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Question1Whatletterisnextinthissequence?M,A,M,J,J,A,S,O,__注释：lettern.字母　　　sequencen.序列Question2What’sfullofholesbutstillholdswater?注释：befullof…充满了holen.孔，洞；stillad.仍然holdvt.抓住，保持住　　　spongen.海绵　Question3Whatislightasafeather,buteventhestrongestmancannotholditmorethanaminute?注释：feathern.羽毛　　　evenad.甚至　　　breathn.一口气Question4Amansays,"Brothersandsisters,haveInone,butthatman"sfatherismyfather"sson."Whoishepointingat?Question5Alight-tightwoodenboxhasthreeswitchesontheoutsidethatcontrolthreelightbulbsontheinside.Whentheboxisclosedyoucanturntheswitchesonoroffbutwhenyouopentheboxhowcanyoutellwhichswitchcontrolseachbulbwithouttouchingtheswitches?Question6Johnny"smotherhadfourchildren.ThefirstwasApril,thesecondwasMay,andthethirdwasJune.Whatwasthenameofherfourthchild?Question7Therewasanairplanecrash,everysinglepersondied,buttwopeoplesurvived.Howisthispossible?注释：airplanecrash　　　singlea.单个的；　未婚的，单身的　　　survivevi.幸存18 　　　possiblea.可能的Question8BeforeMountEverestwasdiscovered,whatwasthehighestmountainintheworld?注解：Mt.Everest　　珠穆朗玛峰　　　discovervt.发现　　　Question9WhydidNedKellyrobonlytherich?Question10What"sthehardestthingaboutlearningtorideahorse?注释：此题的妙处在于thehardest一词有最难的，同时也有最硬的意思。Question11Adoctorandabusdriverarebothinlovewiththesamewoman,anattractivegirlnamedSarah.Thebusdriverhadtogoonalongbustripthatwouldlastaweek.Beforeheleft,hegaveSarahsevenapples.Why?Question12Whichiscorrecttosay,"Theyolkoftheeggarewhite,"or"Theyolkoftheeggiswhite?"Question13Whattreeisalwaysverysad?Question14Whatweatherdomiceandratsfear?Question15WhyarepeopletiredonAprilFool"sDay?Question1６WhatcountryispopularonThanksgivingDay?Question1７Whyisanemptypursealwaysthesame?Question1８Whencanyougetwaterwithanet?Question1９18 Whatisfullwhenit"susedandemptywhenit"satrest?Question２０Whatdoeverycouplehaveincommon?Riddles1.Imagineyouareinasinking（正在下沉的）rowboatsurrounded（包围）bysharks.Howwouldyousurvive（求生）?2.Whatcamefirst,thechickenortheegg?3.WhileonmywaytoSt.IvesIsawamanwith7wivesEachwifehad7sacksEachsackhad7catsEachcathad7kittensKitten,cats,sacks,wivesHowmanyweregoingtoSt.Ives?4.Themakerdoesn"twantit.Thebuyerdoesn"tuseit.Andtheuserdoesn"tseeit.Whatisit?5.Whattwothingscanyounevereatforbreakfast?6.Whyisitsoeasytoweigh（称）fish?7.Whatkindofnut（坚果）hasnoshell（壳）?8.Ifyouhaveit,youwanttoshareit.Ifyoushareit,youdon"thaveit.Whatisit?18 9.Themoreyouhaveofit,thelessyousee.Whatisit?10.Whatbookwasonceownedbyonlythewealthy,butnoweveryonecanhaveit?Youcan"tbuyitinabookstoreortakeitfromalibrary.11.Whatgetswhiterthedirtierthatitgets?12.Whathastobebrokenbeforeitcanbeused?13.Whatdoesnomanwant,yetnomanwantstolose?14.Howmanybricks（砖头）doesittaketocompleteabuildingmadeofbrick?15.Whatgoesupandnevercomesdown?16.Whathasfeetandlegs,andnothingelse?17.Whatisthemoonworth?18.Whatgrowswheniteats,butdieswhenitdrinks?19.Whatstayswhereitiswhenitgoesoff?20.Youheardmebefore,yetyouhearmeagain.ThenIdie,"tilyoucallmeagain.WhatamI?21.Thereisamanstandingoveradeadbodyinacoffin,andanothermanwalksinandasks,who"sinthecoffin（棺材）.Thefirstmanreplies（回答）,brothersandsisters,Ihavenone,butthis　man"sfatherismyfathersson.Who"sinthecoffin?18 22.Ifyouwereinadarkroomwithacandle,awoodstove（火炉）,amatchandagaslampwhichdo　youlightfirst?　