第 11 至 15 題為題組           April Fools’ Day, one of the most light-hearted days of the year, has an unclear origin. Some seeit as a celebration related to the turn of the seasons from winter to spring； others, however, believe thatit __11__ the adoption of a new calendar.           Ancient cultures celebrated New Year’s Day on or around April 1, which roughly coincides withthe beginning of spring. In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII ordered a new calendar, which called for New Year’sDay to be celebrated on January 1. However, many people, either refusing to accept the new date or nothaving heard about it, __12__ to celebrate New Year’s Day on April 1. Other people began to make funof these traditionalists, sending them on “fool’s errands” or trying to fool them into believing somethingfalse. __13__ , the practice spread throughout Europe and the rest of the world.Nowadays, on April Fools’ Day, people often __14__ to create elaborate hoaxes to fool others.           Newspapers, radio and TV stations, and websites have participated in the April 1 tradition ofmaking __15__ reports in order to fool their audiences. The BBC once reported that Swiss farmerswere experiencing a spaghetti crop and showed scenes of people harvesting noodles from trees. Guesswhat? A great number of viewers were fooled.
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