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What stays hot even if put in a fridge？（什么东西就是放在冰箱里也是热的？）回答是：Pepper（辣椒）。（hot 有两个意思：热的；辣的。）2．Which side is the left side of a pie？（哪边是馅饼的左边）？回答是： The side that is not eaten，yet．（还没有吃的那一边）。（the left side of a pie 有两层意思：饼的左边；饼剩下没吃的那一边。）3.Who is closer to you， your mom or your dad？爸爸和妈妈谁和你更亲？Keys：Mom is closer， because dad is farther．妈妈更亲，因为爸爸更远。4.．Can you go to the Cinema With your watch broken？你手表坏了，可以去看电影吗？Keys：Of course not，for I don’t have the time．当然不行，因为我没有时间。（I don’t have the time 有两种理解：我没有时间；我没戴表或我的表坏了，不知道时间。）5.Why is the comet like Micky Mouse？为什么说彗星像米老鼠？Keys：It’s a star with a tail．因为它是带着一根尾巴的星星。（tail/teil/ n．（动物的）尾巴；彗（星）尾）6.What’s the largest room in the world？世界上最大的房间是什么房间？Keys：The room for improvement．.. 改进的空间。7.What’s the poorest bank in the world？最没有钱的银行是什么银行？Keys：The river bank．.. 河堤。(bank n．银行；堤岸)8.When is coffee like the surface of the earth？咖啡什么时候像地球表面？Keys：When it’s ground．.. 被碾成粉末时。(ground n．地面，它也是grind/grind/v．磨碎，碾碎的过去分词形式。)9.What month do soldiers hate？当兵的不喜欢几月份？Keys：March．.. 三月。(march n．行军)10.When is a person not a person？什么时候人不是人？Keys：When he is a little cross．.. 当他有点恼怒时。(cross adj．烦恼，恼火； n．十字架)11.When is a door not a door？什么时候门不是门？Keys：When it’s ajar．.. 当它虚掩时。(ajar/+＇DNα：/adj．（门）虚掩着，露了一条缝的音似ajar（一只壶）。)12.When are boys not boys？什么时候男孩不是男孩？Keys：When they’re bare-footed．.. 当他们赤脚时。(bare-footed 赤脚，音似bear-footed，脚和熊一样。)13.When is a clock dangerous？什么时候时钟是危险的？Keys：When it runs down the stairs and strikes one．.. 当它滚下楼梯敲响一点钟时。(strikes one 另一层意思是：击中一个人)Johnny’s mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child’s name? 2. A clerk at a butcher shop stands five feet ten inches tall and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh? 3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world? 4. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet? 5. What word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly? 6.