简单英语谜语

　　1．　　　What time is it when20 dogs are after l cat?

　　2．　　　When should you kick（踢） a birthday?

　　3．　　　What room has no walls， no doors， no floors and no windows?

　　4．　　　Why can’t your nose be twelve inches long?

　　5．　　　It is yours， but others use it more than you do． What is it?

　　6．　　　What has a bed but never sleeps?

　　7．　　　Which travels faster， heat or co1d?

　　8．　　　What five－letter word has six left when you take two away?

　　9．　　　What is the end of everything?

　　10．　　There are three men on a train． Mr A speaks English and Chinese． Mr B speaks

　　French and English． Mr C can only talk with Mr A． What language does Mr C speak?

　　11．　　What is it that can carry a message to anybody in any town?

　　12．　　What is it that， when once lost，　you can never find again?

　　13．　　What is it that we never borrow but often return?

　　14．　　What never asks questions but gets a lot of answers?

　　15．　　What walks all the time but never leave his place?

　　16．　　What hands never hold anything?

　　17．　　It has a mouth， but never speaks； it has bed， but never sleeps on it．　　What

　　is it?

　　No．3 is Space room．

　　No．5 is Name．

　　No．6 is Gum．

　　No．7 is Cold．

　　No．8 is Sixty．

　　No．9 is Results．

　　No．10 is Chinese．

　　No．11 is Mobile．

　　No．12 is Time．

　　No．13 is Life．

　　No．14 is Teacher．

　　No．15 is Clock．

　　No．16 is handrail．

　　No．17 is Bodhisattva．

　　18．　　Today is Monday． Jim got to Beijing last Wednesday． John got there two days

　　earlier than Jim． On what day did John go to Beijing?　（last Monday）

　　19．　　What has two legs but cannot walk． （A pair of trousers）

　　20．　　Bob’s uncle was a three－bottle man． （大酒徒）

　　21．　　Take it easy， my boy． It isn’t dangerous at all．　（别紧张）

　　22．　　It will be all right before you know it．　（很快）

　　23．　　Which country is good for skaters?

　　24．　　Which country is useful at mealtime?

　　25．　　Which country has no problem of water supply?

　　26．　　Which country is useful to turn a lock?

　　27．　　Which country has its most part in pain?

　　28．　　What goes up but never comes down? （Your age）

　　29．　　He stands first in his class． What does it mean?（He is the best student in his

　　class．）

　　30．　　What does the sentence “His race is nearly run” mean? （His days are number/ He

　　is dying）

　　31．　　What runs from Beijing to Shanghai without morning? （road）

　　32．　　Who always goes to bed with his shoes on?（马）

　　33．　　Which bird can’t fly?　　 （驼鸟）

　　34．　　Where’s the john?　　　（厕所）

　　35．　　Jim doesn’t go to play with us． Because some of us don’t give him the time of

　　the day．　　　　　（不喜欢它）

　　36．　　When a man became ninety years old， his days are numbered． （寿命不长）

　　37．　　If you lose your job， I’ll lose mine， so we are both in the same boat．

　　命运相同）

　　38．　　It is an open book that Jane has got married．　　（人人皆知）

　　39．　　When the engine caught fire， I just lost my head．　 （不知所措）

　　40．　　The doctor is up to his eyes in work today．　　 （忙得要命）

　　41．　　Why sixty is bigger than sixty－one?　60年代生的人比61年代人大。

　　42．　　Which thing is the biggest and smallest?　　　 （人心）

　　43．　　America will hold the ___________ Olympic Games in 1996． 26th．

　　44．　　It’s half past one． What time will it be twenty hours later? It’s half past

　　nine．

　　45．　　I’m not quite myself “means” “I’m _________．”

　　46．　　A lot of people are having lunch in a big room． Four people are drinking a bowl

　　碗） of water． Two are eating a bowl of rice． Three are eating a bowl of meat． They need 52

　　bowls． How many people are there ?48．

　　47．　　Xiao Dong wrote（写）ten letters on the card． But one letter is lost（丢失）． Can

　　you find it for here．

　　48．　　什么 “man”一太阳就 “消失”　　　（雪人）

　　49．　　I can fly， I can sing， I have a beak（喙）， So my name is　bird　?