23.Nosoonerspokenthanbroken.Whatisit?24.Somemonthshave30days,somemonthshave31days;howmanyhave28?25.Takeoffmyskin--Iwon"tcry,butyouwill!WhatamI?26.Themoreitdries,thewetteritgets.Whatisit?27.Themoreyoutake,themoreyouleavebehind.Whatarethey?28.Thereisaclerkatthebutchershop,heisfivefeetteninchestall,andhewearssize13sneakers.Hehasawifeand2kids.Whatdoesheweigh?29.Whatcangoupandcomedownwithoutmoving?30.Whatcanyoucatchbutnotthrow?31.Whatonewordhasthemostlettersinit?32.WhatstartswithaT,endswithaT,andhasTinit?33.Whattravelsaroundtheworldyetstaysinonecorner?34.Whattwowordscontainthemostletters?18 35.What"sthedifferencebetweenhereandthere?36.Whichmovesfaster:heatorcold?37.Youanswerme,althoughIneveraskyouquestions.WhatamI?38.Youcan"tkeepthisuntilyouhavegivenit.39.Thereisanancientinventionstillusedinsomepartsoftheworldtodaythatallowspeopletoseethroughwalls.Whatisit?40.Whatquestioncansomeoneaskalldaylong,alwaysgetcompletelydifferentanswers,andyetalltheanswerscouldbecorrect?41.ForwardIamheavy,butbackwardIamnot.WhatamI?42.Whatdoyoufillwithemptyhands?43.Whatobjecthaskeysthatopennolocks,spacebutnoroom,andyoucanenterbutnotgoin.44.Whatgetslargerasyoutakemorefromit?45.Whatquestionscanyounevereveranswerwitha"yes"?18 1)Howmanyadditionsigns（添加符号）shouldbeputbetweendigits（数字）ofthenumber987654321andwhereshouldweputthemtogetatotal（总数）of99?2）Divide（分割）thefaceoftheclockintothreepartswithtwolinessothatthesum（总数）ofthenumbersinthethreepartsareequal（相等）.3)Amanhastobeatworkby9:00a.m.andittakeshim15minutestogetdressed（穿衣）,20minutestoeatand35minutestowalktowork.Whattimeshouldhegetup?4)Replace（替换）eachblank（空）withthecorrectdigit（数字）.43_245__127---------88935)Inthefirstyearofproduction（制作）aplaysells1572tickets,initssecondyearitsells1753tickets,initsthirdyearitsells152lessthaninitssecondyear.Howmanyticketsaresoldin3years?18 6)Scientists（科学家）havejustdiscovered（发现）peopleonNeptune（海王星）.Thereare3villages,2citiesand1supercityonNeptune.Thesearethepopulations（人口）in1994and1996.19941996Eilosa129204Vertu308292Pridi9050Dedrun500600Antran700693Maran12001500List（列出）theplacesinorderof（以…顺序）increasing（增加）size（大小）in1994and1996.Inwhichyearwasthepopulationoftheplanet（星球）greater?7)Rachel,KimandShawnwenttoCubaforavacation.OnthewaytoCuba,theplanemadethetripin315minutes.Onthereturntrip,theflight（航班）took216minutes.TheystayedinCubafor3629minutes.Estimate（估计）howlongthetriptooktothenearest10.Howlongdidthetripreallytake?8)Themass（质量；重量）oftheGreatPyramid（大金字塔）is557tgreaterthanthatoftheLeaningTowerofPisa（比萨斜塔）.StoneHenge（巨石阵）hasamassof2695twhichis95tlessthantheLeaningTowerofPisa.ThereoncewasaGreaterPyramidwhichhadamasstwicethatoftheGreatPyramid,whatwasthemassoftheGreaterPyramid.9)TheweatherduringPithPossum"svacationwasstrange.Itrainedon15differentdays,butitneverrainedforawholeday.