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What is April Fools Day and what are its origins? It is【B1】______ believed that in medieval France, New Year was celebrated on 1
What is April Fools Day and what are its origins? It is【B1】______ believed that in medieval France, New Year was celebrated on 1
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2016-04-03
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What is April Fools Day and what are its origins? It is【B1】______ believed that in medieval France, New Year was celebrated on 1st April. Then in 1562, Pope Gregory introduced a new【B2】______ for the Christian world, changing New Year to 1st January. With no modern communications, news traveled slowly and new ideas were often questioned. Many people did not【B3】______ the change, others chose to ignore it, while some merely forgot. These people were called fools. Invitations to【B4】______ "New Year" parties were sent and other【B5】______jokes were played. Over time, this jesting【B6】______ a tradition of playing pranks on 1st April. The custom eventually spread to England and Scotland, and it was later transported across the Atlantic to the American【B7】______ of the English and the French. April Fools Day has now developed into an international festival of fun, with different nationalities celebrating the day in special ways.
In France and Italy, if someone plays a trick on you, you are the "fish of April". By the month of April fish have only just【B8】______ and are therefore easy to catch. Children stick paper fish to their friends’ backs and chocolate fish are found in the shops. Today, Americans and the British play small tricks on friends and strangers alike on 1st April. Schoolchildren might tell a friend that school has been cancelled. A bag of flour might be balanced on the top of a door so that when the "【B9】______" opens the door, the flour empties over his head. Most April Fool jokes are in good fun and【B10】______. The best trick is the one where everyone laughs, especially the person upon whom the joke has been played.
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hear of
解析
空格所在句子缺少谓语,助动词did提示此处应填入原形动词,hear of意为“听说”。
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