　　50．　　Xiaoming’s grandpa is 60 years old． His is birthday is in February． But he only

　　had 15 birthdays． Why．　　　　（因为他的生日在2月29日）

　　51．　　What’s nine and four? Is it one? Sometimes it’s one． Why?　（如9堆沙加4堆沙为一

　　堆沙）

　　52．　　What stands in the middle of the world? （r）

　　53．　　What kink of dog is always bitten but never barks?　（热狗）

　　54．　　What five－letter word cab lose four without changing its sound? queue（辫子）

　　55．　　什么桌子在田里见到?　　　　　　　（Vegetables蔬菜）

　　56．　　什么桌子没腿?　　　　　　　　 （Timetable 时间表）

　　57．　　什么人不住房：Snowman　　　　 （雪人）

　　58．　　什么东西人们千方百计争夺，又立刻扔掉?　（basketball篮球）

　　59．　　临时政府晴朗的天空为什么没有云?　　（因为是在晚上）

　　60．　　小东吃葡萄为什么不吐葡萄皮?　　　（因为他吃的是葡萄干）

　　61．　　天亮了　（打一城市）　　　　　（巴黎）

　　62．　　书店里没卖的是什么书?　　　　 （秘书）

　　63．　　为什么一架纸收音机的价钱达到上万元?　（因为它是钞票折成的）

　　64．　　对于人来说，，只会增大不会减小的是什么?　（年龄）

　　65．　　打什么用脑不用手　　　　　　（打官司）

　　66．　　开什么会不用本人去？　　　　　（家长会）

　　67．　　什么鱼没有牙?　　　　　　 （木鱼）

　　68．　　什么书的毛病最多　　　　　　（医学书）

　　69．　　工人干什么活不领取报酬?　　　　（家务活）

　　70．　　什么球不能摸，也不能玩?　　　　 （血球）

　　71．　　在什么地方打人，人们会鼓掌叫好?　　 （击赛场）

　　72．　　怎样使天变大?　　　　　　 （去掉上面一横）

　　73．　　伤了什么不能用药治?　　　　　（伤了心）

　　74．　　什么豆腐可以打死人?　　　　　（冻豆腐）

　　75．　　什么字人们总要念错?　　　　　（错）

　　76．　　为什么英国问题女人当女皇?　　　 （他们讲究 “女士优先”）

　　77．　　什么布剪不开?　　　　　　 （瀑布）

　　78．　　宝地（猜中国一个省）　　　　　 （贵州）

　　79．　　世界上残废率最高的是什么地方?　　 （床上）

　　80．　　吃苹果时最怕见到什么?　　　　 （半只虫子）

　　81．　　世界一共有多少种人?　　　　　（男人和女人）

　　82．　　什么人能把人截成几截，事后又能将他复原? （魔术师）

　　83．　　哪种车人们最不情愿坐，但有些人不得不坐?　（囚车）

　　84．　　什么东西人们每天都在用，但就是不能用手措?　（电）

　　85．　　什么东西没有时你如饥似渴，有了后你咬牙切齿?　（食物）

　　86．　　什么针不能用来缝东西?　 （表的指针）

　　英语智力测试题

　　（　 ）1． What’s the Chinese for “six of one and half a dozen of the other?”

　　A． 六分之一　　B． 人云亦云　C．半斤八两　 D．见一面分一半

　　（　 ）2． What three letters turn a girl into a woman?

　　A．Sun　 B． DAB　 C． EYE　 D．EGA

　　（　 ）3． We don’t want it． It’s “a white elephant．” What is it?

　　A． 一件无用而累的东西　　B．一头白象　C． 白给的东西

　　D． 白色陷阱

　　（　 ）4． What’s too much for two and just right for one?

　　A． Time　B． A secret　C． Two friends　 D． A room

　　（　 ）5． What’s the Chinese for “talk big”?

