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趣味英語題(托福選題)趣味英語題(托福選題)趣味英語題(托福選題)資料僅供參考文件編號：2022年4月趣味英語題(托福選題)版本號：A修改號：1頁次：1.0審核：批準:發(fā)布日期：Question1Whatletterisnextinthissequence?

M,A,M,J,J,A,S,O,__注釋：lettern.字母sequencen.序列Question2What’sfullofholesbutstillholdswater注釋：befullof…充滿了holen.孔，洞；stillad.仍然holdvt.抓住，保持住spongen.海綿Question3Whatislightasafeather,buteventhestrongestmancannotholditmorethanaminute?注釋：feathern.羽毛evenad.甚至breathn.一口氣Question4Amansays,"Brothersandsisters,haveInone,butthatman'sfatherismyfather'sson."Whoishepointingat?

Question5Alight-tightwoodenboxhasthreeswitchesontheoutsidethatcontrolthreelightbulbsontheinside.Whentheboxisclosedyoucanturntheswitchesonoroffbutwhenyouopentheboxhowcanyoutellwhichswitchcontrolseachbulbwithouttouchingtheswitches?Question6Johnny'smotherhadfourchildren.ThefirstwasApril,thesecondwasMay,andthethirdwasJune.Whatwasthenameofherfourthchild

Question7Therewasanairplanecrash,everysinglepersondied,buttwopeoplesurvived.Howisthispossible注釋：airplanecrashsinglea.單個的；未婚的，單身的survivevi.幸存possiblea.可能的Question8BeforeMountEverestwasdiscovered,whatwasthehighestmountainintheworld?

注解：Mt.discovervt.發(fā)現(xiàn)Question9WhydidNedKellyrobonlytherichQuestion10What'sthehardestthingaboutlearningtorideahorse注釋：此題的妙處在于thehardest一詞有最難的，同時也有最硬的意思。Question11Adoctorandabusdriverarebothinlovewiththesamewoman,anattractivegirlnamedSarah.Thebusdriverhadtogoonalongbustripthatwouldlastaweek.Beforeheleft,hegaveSarahsevenapples.Why

Question12Whichiscorrecttosay,"Theyolkoftheeggarewhite,"or"Theyolkoftheeggiswhite"

Question13WhattreeisalwaysverysadQuestion14WhatweatherdomiceandratsfearQuestion15WhyarepeopletiredonAprilFool'sDay

Question1６WhatcountryispopularonThanksgivingDay

Question1７WhyisanemptypursealwaysthesameQuestion1８WhencanyougetwaterwithanetQuestion1９Whatisfullwhenit'susedandemptywhenit'satrestQuestion２０Whatdoeverycouplehaveincommon

Riddles1.Imagineyouareinasinking（正在下沉的）rowboatsurrounded（包圍）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（稱）fish?

7.Whatkindofnut（堅果）hasnoshell（殼）

8.Ifyouhaveit,youwanttoshareit.Ifyoushareit,youdon'thaveit.Whatisit?

9.Themoreyouhaveofit,thelessyousee.Whatisit?

10.Whatbookwasonceownedbyonlythewealthy,butnoweveryonecanhaveit?

Youcan'tbuyitinabookstoreortakeitfromalibrary.

11.Whatgetswhiterthedirtierthatitgets?

12.Whathastobebrokenbeforeitcanbeused?

13.Whatdoesnomanwant,yetnomanwantstolose?

14.Howmanybricks（磚頭）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,butthisman'sfatherismyfathersson.Who'sinthecoffin?

22.Ifyouwereinadarkroomwithacandle,awoodstove（火爐）,amatchandagaslampwhichdoyoulightfirst?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?

