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警官是位女士。
Notes：
2．motorcyclist/？m＋ut＋》saik＋list/n．。。
骑摩托车的人
Questions：
1．Why does the Statue of Liberty stand in New York harbour？
自由女神为何矗立在纽约港湾？
2．Why is Mr． Polite teaching his children foullanguage？
礼貌先生为何教他孩子脏话？
3．Why does a cat look first to one side and then to the
other side when it enters a room？。。
猫进房间时为何先朝一边看看又朝另一边看看？
Keys：
1．Because it can’t sit down．。。
因为它不能坐下来。
2．He’s teaching them what not to say．。。
他在教他们什么话不能说。
3．Because it can’t see both sides at once．。。
因为它不能同时两边看。
Notes：
1．statue/》sttju：/ n．。。 雕像，雕塑
liberty/》lib＋ti/ n。自由
harbour/》ha：b＋/n．港湾
Questions：
1．Where was the Declaration of Independence signed ？
独立宣言是在哪里签的？
2．Who usually tries to make you smile？
谁总是让你笑口常开？
Keys：
1．At the bottom。
在文件末尾。
2．A photographer．。。
摄影师。
Notes：
2．photographer/f＋》t&gr＋f＋/n。摄影师
Questions：
1．On the way to the bank， Mr． Green met three of his
friends．Each of them had his wife with him and each
of the ladies had two babies in her arms．How many people
are going to the bank？
格林先生在去银行的路上碰到三个好朋友，每人都带了太太，每个
太太怀里都抱着两个孩子，请问共有多少人前往银行？
2．My mother and my father had a baby．It wasn’t my brother
nor my sister．Who was it？
我父母生有一个孩子，既非我兄弟亦非我姐妹，这个孩子是谁呢？
3．Why do birds fly south？
鸟为何往南飞？
Keys：
1．Only Mr． Green． The other people may not be going to the bank。
只有格林先生一人，其他的人不一定去银行。
2．It was me。
是我。
3．It’s too far to walk．。。
走去太远了。
Questions：
1．What would you like， 1/2 of an orange or 6/12 of an orange？
1/2 个桔子和 6/12 个桔子，你要哪一份？
2．Why is doing nothing tiring？
为什么无所事事也累？
3．A young man drove his father’s car all the way from his
school in New York to his home in Florida， without
knowing his car had a puncture． How could it be？
一个年轻人开着父亲的车从纽约他上学的地方一直开到弗罗里达的
家中，浑然不知他的车车胎破了。这是怎么回事？
Keys：
1．I’d like 1/2 of an orange， for 6/12 of an orange would have
had much juice lost．。。
我想1/2 个桔子，因为6/12 个肯定失掉了很多果汁。
2．Because you can’t possibly stop and rest．。。
因为你停不下来，也就没法歇下来。
3．It was his father’s car that he was driving．。。
他开的是父亲的车。
Notes：
3．puncture/》p）RkCM＋/ n．刺孔，穿孔（尤指车胎）
Questions：
1．If you throw a stone into the Red Sea，what will it become？
假如你把一块石头扔进红海，它会变得怎么样？
2．If two’s company and three’s a crowd，what’s four and
five？
假如两个是伴，三个一伙，那么四个和五个呢？
3．If you took three big apples from a basket or ten apples，
how many apples would you have？
假如你从盛有10 个苹果的篮子里拿走3 个大苹果，那么你有多少个
苹果？
Keys：
1．Wet·。。
会变湿。
2．Nine。
是九。
3．You took three apples and you would certainly have three apples．。。
你拿了三个苹果，当然就有三个。
Notes：
2．company/》k）mp＋ni/ n．伴侣，伙伴
Four and five is nine 四加五等于九
Questions：
1．A boat turned over and the two men on board fell in the
water。 But only one man got his hair wet． Why？
船翻了，船上的两个人掉到水里，可是只有其中一人头发湿了，这
是为什么？
2．Mother wants to give the three apples in her basket to
her three girls so that each girl gets one whole apple
and there’s still one in her basket．How can she manage
to do that？
妈妈想把篮子里的三个苹果分给三个女儿，每个女儿一个完整的苹
果，同时篮子里也有一个苹果。她如何做到这一点？
Keys：
1．The other man was bald．
其中另一人秃头。
2．Give two girls an apple each and give the third girl her apple
in the basket．。。