　　A． 吹牛　 B． 说谎话　　C．骂人　 D．很大

　　（　 ）6． I know that from A to I．

　　A．从A到I　 B．从头到尾　C．字母表　D．距离很远

　　（　 ）7． You can’t do it ． You can sue to Ann for help．

　　A． ask　　B． think　 C． find　　D． give

　　（　 ）8． What’s that? That’s a lily I like it very much．

　　A． girl’s name　B． flower　　C． picture　D． cup

　　（　 ）9． He’s a yes－man I don’t like him ．

　　A． 唯唯诺诺的人　B．总有理的人　C．坚强的人　D．说一不二的人

　　（　 ）10． All right． Let me do it． That’s the boy．

　　A． Good boy　B． Young child　　C． Big boy

　　动脑筋

　　（1） If you are facing（面向） east and take ten steps（步子） forward（向前）， then right and

　　take three steps backward， then turn 地round and take　five steps forward， and then turn

　　left， and take two steps forward， which direction（方向） are you facing?

　　（2） 将 north， east， west． south 组合成四个复合词：

　　__________， _________， _________， _____________，

　　（3）The design is made up of eighteen matches． Can you remove six of them to change the

　　design into two same－sized　triangles（三角形）?

　　what is the largest ant in the world?（the key is 1 word of 8 letters）

　　answer：elephant

　　1．What starts with T，ends with T and full of T？

　　（Teapot）

　　2．What starts with E， ends with E and only has one letter？

　　（Envelope ）

　　3．What of us goes up and never comes down?

　　（Our age．）

　　4．Rearrange the letters of NOR DO WE to make one word．

　　（ne word/new door）

　　5．A big Indian and a little Indian are walking down the street， the little Indian is the

　　son of the big Indian， but the big Indian is not the farther of the little Indian， how is

　　this possible?

　　（Mother）

　　6． What is in “seasons”， “seconds” “centuries” and “minutes”， but not in “decades

　　”， “years” or “days”?

　　（N）

　　7、What can hear without ears and answer without a mouth?

　　（Echo）

　　8、 What room has no walls， no doors， no windows， and no floors?

　　（Mushroom）

　　9、What is dark but is made by light?

　　（Shadow）

　　10、 What is higher without a head than with a head?

　　（A pillow）

　　猜字母

　　作者：

　　1．What letter is a body of water?

　　2．What is it that found in the every center of America（美国） and Australia（澳大利亚）?

　　3．Why is a river rich?

　　4．Which letter is very useful to a deaf woman?

　　5．Which runs faster，heat or cold?Why?

　　6．What is it that nobody wants but nobody want to lose?

　　7．What two words contain thousands of letters?

　　8．What has teeth but cannot eat?

　　9．What starts with T， ends with T， and full of T?

　　10．What letter is a question?

　　1．C（sea）

　　2．r

　　3．because it has two banks

　　4．i（eye）

　　5．heat runs faster，because u can catch a cold

　　6．lawsuit

　　7．mailbox

　　8．comb 梳子

　　9．Teapot 茶壶

　　10．Y

　　At what time of day was Adam born？　eve

1. What table is in the field?

2. What is the only thing you can break when you say its name?

3. What is there in your house that ought to be looked into?

4. What is that which you have never seen, heard or felt, which never existed and still has a name?

5. What changes a pear into a pearl?

6. What question can never be answered by ''''Yes''''?

7. What ship has two mates but no captain?

8. What is the most difficult key to turn?

9. Where can you always find money?

10. What is the surest way to double your money?

11. Where does afternoon come before morning in the world?

12. What is the smallest bridge in the world?

13. What letter makes a road broad?

14. What letter sounds like a vegetable?

15. Why is a pig the most unusual animal in the world?

16. What match can''''t be put in a match-box?

17. When do 2 and 2 make more than 4?

18. I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, rivers without water. What am I?

19. I am something that has teeth but can''''t eat. What am I?

20. What is a sick man a controdiction?

Key: 1．Vegetable 2.silence 3.mirror 4.nothing 5.the letter “l”

6. Are you asleep? 7.courtship 8.a donkey 9.In the dictionary

10. Fold it. 11.In the dictionary 12.the bridge of a nose 13.letter B

14.letter P 15.Because it is killed before it is cured (烧烤待处理)

16.Football match, basketball match, etc. 17.When they make

18.A map 19.A comb 20.When he is an impatient patient.

简单英语谜语