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"

1)Howmanyadditionsigns（添加符號）shouldbeputbetweendigits（數(shù)字）ofthenumber987654321andwhereshouldweputthemtogetatotal（總數(shù)）of99

2）Divide（分割）thefaceoftheclockintothreepartswithtwolinessothatthesum（總數(shù)）ofthenumbersinthethreepartsareequal（相等）.3)Amanhastobeatworkby9:00a.m.andittakeshim15minutestogetdressed4)Replace（替換）eachblank（空）withthecorrectdigit（數(shù)字）.43_245__12788935)Inthefirstyearofproduction（制作）aplaysells1572tickets,initssecondyearitsells1753tickets,initsthirdyearitsells152lessthaninitssecondyear.Howmanyticketsaresoldin3years

6)Scientists（科學家）havejustdiscovered（發(fā)現(xiàn)）peopleonNeptune（海王星）.Thereare3villages,2citiesand1supercityonNeptune.Thesearethepopulations（人口）in1994and1996. 19941996 Eilosa129204 Vertu308292 Pridi9050 Dedrun500600 Antran700693 Maran12001500List（列出）theplacesinorderof（以…順序）increasing（增加）size（大小）in1994and1996.Inwhichyearwasthepopulationoftheplanet（星球）greater

7)Rachel,KimandShawnwenttoCubaforavacation.OnthewaytoCuba,theplanemadethetripin315minutes.Onthereturntrip,theflight（航班）took216minutes.TheystayedinCubafor3629minutes.Estimate（估計）howlongthetriptooktothenearest10.Howlongdidthetripreallytake8)Themass（質(zhì)量；重量）oftheGreatPyramid（大金字塔）is557tgreaterthanthatoftheLeaningTowerofPisa（比薩斜塔）.StoneHenge（巨石陣）hasamassof2695twhichis95tlessthantheLeaningTowerofPisa.ThereoncewasaGreaterPyramidwhichhadamasstwicethatoftheGreatPyramid,whatwasthemassoftheGreaterPyramid.9)TheweatherduringPithPossum'svacationwasstrange.Itrainedon15differentdays,butitneverrainedforawholeday.Rainymorningswerefollowed（跟隨；緊跟）byclearafternoons.Rainyafternoonswereproceeded（繼續(xù)）byclearmornings.Therewere12clearmorningsand13clearafternoonsinall.Howlongwasthevacation10)Thisstairway（樓梯）ismadeofcubes（立方體）.Howmanycubeswouldbeneededtomakethesteps（臺階）9stepshigh

11)IfJaneisolderthanKim,KimisolderthanShawn.ShawnisyoungerthanJaneandRachelisolderthanJaneListthepeoplefromoldesttoyoungest.12)Thereare12peopleinaroom.6peoplearewearingsocksand4peoplearewearingshoes,3peoplearewearingboth.Howmanypeopleareinbare（赤裸的）feet

13)Onemorninggrasshopper（蚱蜢；螞蚱）felldownahole2metersdeep.Hewouldclimb1/4ofametereverydaybutatnighthesliddown（滑下）1/8pfameter.Atthisrate,howmanydaysuntilthegrasshoppergetsout

14)Anicecreamstand（小攤）hasninedifferentflavors（口味；味道）.Agroupofchildrencometothestandandeachbuysadoublescoopcone（兩勺的冰激凌筒）withtwoflavorsoficecream.Ifnoneofthechildrenchoosethesamecombination（組合）offlavors,andeverydifferentcombinationofflavorsischosen（選擇）,howmanychildrenarethere

FLAVOURS 1 Vanilla 2 Maple 3 Chocolate 4 Tiger 5 Raspberry 6 Strawberry 7 Coffee 8 MoonMist 9 CherryVanilla15)Placethedigits9,4,7,6,5,1,intheboxesinordertogetthelargestresult（結(jié)果）.[][]x[][]+[]x[]=16)Fourboysworktogetherpainting（粉刷）housesforthesummer.Foreachhousetheypainttheyget$256.00.Iftheboysworkfor4monthsofsummerandtheirexpenses（花銷，花費）are$152.00permonth,howmanyhousesmusttheypaintforeachofthemtohaveonethousanddollarsattheendofthesummer