其中两个女儿每人一只苹果，另外一个女儿得一只篮子，篮子里放
着第三只苹果。
Notes：
1．on board 在船上，在交通工具上
bald /b&ld/ adj．秃头的，光头的
Questions：
1．On April lst，1990，160 people walked out of the best
cinema in Chicago．What happened？
1990 年4 月1 日， 160 人从芝加哥最好的影院出来。发生了什事？
2．It usually takes a man two days to travel from San
Francisco to New York by car． But Mr．Black left San
Francisco on Friday and arrives on the same Friday．How
could he do it？
从旧金山到纽约开车一般需要2 天时间，可是布莱克先生星期五离
开旧金山，当天就到了纽约。他怎样做到的？
3．What’s too much for one and just right for two？
什么东西对一个人来说太多，对两个人来说正好？
Keys：
1．The film was over。
电影散场了。
2．He took a plane．。。
他坐的是飞机。
3．A secret．。。
秘密。
Notes：
3．英语中“Just between you and me”意即“keep it a secret”（仅
限于你我之间，请保守秘密）。
Questions：
1．What animal has a head like a cat， feet like a cat， a
tail like a cat but isn’t a cat？
什么动物脑袋像猫，脚像猫，尾巴也像猫，就是不是猫？
2．What has teeth but never eats anything？
什么东西长了牙齿却不吃东西？
3．What do you drop when you need it and take
back when you don’t？
什么东西你需要它的时候扔掉，不需要时才收回来？
4．What do you have that others use far more often than you
do？
什么东西属于你，而别人用的次数却比你多得多？
Keys：
1．A kitten。
小猫。
2．A comb．。。
梳子。
3．An anchor．。。
锚。
4．your name。
你的名字。
Questions：
1．What word can be made shorter by adding something to it？
什么单词加长后更短？
2．What is full of holes but still holds water？
什么东西千疮百孔却可以盛水？
3．What is both over and under the water but doesn’t touch
the water？
什么头上脚下都是水，却滴水不沾？
4．What is smaller than a humming…bird’s mouth？
什么比蜂鸟的嘴小？
Keys：
1．The word “short”．。。
是“短”这个单词。
2．A sponge．。。
是海绵。
3．A girl crossing a bridge with a pail of water on her head．。。
头上顶着一桶水过桥的女孩。
4．Anything it eats。
任何它吃的东西。
Notes：
1．short 加上…er 变成shorter，拼写长了，意思却是“更短”。
Questions：
1．How many times can you take 6 apples out of a cart with
8，888 apples？
从装有8，888 只苹果的货车里取走6 只苹果，可以取多少次？
2．What has many a tooth but never a mouth？
什么东西有无数牙齿却没有嘴巴？
3．What has cities but no houses， roads but no cars，and
rivers but no water？
什么东西有城无房，有路无车，有河无水？
4．What is higher without a head than with a head？
什么东西无头反比有头高？
Keys：
1．Only once． After that there aren’t 8，888 apples in the cart．。。
只能取一次，因为接下去车里就没有8，888 只苹果了。
2．A saw．。。
锯子。
3．A map．。。
地图。
4．A pillow．。。
枕头。
Questions：
1．How many sides does a circle have？
一个圆圈有几面？
2．Why is eternity like a circle？
永恒为何似圆圈？
3．What animal can jump as high as a tree？
什么动物可以和树跳得一样高？
4．How can you be completely sleepless for seven days and
still lack no rest？
怎样能保持七天不睡仍旧精神焕发？
Keys：
1．Two． The inside and the outside．。。
两面，里面和外面。
2．Because it has neither begining nor ending．。。
因为它无始无终。
3．All animals， for trees can’t jump．。。
所有的动物都能，因为树根本不会跳。
4．Sleep at night．。。
晚上睡觉。
Notes：
2．eternity/i》t＋：niti/n。永恒
Questions：
1．Where does afternoon come before morning in the world？
世界上哪个地方下午比早上先到？
2．A doctor had a brother who went out west．But the man
who went out west had no brother．How can this be？
医生有个哥哥去了西部，可是去了西部的这个人没有弟弟，这是怎
么回事？
3．How do you know policemen are strong？
为什么说警察很健壮？
Keys：
1．In the dictionary．。。
在字典里。
2．The doctor was a lady doctor．。。
医生是女的。
3．Because they can hold up traffic with just one hand．。。
因为他们一只手就能让车辆停住。
Notes：
3．hold up 使停顿，受阻
Questions：
