Although the origins of April Fools is unclear and debated,the most widely accepted explanation actually credits the "holiday" as starting in France.The (1)most popularmost popular(popular) theory about the origin of April Fool's Day involves the French calendar reform of(2)thethesixteenth century.
The theory goes like this:In 1564 King Charles XIV of France reformed the calendar,moving the start of the year(3)fromfromthe end of March to January 1.However,in a time without trains,a(4)reliablereliable(rely) post system or the Internet,news often traveled slow and the uneducated,lower class people in rural France(5)werewere(be) the last to hear of and accept the new calendar.Those who failed to keep up with the change or who(6)stubbornlystubbornly(stubborn) stuck to the old calendar system and continued to celebrate the New Year during the week(7)that/whichthat/whichfell between March 25th and April 1st,had jokes(8)playedplayed(play) on them.Pranksters(惡作劇者)would secretly stick paper fish to their backs.The(9)victimsvictims(victim) of this prank were thus called Poisson d' Avril,or April Fish-which,to this day,(10)remainsremains(remain) the French term for April Fools-and so the tradition was born.
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【答案】most popular;the;from;reliable;were;stubbornly;that/which;played;victims;remains
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