Questions ：
1．What falls often but never gets hurt？ 什么东西经常摔下来却毫无损伤？ 2．Why do cowboys ride their horses to town？ 牛仔们为什么骑马去城里？
3．Who goes around all day in a car with his bag full of money？ 谁整天坐着车到处逛，包里满是钞票？
4．Why does Jim wish he had enough money to buy an elephant？ 吉姆为何希望有足够的钱买一头大象？ Keys：
1．Snowflakes． 雪花。
2．It’11 take much longer if they walk their horses there. 因为牵着马走去花的时间太长了。 3．A bus conductor． 汽车售票员。
4．He just wishes he had that much money． 他就想有那么多的钱。 Notes：
2． cowboy n．牛仔，牧童 Questions：
1．How did the pick-pocket spot the plain-clothes cop in the woman’s disguise？ 小偷怎么识别出装扮成女人的便衣警察？ 2．Which month has 28 days？ 哪个月有28天？
3．What is it that everyone wants to have and get rid of， too？ 什么东西人人都想拥有却又都想甩掉？ Keys：
1．He passed by a cosmetics store without looking in the window． 因为他路过一家化妆品商店却看都不看橱窗里的东西。 2． Every month has at least 28 days． 每个月都至少有28天。 3．One’s appetite． 人的胃口。 Notes：
1．pick-pocket n．扒钱包的人，小偷plain-clothes adj．便衣的 disguise n．伪装
3．get rid of one’s appetite满足胃口，吃饱喝足 Questions：
1．Where did the egg floating down the Mississippi River come from？ 飘在密西西比河上的鸡蛋是从哪儿来的？
2．Lucky Mouse fell off a 1000-step stair and was not hurt． Why？ 幸运鼠从1000级的台阶上摔下来却安然无恙，为什么？ 3．Why do giraffes have long neck？ 长颈鹿的脖子为什么那么长？
4．What travels around the earth without using any fuel？ 什么东西不用燃料绕着地球转？ Keys：
1．From a hen ． 是母鸡生下来的。
2．He fell off the last step． 他是从最后一个台阶上摔下来的。
3．Because their heads are far from their bodies． 因为它们的头离身子远。 4．The moon. 是月亮。 Notes：
4．fuel n．燃料 Questions：
1．What number has nothing left if you take a half from it？ 什么数字拿走一半就什么都不剩了？ 2．What number is like a peacock？ 什么数字像孔雀一样？
3．What room has no walls，no doors， no windows，and no one to live in？ 什么房间没有墙，没有门窗，也没有人住？ Keys：
1．The number is 8， because only 0 is left whether you take away the top half or the bottom half．
是数字8，因为不管你拿掉它的上面一半还是下面一半，剩下的都是零。 2．The number is 9， because it’s 0 without its tail and likewise， a peacock is nothing without its tail．
是数字9，因为9没有尾巴就成了零，同样，孔雀没有尾巴也一无是处。 3．A mushroom． 是蘑菇。 Notes：
2．peacock n．雄孔雀（雌孔雀为peahen）
Questions：
1．How can you make 6 out of three7’s？ 怎样使得3个7等于6？
2．How can you make 6 out of three 5’s？ 怎样使得3个5等于6？
3．How can you make 1000 out of eitht8’s？ 怎样使得8个8等于1000？
4．What time is it when the clock strikes sixteen？ 时钟敲16下时是什么时候？ Keys：
3．Easy．8+8+8+88+888=1000 很简单。8+8+8+88+888=1000 4．Time to have the clock fixed． 是修时钟的时候。 Notes：
4．strike .敲，击 fix v.修理 Questions：
1．Who works only one day in a year but never gets fired？
