——A coat of paint．
56.Why did the band have a smash hit in the performance？
——They had the audience glued to their seats．57.Why is Sunday the strongest day in a week？
——The rest of the days are weak days．
Notes：
55．coat n．衣服；涂层，一层（漆）
56．smash hit 很成功的新剧、电影等
have someone glued to one’s seat 真正的意思是：使某人喜欢得不忍离座，直到看完（表演）为止。
57．weak adj．弱的，音似week weekdays 指不包括星期日的那些天，但是，目前流行的看法是：weekdays 指周一至周
五，而weekends 包括周六和周日。
58.Why are giraffes the cheapest to feed？
——They make a little food go a long wag．59.Why are dogs afraid to sunbathe？
——They don’t want to be hotdogs.
60.Why are mules helpless in dancing？
——They have two left legs．
61.Why is the pig always eating？
——He’s making a hog of himself．
Notes：
58．go a long way 维持很长一段时间
60．have two left legs（跳舞等）笨手笨脚
61.make a pig of oneself（贬义）像猪一样吃得很多hog n．肉用肥猪
62.What kind of shoes are made of banana skins？
——Slippers．
63.How do you like your school？
——Closed．
64.Why are politicians no longer concerned with snowball fights？
——The cold war is over．
Notes：
62．slipper n．拖鞋
slip v．滑，跌跤
63．How do you like your school？有两种理解：
①你觉得你们学校怎么样？
②你希望你们学校是什么样子？
64．cold war 冷战
65.Why are watches fragile？
——Because their hours are numbered．
66.What’s put on the table，cut，but never eaten？
——A deck of cards．
67.Why don’t women get bald as soon as men？
——Because women wear hair longer．
Notes：
65．fragile adj．易碎的，易坏的
“Their hours are numbered”源于“One’s days are numbered”意思是“某人在世之日屈指可数，寿命不长了”。
66．cut the cards 洗牌
67．wear hair longer 有两层意思：
①留着更长的头发
②头发留得更长久
68.How can you make the door last？
——Make other things first．
69.Why shouldn’t you lose your temper？
——No one else wants it．
70.What makes the Tower of Pisa lean？
——It never eats.
71.What book has the most stirring chapters？
——A cook book．
Notes：
67．make the door last 另一种理解是：最后做门69．lean v.倾斜；adj．瘦的
70．stirring adj．动人的
stir v.搅和，搅拌
71.What’s the most difficult train to catch？
——The 12∶50train，because it’s ten to one if you catch it．72.What trees do fortune tellers like to look at？
——Palms．
73.How do people feel after taking a ferryboat？
——They feel vexed，for the ferryboat made them cross．Notes：
71．ten to one 1点差10分；10比1
72．palm n．棕榈树；手掌
fortune teller 算命先生，预言将来的人
palmist n．看手相者
73．cross v．过去，渡过，穿过
adj.暴躁的，易怒的
74.What can pierce one’s ears without a hole？
——Noise.
75.If you had 5dollars and gave away one quarter，and another quarter，and then still another quarter，how much would you have left？
——＄4．25．
76.What bird lifts heavy things？
——A crane.
