2015英语竞赛资料.doc

1, Which two words contain thousands of letters? Post office
2, What kind of dog does not bite or bark? A hot dog
3, Why do people go to bed? Because the bed won’t come to us.
4, What year is the best year for a kangaroo? Leap year
5, Why is Sunday is the strongest day in a week? Because the rest of the days are weak days.
6, What will break once you say it? Silence
7, What fruit is never found singly? Pear
8, What clothing is always sad? Blue jeans
9, What is heavier in summer than in winter? The traffic to the beach
10, When are people smartest? When it’s sunny, everything is brighter
11, How many legs do horses have? Six. Forelegs in the front, two in the back
12, What’s the poorest bank in the world? The river bank
13, Who is closer to you, your mom or your dad? Mom. Because dad is farther.
14, What is the smallest room in the world? A mushroom
15, What has nothing but a head and a tail? A coin. Head（正面） tail （反面）
16, What kind of water should people drink in order to be healthy?
Drink well water.
17, Why is 10×10=1000 like your left eye? Because it’s not right.
18, What do you still keep after giving it to someone else? Your word
19, Take away my first letter, take away my second letter, take away all my letters, and I remain the same, what am I? a postman
20, What king belongs to a student? A ruler
21, How long is a shoe? A little more than a foot long.
22, What is black and white and red (read) all over? Newspaper
23, What has a tongue but can’t talk? An envelope
24, How do you feel today? With my hands, of course
25, What has four legs but only one foot? A bed
26, What has many tails (tales) but no head? A book of stories
27, What has three hands but only one face? A clock
28, Which can move faster, heat or cold? Heat. You can catch a cold
29, Who always drives his customers away? A taxi-driver
30, What’s the smallest bridge in the world? The bridge of a nose
31, Who will be your friend, a poor friend or a rich friend? A poor friend, because a friend in need is a friend indeed.
32, What colour is the wind? Blue. The wind blew.
33, Why is the library the highest building? Because it has the most stories.
34, What is the longest word in the English language? Smile
35, What part of London is in France? The letter “N”.
36, What makes a road broad? B
37, What letter stands for the ocean? C
38, What three letters turn a boy into a man? AGE
39, What starts with T, ends with T, and can be full of T? teapot
40, How can you change a pear into a pearl? L
41, What’s the end of the word? D
42, Why are girls afraid of the letter C? Because it makes fat fact.
43, What letter is a kind of drink? T
小学英语脑筋急转弯
下列单词中增加或减少或改变一个字母, 使之变成另外一个单词 献祝福,祝福网
1. ten (变成饮料)—— 2. too (变成数字)——
3. cap (变成动物)—— 4. meet (变成食物)——
5. look (变成文化用品)—— 6. like (变成交通工具)——
7. fan (变成数量)—— 8. tape (变成家居用品)——
9. bear (变成水果)—— 10. toy (变成性别类词)——
英语迷语和脑筋急转弯
1. What room has no walls, no doors, no floors and no windows? __mushroom_______
2. It is yours, but others use it more than you do. What is it? __ Name
3. What five-letter word has six left when you take two away? __ Sixty
4. 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? ____ Chinese ____________
5. What is it that, when once lost, you can never find again? ___ Time
6. What is it that we never borrow but often return? ____ Life _______
7. What never asks questions but gets a lot of answers? ___ Teacher
8. What walks all the time but never leave his place? ___ Clock _________
9. 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)
10. What has two legs but cannot walk. (A pair of trousers)
11. Bob’s uncle was a three-bottle man. (大酒徒)
12. Take it easy, my boy. It isn’t dangerous at all. (别紧张)
13. Which country is good for skaters? 哪个国家适合冰?___Iceland__冰岛__
14. Which country is useful at mealtime? 哪个国家在用餐时有用China(china 瓷器)
15. Which country has no problem of water supply? ____ Venice 威尼斯_
16. Which country is useful to turn a lock? 哪个国家对开锁有用？_ Turkey(土耳其)
17. Which country has its most part in pain? 哪个国家大部分都疼痛？ _ Spain(pain占据了该词的大部分) 
18. What goes up but never comes down? (Your age)
19. He stands first in his class. What does it mean?(He is the best student in his class.)
20. What does the sentence “His race is nearly run” mean? (His days are number/ He is dying)
21. 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)
22. When a man became ninety years old, his days are numbered. (寿命不长)
23. If you lose your job, I’ll lose mine, so we are both in the same boat. (命运相同)
24. It is an open book that Jane has got married. (人人皆知)
25. When the engine caught fire, I just lost my head. (不知所措)
26. The doctor is up to his eyes in work today. (忙得要命)
27. It’s half past one. What time will it be twenty hours later? It’s half past nine.
28. I’m not quite myself “means” “I’m _________.”
29. 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.
30. 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)
31. What stands in the middle of the world? (r)
32. What kink of dog is always bitten but never barks? (热狗hot dog)
33. What five-letter word cab lose four without changing its sound? queue(辫子)
34. 什么桌子在田里见到? (Vegetables蔬菜)
35. 什么桌子没腿? (Timetable 时间表)
36. 什么人不住房:Snowman (雪人)
37. 什么东西人们千方百计争夺,又立刻扔掉? (basketball篮球)
38. 什么字人们总要念错? (错))

