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APRIL FOOL’S DAY!...
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UNIVERSIDADES DE ANDALUCÍA
PRUEBA DE ACCESO A LA UNIVERSIDAD
ANÁLISIS DE TEXTO
EN LENGUA
EXTRANJERA
(INGLÉS)
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b) La puntuación de cada pregunta está indicada en las mismas.
APRIL FOOL’S DAY!
In Spain, many people play tricks on December 28, Holy Innocents’ Day.
In many other countries, jokes are
played on April 1—April Fool’s Day.
The reason seems to be that, up until the mid-sixteenth century, France
celebrated New Year’s Day on April 1, but in 1562 Pope Gregory XIII introduced a new calendar to the Christian
world, which changed the date of the New Year to January 1.
At that time news travelled slowly and some people
continued to celebrate on April 1.
These poor, misinformed people were referred to as "April Fools" and other5
people played tricks on them.
Nowadays, it seems that new technologies provide fresh ways of playing tricks on April 1.
The Internet has
given birth to a rise in popularity an
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