t 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