I. Choose the proper words from the box and complete the sentences.
从方框中选择恰当的单词，完成下列句子。每空一词，每词只用一次。

1. Because of the bad weather, they had to the concert.
2. He will tonight that he is going to retire soon.
3. The police checked carefully in the mountain and found the lost boy at last.
4. Miss White is a nice . She always helps others.
5. My favorite food is Italian .
6. The new science will make people’s life better and better.

I . 1. cancel 2. announce 3. officers 4. lady 5. spaghetti 6. discovery

II. Look at the pictures of 2b and answer the questions.
看 2b 的图片，回答下列问题。
1. What can you see in the picture?

2. Do you think there are aliens on other planets?

II . 1. A UFO. 2. Yes, I do. Because the universe is too vast and boundless.

III. Read 2b and answer the questions. And retell 2b according to the answers.
阅读 2b，回答下面问题，然后根据答语复述 2b。注意使用括号内的连词。
1. When is April Fool’s day? What do people do on that day? (and)
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2. Why would there be no more spaghetti according to a reporter in England? And what happened when people got the news?
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3. What had happened by the time people realized that the story was a hoax?
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4. What did a TV show in England report?
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5. What had happened by the end of April Fool’s Day?
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6. What did a famous TV star do on April Fool’s Day?
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However, .
7. What was the ending of this TV star’s little joke?
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8. What did actor Orson Welles announce on his radio program in October in 1938? And what happened?
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9. What had happened by the time police officers announced that the story was a hoax?
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III. 1. April Fool’s Day happens on April 1st every year and people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other.
2. Because the spaghetti famers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti. Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy as much spaghetti as they could.
3. All of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.
4. They reported the discovery of special water and this water would help people lose weight.
5. More than 10,000 people had phoned the TV station to find out how to get this water.
6. He invited his girlfriend onto his show and asked her to marry him. However, when she said yes, he replied, “April Fool!”
7. The TV star lost his girlfriend and his show was canceled.
8. Aliens from Mars had landed on the earth. And hundreds of people believed the story and fear spread across the whole country.
9. Thousands of people had left their homes.