·Rainymorningswerefollowed（跟随；紧跟）byclearafternoons.·Rainyafternoonswereproceeded（继续）byclearmornings.·Therewere12clearmorningsand13clearafternoonsinall.18 ·Howlongwasthevacation?10)Thisstairway（楼梯）ismadeofcubes（立方体）.Howmanycubeswouldbeneededtomakethesteps（台阶）9stepshigh?11)IfJaneisolderthanKim,KimisolderthanShawn.ShawnisyoungerthanJaneandRachelisolderthanJaneListthepeoplefromoldesttoyoungest.12)Thereare12peopleinaroom.6peoplearewearingsocksand4peoplearewearingshoes,3peoplearewearingboth.Howmanypeopleareinbare（赤裸的）feet?13)Onemorninggrasshopper（蚱蜢；蚂蚱）felldownahole2metersdeep.Hewouldclimb1/4ofametereverydaybutatnighthesliddown（滑下）1/8pfameter.Atthisrate,howmanydaysuntilthegrasshoppergetsout?14)Anicecreamstand（小摊）hasninedifferentflavors（口味；味道）.Agroupofchildrencometothestandandeachbuysadoublescoopcone（两勺的冰激凌筒）withtwoflavorsoficecream.Ifnoneofthechildrenchoosethesamecombination（组合）offlavors,andeverydifferentcombinationofflavorsischosen（选择）,howmanychildrenarethere?FLAVOURS1Vanilla2Maple3Chocolate4Tiger18 5Raspberry6Strawberry7Coffee8MoonMist9CherryVanilla15)Placethedigits9,4,7,6,5,1,intheboxesinordertogetthelargestresult（结果）.[][]x[][]+[]x[]=?16)Fourboysworktogetherpainting（粉刷）housesforthesummer.Foreachhousetheypainttheyget$256.00.Iftheboysworkfor4monthsofsummerandtheirexpenses（花销，花费）are$152.00permonth,howmanyhousesmusttheypaintforeachofthemtohaveonethousanddollarsattheendofthesummer?17)Inherfirstyearadogbreeder"s（饲养员）dogsproduce（产下）2puppies（小狗;幼犬）.Inhersecondyearherdogsproducethree-timesasmanypuppies.Inherthirdyearherdogsproduce5timesasmanypuppiesasthefirstyear.Howmanypuppieswillthebreederhaveproducedinherfirst3years?Ifshesellsthepuppiesfor$200.00each,howmuchwillshehavemade?18)Agrocerystore（杂货店）hasabakesale（甜点义卖会）onbananas.Ifyoubuysixbananasyougetthesaleprice（折扣价）.Ifthegrocer（杂货商）has489bananashowmanybunches（串；束；把）ofsixcanhesellathissaleprice?Inthiscase（情况）howmanycanbesoldattheregularprice（常价）?19)Describetheshadedarea（阴影部分）ofthefollowingfigure（数字）intermsof（依据）afraction（分数；小数）.18 20)Sixteenplayersenteratennistournament(锦标赛).Iftherecanbenodraws（平局）howmanygamesmustbeplayedifeachplayercanbeeliminated（淘汰）byoneloss.21)Ifamancanwalk4kmin1hourandhiswifecanwalk5kmin1hour,howmanyminuteswillittakethemtomeetiftheybeginwalkingatthesametimeatoppositeends（相反的两点）ofa12kmroad,andhaveagreed（同意）tomeetatthehalfwaypoint（点）?22)In1989thepriceofasoccerballwas$8.00.Afinancialanalyst(金融分析家)predicted（预测）thatthepricewouldrise$0.25/yearforthenext10years.Inwhatyearwillthepricebe$9.75?23)Amathstudentinterviewed（采访）50fifthgraders（…年级学生）.41saidtheylikepeanutbuttersandwiches（花生黄油三明治）,35likedjam（果酱）sandwichesand30likedbothontheirsandwiches.Howmanystudentslikedneither（二者都不）?24)Seehowmanytriangles（三角形）youcandrawusinganythreeofthefivepointsonthecircleasvertices（顶点）.25)18 