1．With which hand do you write？
你用哪只手写字？
2．What must you do before you return a book to the liberary？
把书还到图书馆里之前必须做什么？
3．What should you do if you are faced with a hungry tiger？
如果面对一头饥饿的老虎，你该怎么做？
4．What makes more noise than a pig caught under a fence？
比一头夹在篱笆下面的猪更吵的是什么？
Keys：
1．Neither． I use a pen．
我不用手而是用笔写字。
2．Borrow the book from the liberary．。。
从图书馆借这本书。
3．Move to the next cage．。。
参观下面一个笼子。
4．TWO pigs．。。
两头猪。
Questions：
1．What goes on four legs in the morning， on two at noon，
and on three in the evening？
什么走路早上用四条腿，中午用两条腿，晚上用三条腿？
2．What do we get if We Cross a woodpecker with a homing
pigeon？
把一只啄木鸟和一只识途的鸽子融合在一起，会得到什么？
3．What question can never be answered by“Yes”？
什么问题永远也不能回答说“是的”？
Keys：
1．People．They crawled when they were babies and walked with two
legs before they had to rely on a crutch in old age．。。
是人，他们刚生下来时用四肢爬行，后来用双腿走路，老年时又不
得不依靠拐杖走。
2．A bird that knocks on the door when delivering messages。
将得到一只送信时会敲门的鸟。
3．“Are you asleep？。。
“你睡着了吗？”
Notes：
2．woodpecker/》wudpek＋/n。啄木鸟
Questions：
1．What gets larger the more you take away？
什么东西你拿走越多，反而越大？
2．What becomes less the more you learn？
什么东西你学得越多，变得越少？
3．What has no length，width or depth and can still be
measured？
什么东西没有长度、宽度和深度，但还是可以测量？
4．Where can you always find money？
哪儿总是能找到钞票？
Keys：
1．A hole．。。
洞。
2．What you haven’t learned．。。
你没有学的东西。
3．Temperature。
温度。
4．In the dictionary．。。
在字典里。
Notes：。。
3．three dimensions 三维： length（长度）， width（宽度），depth（深度）。
Questions．
1．Iron will rust if put in the open． Then what if gold
is put there？
铁放在外面会生锈，那么金子呢？
2．What is a pimple？
什么是青春美丽豆？
3．Do planes of this make crash very often？
这种牌子的飞机经常坠毁吗？
Keys：
1．It’ll be taken away．。。
会被人拿走。
2．It’s a dimple going the other way．。。
是方向长错了的酒窝。
3．No，only once．。。
不，只会坠毁一次。
Notes：
1．rust/r）st/v。生锈
2．pimple /》pimpl/n 丘疹，脓疱
dimple/》dimpl/n．酒窝，笑窝
3．make n．牌子，产品
crash/》krM/v。坠毁，撞毁
Questions：
1．When can you have something and nothing at the same time
in your pocket？
什么时候你的口袋里既有东西又没有东西？
2．What can run and whistle but can’t walk or talk？
什么东西能跑不能走，会吹哨不会说话？
3．Why can’t the world come to an end？
世界为何不会末日临头？
4．Where’s the biggest city in the world？
全世界最大的城市在哪儿？
Keys：
1．When there’s a hole in it．。。
当口袋里有个洞的时候。
2．A locomotive。
火车头。
3．Because it’s round．。。
因为它是圆的。
4．On the map．。。
在地图上。
Notes：
2．locomotive/＇l＋uk＋？m＋utiv/ n．火车头
3．The world is round 地球是圆的，因此没有beginning（开始），也
没有end（结束）。
Questions：
1．“Railroad crossing，Look out for the cars．”
Can you spell it without any R’s？
“铁路道口，当心火车。”你能不用“R”把它拼写出来吗？
2．Can you read“Madam， I’m Adam．” without pronouncing
any M’S？
你能不发“M”的音，把“尊敬的女士，我是亚当。”读出来吗？
3．Can you say“Richard and Robert had a rabbit．”
without pronouncing any R’S？
你能不发“R”的音，把“理查得和罗伯特有只兔子”说出来吗？
Keys：
1．Sure．I…t．。。
当然能，I…t。
2．Of course， I can sure read without pronouncing anything．。。
当然，我会默读。
3．Dick and Bob had a bunny．。。
迪克和鲍勃有只兔子。
Notes：
1．car n。汽车，火车，缆车
3．Dick 和Bob 分别是Richard 和Robert 的昵称，
bunny 是rabbit 的儿语词，也作bunny rabbit。
Questions：
1．Should you say 28 and 37 are 55 or 37 and 28 are 55？
你说是28 加37 等于55 还是37 加28 等于55？
2．What can a baby do that