’s Day tradition is even more pre

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问题     While popular in the U. S. , the April Fool’s Day tradition is even more prevalent(流行的)in European countries, such as France and Great Britain. Although the roots of the traditional tricking are unclear, the French and the British both have【S1】______on the origin of the celebration.
    The English story about the day holds that it began sometime during the 1200s. At the time, King John of England was in the habit of making a road out of nearby every path he walked【S2】______The citizens of one particular farm village were【S3】______of this. To avoid having their green meadows and pastures【S4】______with one of the king’s roads, they built a fence that prevented the king from walking through their countryside. The king sent a group of messengers to【S5】______the villagers that they must remove the【S6】______Upon hearing that the king was planning to do this, however, the villagers【S7】______a plan of their own. When the messengers arrived, they found what appeared to be a【S8】______of lunatics(疯子)with people behaving in a【S9】______manner, throwing things and running around wildly. The messengers,【S10】______at what they have found, reported to King John that these people were so mad as to be beyond punishment. So, the villagers saved their farmland by tricking the King.

A)alarmed                       F)amused                         K)especially
B)combination                   G)community                      L)disturbed
C)peculiar                      H)available                      M)inform
D)regularly                     I)barrier                        N)distribute
E)developed                     J)aware                          O)claims [br] 【S10】
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答案 A)
解析 根据句意，空格处应填入形容词，修饰messengers。根据上文提到的村民行为怪异可知，信使们对此十分震惊。答案选alarmed“惊恐的，惊慌的”；F amused“愉快的，开心的，好玩的”意思不符。
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