Notes：
74．pierce v.刺穿，刺破
piercing adj.刺耳的
75．quarter n．四分之一；二十五美分
76．crane n．鹤；起重机
77.What’s the difference between the North Pole and the South Pole？
——the whole world．
78.What makes naughty boys long to work in a clock factory？
——People make faces there．
79.What can I do to avoid falling hair？
——Get out of the way where the hair’s falling．Notes：
77．A world of difference 天壤之别
78．make faces 做鬼脸；做钟面
79．avoid falling hair 有两种理解：
①防止头发脱落
②避开（从上面）掉下来的头发
80.What do girls find the easiest to part with？
——A comb．
81.What kind of running means walking？
——Running out of gas．
82.What do elephants use to communicate with each other？
——Big Words．
83.What makes fish the smartest animal in the world？
——No one can pull its leg．
Notes：
80．part with 放弃（尤指不自愿地）；用……分头路或发缝82．big words 真正的含义是：比较正式的大词83．pull one’s leg 真正的含义是：使……上当受骗84.What made the little strawberry worried？
——It’s afraid to be in a jam．
85.Something went wrong with the second hand of my watch．Where can I have it replaced？
——In a secondhand store．
86.Why are writers like postmen？
——They are all men of letters．
Notes：
84．jam n．果酱；塞车
85．second hand adj．二手货的，旧的
second hand n．秒针
86.men of letters 文人
letter n．字母；信件
87.Why are chickens kept away from children？
——Chickens use fowl language．
88.Why do people go to bed？
——Because the bed won’t come to us．
89.Why shouldn’t we have têteàtête in the country？
——Because the corn have ears．
Notes：
87．fowl language 音似foul language（脏话）88．go to bed 另一种理解是：走向床，走到床跟前89．têteàtête n.私下密谈
corns have ears 源于walls have ears 隔墙有耳ear n.耳朵；一穗（玉米）
90.What’s the best thing to take when you run down？
——The license number of the car that hit you．91.What stays hot even if put in a refrigerator？
——Pepper.
92.What is the best year for a kangaroo？
——Leap year．
Notes：
90．take v．吃（药等）；记下来
be rundown 身体不适，音似be run down（被撞倒）
licence n．执照，特许证
91．pepper n．胡椒粉，辣椒
hot adj．热的；辣的
92.kangaroo n．袋鼠
leap 跳跃；leap year 闰年
93.What surprising things happen everywhere every day？
——Day breaks without falling；night falls without breaking．94.What can’t be used unless broken？
——Eggs.
95.Why do people wear watches when they cross the desert？
——Because watches have springs in them．Notes：
93．fall v.摔下来，跌下来；降临
break 破碎；daybreak n．破晓，拂晓
94．break v.打（鸡蛋）；打碎
95．spring n．泉水；弹簧
96.How does the sun affect weight？
——It makes the daylight．
97.What makes opening piano so hard？
——All the keys are inside．
98.What’s the best way to prevent infection caused by biting insects？
——Don’t bite any．
Notes：
96．makes the day light 使白天变轻
97．key n．琴键；钥匙
98．biting insects 咬人的昆虫（biting 用来修饰insects）；咬昆虫（biting 的宾语为insects）infection n．感染
99.What two words contain thousands of letters？
——Post office.
100.What’s the easiest way to catch a fish？
——Have someone throw it to you．
101.What kind of dog doesn’t bite or bark？
——Hot dog．
102.What do you get if you cross stereo and fridge？
——Very cool music．
Notes：
99．letter n．信件；字母
102．cool adj．冷的，凉的；棒的，美的
103.Is it better to write your homework on a full stomach or on an empty one？
——It’s better to write it on your exercise book．104.What goes up every time the rain comes down？
——An umbrella．
105.Which is easier to spell Riddlededee or Riddlededum？
——It’s Riddlededee，because it’s spelled with more e’s.
Notes：
103．on a full/empty stomach 肚子饱/饿的时候；在饱饱的/空空的肚子上104．go up 上升；（伞）撑起来
105．e’s 音似ease（容易）
106.Why is the sweating boy sitting in the sun？
——For sundry reasons．
107.Upon leaving the cafe，one boy paid his bill，while his friend handed the cashier a slip of paper with the number 1004180on it．The cashier smiled and let him pass without paying．Why？
——1004180means “I owe nothing；for I ate nothing．”
Notes：
106．sundry adj．各种各样的，形似sundried晒太阳晒干（身上的汗水）
107．cashier n．收银员
1004180读作“I O nothing four I eight nothing”，意思是“I owe nothing for I ate nothing”.
108.Which state in the United States is round at both ends and high in the middle？
——Ohio．
109.My hen laid a fivepound egg，can you beat it？
——Sure，with an eggbeater．
110.What sense do you lose when you are sick？
——Your sense of touch，for you don’t feel well．Notes：
108．Ohio 两头是O，中间是hi，音似high。
109．beat v．胜过，比过；打（蛋）
Can you beat it？另一层意思是“你会打这个蛋吗？”
110.feel well 身体好；触觉良好
