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1.Where does success come before work?
In the dictionary.
2.What has six legs, but walks with only four?
A horse with a rider.
3.Why do elephants have trunks?
Because they don’t have pockets to put things in.
注：trunk ①象鼻；②皮箱。
4.If two cows help each other, what would that be?
That would be cow-operation.
注：cow-operation与cooperation（合作）谐音。
5.In what month do women talk least?
February—it’s the shortest.
6.What names are the same forward and back?
Anna, Ada, Bab, Bob, Eve, Hannah, Lil, Mom, Nan, Otto, Sis, Viv.
7.What did Benjamin Franklin say when be discovered electricity?
He was too shocked to say anything.
注：shock ①震惊；②电击，使休克。
8.How are a king and a book alike?
They both have many pages.
注：pages ①书页；②侍从。
9.What has a head and a foot but can’t think or walk?
A hill.
10.Why do you run faster when you have a cold?
You have a racing pulse and a running nose.
注：a racing pulse 心跳加快；a running nose流涕的鼻子。
11.What kind of tree does everyone carry in his hand?
Palm.
注：palm ①手掌；②棕榈树。
12.What was Samuel Clemens’ pen name?
He never had a name for his pen.
注：Samuel Clemens（1835—1910）美国著名小说家，其笔名为Mark Twain马克•吐温。
13.What kind of books do basketball players read?
Books of tall stories.
注：tall story难以相信的故事。
14.How do you get down from an elephant?
You don’t—you get down from a duck!
注：down ①副词，向下；②名词，鸭绒，绒毛。
15.What’s never used until it’s broken?
An egg.
16.Why are tall people always lazy?
Because they are longer in bed than short people.
注：longer in bed ①躺在床上的时间长；②躺在床上身体较长。
17.What is a cold war?
A snowball fight.
注：cold war 冷战，原指二次世界大战后苏美之间的冷战时期。
18.What is dark but made by light?
A shadow.
注：shadow影子，阴影。
19.If you take half from a half dollar, what’s left?
A dollar.
注：本题另解为从 a half dollar中take“half”,剩下的则为a dollar.
20.Do fish perspire?
Sure, that’s what makes the sea salty.
注：perspire 出汗，排汗；salty 咸的，含盐的。
21.What is the best and cheapest light?
Daylight.
22.Why is an empty purse always the same?
Because there is never any change in it.
注：purse钱包；change ①变化；②零钱。
In the dictionary.
2.What has six legs, but walks with only four?
A horse with a rider.
3.Why do elephants have trunks?
Because they don’t have pockets to put things in.
注：trunk ①象鼻；②皮箱。
4.If two cows help each other, what would that be?
That would be cow-operation.
注：cow-operation与cooperation（合作）谐音。
5.In what month do women talk least?
February—it’s the shortest.
6.What names are the same forward and back?
Anna, Ada, Bab, Bob, Eve, Hannah, Lil, Mom, Nan, Otto, Sis, Viv.
7.What did Benjamin Franklin say when be discovered electricity?
He was too shocked to say anything.
注：shock ①震惊；②电击，使休克。
8.How are a king and a book alike?
They both have many pages.
注：pages ①书页；②侍从。
9.What has a head and a foot but can’t think or walk?
A hill.
10.Why do you run faster when you have a cold?
You have a racing pulse and a running nose.
注：a racing pulse 心跳加快；a running nose流涕的鼻子。
11.What kind of tree does everyone carry in his hand?
Palm.
注：palm ①手掌；②棕榈树。
12.What was Samuel Clemens’ pen name?
He never had a name for his pen.
注：Samuel Clemens（1835—1910）美国著名小说家，其笔名为Mark Twain马克•吐温。
13.What kind of books do basketball players read?
Books of tall stories.
注：tall story难以相信的故事。
14.How do you get down from an elephant?
You don’t—you get down from a duck!
注：down ①副词，向下；②名词，鸭绒，绒毛。
15.What’s never used until it’s broken?
An egg.
16.Why are tall people always lazy?
Because they are longer in bed than short people.
注：longer in bed ①躺在床上的时间长；②躺在床上身体较长。
17.What is a cold war?
A snowball fight.
注：cold war 冷战，原指二次世界大战后苏美之间的冷战时期。
18.What is dark but made by light?
A shadow.
注：shadow影子，阴影。
19.If you take half from a half dollar, what’s left?
A dollar.
注：本题另解为从 a half dollar中take“half”,剩下的则为a dollar.
20.Do fish perspire?
Sure, that’s what makes the sea salty.
注：perspire 出汗，排汗；salty 咸的，含盐的。
21.What is the best and cheapest light?
Daylight.
22.Why is an empty purse always the same?
Because there is never any change in it.
注：purse钱包；change ①变化；②零钱。