17)Inherfirstyearadogbreeder's（飼養(yǎng)員）dogsproduce（產(chǎn)下）2puppies（小狗;幼犬）.Inhersecondyearherdogsproducethree-timesasmanypuppies.Inherthirdyearherdogsproduce5timesasmanypuppiesasthefirstyear.Howmanypuppieswillthebreederhaveproducedinherfirst3years

Ifshesellsthepuppiesfor$200.00each,howmuchwillshehavemade

18)Agrocerystore（雜貨店）hasabakesale（甜點義賣會）onbananas.Ifyoubuysixbananasyougetthesaleprice（折扣價）.Ifthegrocer（雜貨商）has489bananashowmanybunches（串；束；把）ofsixcanhesellathissaleprice

Inthiscase（情況）howmanycanbesoldattheregularprice（常價）19)Describetheshadedarea（陰影部分）ofthefollowingfigure（數(shù)字）intermsof（依據(jù)）afraction（分數(shù)；小數(shù)）.20)Sixteenplayersenteratennistournament(錦標賽).Iftherecanbenodraws（平局）howmanygamesmustbeplayedifeachplayercanbeeliminated（淘汰）byoneloss.21)Ifamancanwalk4kmin1hourandhiswifecanwalk5kmin1hour,howmanyminuteswillittakethemtomeetiftheybeginwalkingatthesametimeatoppositeends（相反的兩點）ofa12kmroad,andhaveagreed（同意）tomeetatthehalfwaypoint（點）

22)In1989thepriceofasoccerballwas$8.00.Afinancialanalyst(金融分析家)predicted（預測）thatthepricewouldrise$0.25/yearforthenext10years.Inwhatyearwillthepricebe$9.75

23)Amathstudentinterviewed（采訪）50fifthgraders（…年級學生）.41saidtheylikepeanutbuttersandwiches（花生黃油三明治）,35likedjam（果醬）sandwichesand30likedbothontheirsandwiches.Howmanystudentslikedneither（二者都不）

24)Seehowmanytriangles（三角形）youcandrawusinganythreeofthefivepointsonthecircleasvertices（頂點）.25)NobodyknowshowoldAuntHelenisbutshegaveafewhints（提示）.Shehadpassed（度過）1/20ofherlifebeforeshestartedschool.Shespent（花…）3/20ofherlifeinschool;Sheworkedfor1/10ofherlifebeforeshegotmarried（結(jié)婚）.Shewasmarriedfor2/5ofherlife.Herhusband（丈夫）diedafter7/10ofherlife.FromreadingUncleHarry'sgravestone（墓碑）youfindoutthatshehasbeenawidow（寡婦）for24years.HowoldisAuntHelen26)Ifaballisdroppedfromaheight（高度）of100m,eachtimeithits（撞擊，碰擊）theground（地面）itbounces（反彈）3/5oftheheightitfell.Howfarwilltheballhavetravelledinthe5thbounce

27)Alineoflength4isdividedintonineequal（相等的）segments（部分）.Findafraction（分數(shù)）todescribethelengthAB.28）

UncleHenrywasdrivingtoHalifaxwhenhespotted（發(fā)覺）abiggreengorilla（大猩猩）onthesideoftheroad.Hescreeched（發(fā)出尖利聲）toastop,jumpedoutofhiscar.Hesawtheoutline（輪廓）ofanumberonthegorilla.Hecouldn'tquiteseethenumber,butheknewitwasa4digitnumber.And:1)Herememberedseeinganumber1.2)Inthehundred'splaceheremembersthenumberis3timesthenumberinthethousand'splace.3)Hesaidthenumberintheone'splaceis4timesthenumberintheten'splace.4)Finallyhesaidthenumber2issittinginthethousand'splace.Whatisthenumber?29）ElmerFudddecided（決定）togrowagardensohecouldmakesalad（沙拉）.Hewantstomakeit10.1mlongand4.2mwide.However,inordertoavoid（避免，防止）BugsBunny（兔巴哥；賓尼兔）fromenteringhisgardenhemustmakeafencesurrounding（圍繞）thegarden.Hedecidestomakethefence11.2mlongand5.0mwide.Whatistheareabetweenthefenceandthegarden?

