浙江新目标（Go for it）版初中英语九年级Unit 12 Section B 同步练习

    April Fool's Day is celebrated in the Western world on April 1st of every year. It is also (call) All Fools' Day. It is not a legal(法定的) holiday. Even it has been celebrated for many years, it is still not (include) in the official list of holidays every year.

    April Fool's Day is a day when people can play jokes and hoaxes each other. In the United States, Canada，France and South Korea, jokes and hoaxes last all day, and in some countries such Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, they last only until noon.

    In these countries if someone plays a trick on you in the afternoon, he or she will be called April Fool.

    Here are two (piece) of real April Fool's Day news in history. On April 1st, 1946, Hawaii and Alaska were hit by a tsunami(海啸) that (kill) 165 people. On April 1st, 2002 WWE RAW changed its logo which is used until now.

    A famous April Fool's Day hoax in history is when the Leaning Tower of Pisa was （announce） to have fallen over， many people

called the radio station to confirm (确认) the (surprise) news.

    As a teenager, I volunteered at Loaves and Fishes, a program my mother started. We1meals to anyone who showed up, most of them were people in Minneapolis. When I spoke to them, they didn't look me in the eye, and they were rarely2. I wanted to shout, "Hey, we`re doing a (n)3thing here. You could at least thank us!"

    After I stopped volunteering at Loaves and Fishes, I took control of my own destiny (命运). Over the next ten years, I had a (n)4life: a college degree, teaching career, wonderful husband and then our first child, Derian.

    5soon, we were told that Derian had a serious illness and needed to be6hospital. I soon discovered I was not in control.

    Thirteen months after Derian was born, Connor, our second son, was born, thankfully with a healthy body. With two sons to7, I had to leave from teaching. Even though Robb, my husband,8his best, we were short of money soon. In the spring of 2015, we decided to ask9help.

    I had heard about a program that10money to mothers and children, and I put my pride aside and made an appointment (预约).

    On the morning of my appointment, I took my two sons to the program. When I was standing in the waiting area, suddenly, I realized life was full of the11. I felt sorry for looking down on the poor. Now it was my12to be poor. I wanted to leave with my children13. But looking into their bright eyes, I knew14I had to stay.

    For the first time in my life, I15why the people I once served at Loaves and Fishes were not thankful. Who wants to be poor? I'll never forget those lessons: we should respect and understand the poor instead of giving them money and food only.