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April begins with a day of fun and jokes-- April Fool’s Day. On April 1 each year classmates tie each other’s shoelaces to their chairs and teachers hand out impossibly difficult surprise tests that scare students before they __56__ it’s only a joke. __57__ media we have always trusted makes fun __58__ us. Let’s take a look at two of the hilarious(滑稽的) tricks that __59__ (play) and have a laugh!

Edison’s Magic Machine: After Thomas Edison invented the phonograph (留声机) in 1877 there seemed to be nothing __60__ (stop) him from saving the whole world. And that’s __61__ (exact) what the New York Graphic newspaper claimed(声明)on April 1 1878 when it announced that the genius(天才) __62__(invent) a machine that could convert(转变) soil directly into cereal and water into wine.

Swiss spaghetti: On April 1 1957 the BBC decided to play a trick on its __63__ with a story on the Swiss spaghetti crop that was having a great year. __64__(show) farmers picking the pasta from trees the BBC also advised viewers on __65__ to grow their own spaghetti garden.

Answer 1

57．realize

58．Even

59．of

60．have been played /were played

61．stopping

62．exactly

63．had invented

64．audience/ listeners/viewers

65．Showing