30）DavegaveCharlottehalfofhispogs.CharlottegaveJohnniehalfofthepogsshereceived（收到）fromDave.Johnniekept8ofthosepogsandgavetheremaining（剩余的）10toDana.HowmanypogsdidDavegiveCharlotte

31)a)Mr.Masonaskedthechildrentoopentheirmathbookstothefacingpageswhosepagenumbersaddupto（總計達）85.Towhichpagesshouldthechildrenturn?Markaccidentally（偶然地）tore（撕）outapageofhismathbook.Mr.Masonaskedhimwhatpageitwas.Marksaidthatthesum（總和）ofthepagenumbersonthefacingpageswas127.WhatarethepagenumbersonthepagesMarktoreoutofthebook?

32）a)Ifyousaved（存，攢）$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（因數(shù)）is6.Theirleastcommonmultiple（倍數(shù)）is36.Oneofthenumbersis12.Whatistheothernumber?

34)ADrugStore（藥店）parkinglot（停車場）hasspace（空間）for1000cars.2/5ofthespacesareforcompactcars（小型汽車）.OnTuesday,therewere200compactcarsandsomestandardsize（標準大?。ヽarsintheparkinglot.Theparkinglotwas3/4full.Howmanystandardsizecarswereintheparkinglot?35)Howmanytriangles（三角形）areinthisfigure（圖表）36）Canyousolve（解決）thismagicsquare（魔方）Puttheremainingnumbersfrom0to15inthe16smallsquares（正方形）.Thesumofthefournumbersineachrow,column（縱行）andtwodiagonals（對角線）mustbe30.

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037）MaryandJasonweremakingpropellers（螺旋槳）fortheirwoodenhelicopters（直升機）.Maryputanumberonherpropellorandnoticed(注意到)thatwhensheturnedthepropellorshehadthesamenumber.Jasonwastryingtothinkofanumberthathecouldputonhisthathadthesamerotational（旋轉(zhuǎn)的）symmetry（對稱）(looksthesameturnedupsidedown).Whatisthenextlargernumberthathasthisproperty（特性）

38）a)Mr.andMrs.Callahanandtheir3childrenpaid（花費）$7.00fortickets.Whichgamedotheyplantosee?

SOFTBALL（壘球）:

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（鈔票）

39）Ammiepassedaroundabasketofstrawberries（草莓）tothegirlsatherparty.Beforethepartysheate5strawberriesandgaveafriend3.Eightgirlsarrivedattheparty.Thefirstgirltookastrawberry,thesecondgirltook3strawberries,thethirdgirltook5strawberriesandsoon.Afterthelastgirltookherstrawberries,thebasketwasempty.Howmanystrawberrieswereinthebasketatthebeginning?

40）Aside（邊）ofsquareBisfourtimesthelength（長度）ofasideofsquareA.Howmanytimesgreateristhearea（面積）ofsquareBthantheareaofsquareA?41）ShanetheSnailstartedatthedot（小圓點）.Whatsidewillhebeonwhenhehascrawled（爬行）13/20ofthedistance（距離）aroundtheregularpentagon（規(guī)則五邊形）ofequal（相等的）sides?42）Arectangular（長方形的）kitchentableisthreetimesaslongasitiswide.Ifitwere3mshorterand3mwideritwouldbeasquare.Whatarethedimensions（大小；體積）oftherectangulartable?43）Amanufacturer（制造商；制造廠）claims（聲稱）thatanewmotoroilsaves5percent（百分之一）ofthegasoline（汽油）usedbyacar.Ifyoudrive24,000kilometresayearandhegets32kilometresagallon（加侖）ofgasoline,howmanygallonsofgasolinecouldyousavein1ye