Cloze Test – Test 66

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

April Fools' Day (sometimes called All Fools' Day) is celebrated every year on April 1 by (21) practical jokes and spreading hoaxes. The jokes and their victims are called April fools. People playing April Fool jokes (22) their prank by shouting April Fool. Some newspapers, magazines, and other published media report fake stories, which are usually explained the next day or below the news section in small letters. Although popular (23) the 19th century, the day is not a public holiday in (24) country. The practice of April Fool pranks and hoaxes is controversial. The mixed opinions of critics are epitomized in the reception to the 1957 BBC "Spaghetti-tree hoax", in reference to which, newspapers were split over (25) it was "a great joke" or "a terrible hoax on the public".

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

April Fools' Day (sometimes called All Fools' Day) is celebrated every year on April 1 by (21) practical jokes and spreading hoaxes. The jokes and their victims are called April fools. People playing April Fool jokes (22) their prank by shouting April Fool. Some newspapers, magazines, and other published media report fake stories, which are usually explained the next day or below the news section in small letters. Although popular (23) the 19th century, the day is not a public holiday in (24) country. The practice of April Fool pranks and hoaxes is controversial. The mixed opinions of critics are epitomized in the reception to the 1957 BBC "Spaghetti-tree hoax", in reference to which, newspapers were split over (25) it was "a great joke" or "a terrible hoax on the public".

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

April Fools' Day (sometimes called All Fools' Day) is celebrated every year on April 1 by (21) practical jokes and spreading hoaxes. The jokes and their victims are called April fools. People playing April Fool jokes (22) their prank by shouting April Fool. Some newspapers, magazines, and other published media report fake stories, which are usually explained the next day or below the news section in small letters. Although popular (23) the 19th century, the day is not a public holiday in (24) country. The practice of April Fool pranks and hoaxes is controversial. The mixed opinions of critics are epitomized in the reception to the 1957 BBC "Spaghetti-tree hoax", in reference to which, newspapers were split over (25) it was "a great joke" or "a terrible hoax on the public".