NobodyknowshowoldAuntHelenisbutshegaveafewhints（提示）.Shehadpassed（度过）1/20ofherlifebeforeshestartedschool.Shespent（花…）3/20ofherlifeinschool;Sheworkedfor1/10ofherlifebeforeshegotmarried（结婚）.Shewasmarriedfor2/5ofherlife.Herhusband（丈夫）diedafter7/10ofherlife.FromreadingUncleHarry"sgravestone（墓碑）youfindoutthatshehasbeenawidow（寡妇）for24years.HowoldisAuntHelen?26)Ifaballisdroppedfromaheight（高度）of100m,eachtimeithits（撞击，碰击）theground（地面）itbounces（反弹）3/5oftheheightitfell.Howfarwilltheballhavetravelledinthe5thbounce?27)Alineoflength4isdividedintonineequal（相等的）segments（部分）.Findafraction（分数）todescribethelengthAB.28） UncleHenrywasdrivingtoHalifaxwhenhespotted（发觉）abiggreengorilla（大猩猩）onthesideoftheroad.Hescreeched（发出尖利声）toastop,jumpedoutofhiscar.Hesawtheoutline（轮廓）ofanumberonthegorilla.Hecouldn"tquiteseethenumber,butheknewitwasa4digitnumber.And:1)Herememberedseeinganumber1.2)Inthehundred"splaceheremembersthenumberis3timesthenumberinthethousand"splace.3)Hesaidthenumberintheone"splaceis4timesthenumberintheten"splace.4)Finallyhesaidthenumber2issittinginthethousand"splace.Whatisthenumber?29）ElmerFudddecided（决定）togrowagardensohecouldmakesalad（沙拉）.Hewantstomakeit10.1mlongand4.2mwide.However,inordertoavoid（避免，防止）BugsBunny（兔巴哥；宾尼兔）fromenteringhisgardenhemustmakeafence18 surrounding（围绕）thegarden.Hedecidestomakethefence11.2mlongand5.0mwide.Whatistheareabetweenthefenceandthegarden?30）DavegaveCharlottehalfofhispogs.CharlottegaveJohnniehalfofthepogsshereceived（收到）fromDave.Johnniekept8ofthosepogsandgavetheremaining（剩余的）10toDana.HowmanypogsdidDavegiveCharlotte?31)a)Mr.Masonaskedthechildrentoopentheirmathbookstothefacingpageswhosepagenumbersaddupto（总计达）85.Towhichpagesshouldthechildrenturn?Markaccidentally（偶然地）tore（撕）outapageofhismathbook.Mr.Masonaskedhimwhatpageitwas.Marksaidthatthesum（总和）ofthepagenumbersonthefacingpageswas127.WhatarethepagenumbersonthepagesMarktoreoutofthebook?32）a)Ifyousaved（存，攒）$2.00onJanuary1,$4.00onFebruary1,$6.00onMarch1,$8.00onApril1,andsoon,howmuchmoneywouldyousaveinoneyear?b)Ifyousaved$2.00onJanuary1,$4.00onFebruary1,$8.00onMarch1,$16.00onApril1,andsoon（等等）.Howmuchmoneywouldyousaveinoneyear?33）DennistheMenaceisthinkingoftwonumbers.Theirgreatestcommonfactor（因数）is6.Theirleastcommonmultiple（倍数）is36.Oneofthenumbersis12.Whatistheothernumber?34)ADrugStore（药店）parkinglot（停车场）hasspace（空间）for1000cars.2/5ofthespacesareforcompactcars（小型汽车）.OnTuesday,therewere200compactcarsandsomestandardsize（标准大小）carsintheparkinglot.Theparkinglotwas3/4full.Howmanystandardsizecarswereintheparkinglot?35)Howmanytriangles（三角形）areinthisfigure（图表）?18 36）Canyousolve（解决）thismagicsquare（魔方）?Puttheremainingnumbersfrom0to15inthe16smallsquares（正方形）.Thesumofthefournumbersineachrow,column（纵行）andtwodiagonals（对角线）mustbe30.               15|   |   |12              ----+----+----+----                  |10| 9|              ----+----+----+----                  |   |   |11              ----+----+----+----                3|   |   | 037）MaryandJasonweremakingpropellers（螺旋桨）fortheirwoodenhelicopters（直升机）.Maryputanumberonherpropellorandnoticed(注意到)thatwhensheturnedthepropellorshehadthesamenumber.Jasonwastryingtothinkofanumberthathecouldputonhisthathadthesamerotational（旋转的）symmetry（对称）(looksthesameturnedupsidedown).Whatisthenextlargernumberthathasthisproperty（特性）?38）a)Mr.andMrs.Callahanandtheir3childrenpaid（花费）$7.00fortickets.Whichgamedotheyplantosee?18     