A2 Listening Test 9 – April Fool’s Day

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1. When did people use to celebrate New Year’s Day?
   1. February 1st
   2. April 1st
   3. March 1st
   4. May 1st
2. King Charles IX
   1. celebrated the New Year on 1 April
   2. celebrated the New Year on 1 January
   3. changed the date of the New Year celebration
3. Why were some people called the ’April fools’?
   1. Because they didn’t know anything
   2. Because they wore foolish clothes
   3. Because they continued to celebrate New Year’s on April 1st
4. What happens on April Fool’s Day?
   1. People exchange presents
   2. People play practical jokes on each other
   3. People buy cake for each other
   4. People buy each other presents
5. The BBC showed a TV program about .....
   1. spaghetti paradise
   2. noodle bush
   3. spaghetti tree
6. Why did people telephone the BBC?
   1. they wanted to try special spaghetti
   2. they wanted to buy spaghetti trees
   3. they wanted to eat
7. Thousands of people went to Burger King to …..
   1. cook a left-handed hamburger
   2. buy a left-handed hamburger
   3. look at a left-handed hamburger