SOFTBALL（垒球）:          Adults（成人）$2.00  Children$1.00    BASKETBALL:        Adults$3.00  Children$1.50    SOCCER:            Adults$5.00  Children$2.50b)HowmuchchangewouldMr.andMrs.Callahangetiftheytooktheirchildrentoseethebasketballgameandpaidforitwitha$20.00bill（钞票）?39）Ammiepassedaroundabasketofstrawberries（草莓）tothegirlsatherparty.Beforethepartysheate5strawberriesandgaveafriend3.Eightgirlsarrivedattheparty.Thefirstgirltookastrawberry,thesecondgirltook3strawberries,thethirdgirltook5strawberriesandsoon.Afterthelastgirltookherstrawberries,thebasketwasempty.Howmanystrawberrieswereinthebasketatthebeginning?40）Aside（边）ofsquareBisfourtimesthelength（长度）ofasideofsquareA.Howmanytimesgreateristhearea（面积）ofsquareBthantheareaofsquareA?41）ShanetheSnailstartedatthedot（小圆点）.Whatsidewillhebeonwhenhehascrawled（爬行）13/20ofthedistance（距离）aroundtheregularpentagon（规则五边形）ofequal（相等的）sides?18 42）Arectangular（长方形的）kitchentableisthreetimesaslongasitiswide.Ifitwere3mshorterand3mwideritwouldbeasquare.Whatarethedimensions（大小；体积）oftherectangulartable?43）Amanufacturer（制造商；制造厂）claims（声称）thatanewmotoroilsaves5percent（百分之一）ofthegasoline（汽油）usedbyacar.Ifyoudrive24,000kilometresayearandhegets32kilometresagallon（加仑）ofgasoline,howmanygallonsofgasolinecouldyousavein1year?44）Carpeting（地毯料）isonsale（廉价出售）andMrs.Doyleislookingfor（寻找）somecarpetforherlivingroom.Herlivingroomis4mby（乘）5m.Howmuchwillitcost（花费）hertodothisatsaleprice（低价）?                                    CARPETSALE                       Regular$9.99squaremetre                             NowonSalefor                             20percentoff（20%折扣）45）ThePictouFerryboat（渡船）isfullwhenithastencarsonboard（在船上）.Itisalsofullwhenithassixtrucksonboard.Theferryboatnevercarriescarsandtrucksatthesametime.Theferryboatmadefivetrips（航行）acrosstheriverandwasfulloneachtrip.Itcarried（载）atotalof42carsandtrucksacrosstheriver.Howmanycarsdidtheferryboatcarryaltogetherinthefivetrips?46）Cheri,BethandJacintaaredaughtersofMr.Sullivan,Mr.MarchandandMr.Benoit.Fourofthesepeopleareplayingtennisdoubles（双打）.Mr.Benoit"sdaughterand18 Mr.Sullivanarepartners.Cheri"sfatherandMr.Marchand"sdaughterarealsopartners（搭档）.Therearen"tanyfather-daughtercombinations（组合）.WhoisCheri"sfather?47）Themagician（魔术师）said,"Theaverage（平均）ofsevennumbersis49.If1isadded（加上）tothefirstnumber,2isaddedtothesecondnumber,3isaddedtothethirdnumberandsoonupto（直到）theseventhnumber",whatisthenewaverage?48）Here"saquestionforyou!!!Oneofthesethingsdoesnotbelong（属于）here,oneofthesethingsisnotthesame.Canyoutellwhichcube（立方体）?49）Twocarpenters（木匠）decidedtodesign（设计）desksforstudentsattheJuniorHigh（初中）.Thedimensions（大小；体积）ofthedeskareasshown.Howmuchwoodwouldtheyneedfor30desks?(incm2).50）Chatterboxmadethefollowingfigures（图表）withapieceofwood,12nails（钉子）andanelasticband（橡皮筋）.Whatisthearea（面积）ofthefigure(inunits2)?Explain（解释）yourmethod（方法）:18 18