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)?
(4)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
1.What letter is a body of water? 1.C(sea)
2.What is it that found in the every center of America（美国） and Australia（澳大利亚）? 2.r
3.Why is a river rich? Because it has two banks
4.Which letter is very useful to a deaf woman? i(eye)
5.Which runs faster,heat or cold?Why Heat runs faster, because you can catch a cold
6.What has teeth but cannot eat? comb 梳子
7.What starts with T, ends with T, and full of T? Teapot 茶壶
8.What letter is a question? Y
英语常用语和聊天英语中的缩写
1、What does "O,I,C,U"mean（意思）？Oh, I see you. 啊，我看见你了。
2、What does"I,M,2,B,Z,2,C,U"mean（意思）？I'm too busy to see you. 我太忙了，没法见您
a.m.     ante (before) meridiem ASAP     as soon as possible
BC     before Christ DJ     disk jockey
KO     knock out L.A.     Los Angeles
NG     no good 不理想 NY     New York
PK     play killing p.m.     post meridiem 午后
RC     Red Cross SOS     save our (soul)
]]]UFO     unidentified flying object UN     United Nations
USA     the United States of VIP     very important person
VP     vice president     VR     virtual reality
WC     water closet BF     boy friend
ER      emergency room e.g.     exempli gratia (for example)
II．根据句子上下文判断画线部分的汉语意思
　　（通过上下文猜测词意，是阅读时常用的方法。本题旨在考查学生的词意猜测能力。）

　　1. Pingping is a lovely girl in the family. They all love her. She is the apple of their eye.
　　A. 脸像苹果 B. 掌上明珠 C. 幸运之神 D. 核心人物
　　2. -Can you help me to draw this picture?
　　-That's a piece of cake. I can do it.
　　A. 小事一桩 B. 行，给一块蛋糕饼 　C. 画一块饼吧 D. 看情况吧
　　3. -You look blue this morning.What's wrong with you?
　　A. 脸色发青B. 脸上肿了 　C. 闷闷不乐 D. 患青光眼
　　4.The students are going out of the classroom in threes and fours.
　　A. 说三道四 B. 三言两语 C.各奔东西D. 三五成群
　　5. Sorry! I can't go with you. I'm not quite myself.
　　A. 我身不由已 B. 我完全不是我自己 　C. 我控制不住我自己 D. 我感到不太舒服
　　6. -It's my pleasure to see you home. You see, it's so late.
　　-No, thanks. My husband goes with me every day.
　　A. 拜访你家 B. 送你回家 C. 帮你看家 D. 去你家认认门

　　7. -Can you do this work?
　　-Let me have a go at it, all right?
　　A. 试一下B. 去看看 C. 跑一趟 D. 问一下
　　8. We don't want it. It's a white elephant. What is it?
　　A. 一件无用而累赘的东西 B. 一头白象 C. 白给的东西 D. 白色陷阱
　　9. We are all in the dark about their plan .Can you tell us?
　　A. 在黑暗中 B. 对……正在探索 C. 对……一无所知D. 在晚上讨论
　　10. You work very hard today. Let's call it a day and go home.
　　A. 互相问候 B. 打个电话 C. 大喊一声 D. 今天到此为止
　　11.What's the Chinese for "six of one and half a dozen (一打)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
　　12. He isn't really ill. He is just putting on.
　　A. 假装 B. 上演 C. 挂上 D. 穿上
　　13. I don't like your uncle. He is an old woman.
　　A. 老太婆 B. 没有妻子的老头 　C. 喜欢婆婆妈妈的人 D. 老人
　　14. Don't be in a family way at the table!
　　A. 不拘礼节 B. 宾至如归 C. 没有礼貌 D. 跟在家一样
　　15. -Nice forgot to lock the door.
　　-It's an old story.
　　A. 老生常谈 B. 过去的事 C. 古老的故事 D. 司空见惯
　　16. When your mother sees your dirty trousers, you'll be in for it.
　　A. 道歉 B. 吃苦头 C. 洗干净 D. 脱去
　　17. If I go to see my uncle, I can read his books. It's in two twos.
　　A. 一分为二 B. 一文不名 　C. 三心二意 D. 一举两得
　　18. He is know-little. I can't speak to the wind.
　　A. 白费唇舌 B. 纸上谈兵 　C. 随风而逝 D. 和风交谈
　　19. 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
　　 20. What’s too much for two and just right for one?
 A. Time  B. A secret  C. Two friends  D. A room 
21. What’s the Chinese for “talk big”?
 A. 吹牛B. 说谎话 C.骂人 D.很大
22. I know that from A to I. 
  A.从A到 B.从头到尾 C字母表  D.距离很远
23. You can’t do it . You can sue to Ann for help.
 A. ask  B. think  C. find  D. give 
24. What’s that? That’s a lily I like it very much.
 A. girl’s name  B. flower  C. picture  D. cup
25. 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
 26. All right. Let me do it. That’s the boy.
 A. Good boy B. Young child C. Big boy 

　　Ⅲ．根据句意或所给首字母写出相应的单词
　　1. What is black when it is clean and white when it is dirty?b________.
　　2. What has a soft bed but never sleeps,a big mouth but never speaks? r________.
　　3. There is a word of five letters from which you can take two away and leave one. Do you know what it is? s________ ( a________, p________).
　　4. What has a lot of teeth but no mouth?c________.
　　5. What is easy to get into but hard to get out of?t__.
　　6. It has no legs. But it walks day and night. What is it? c________.
　　7. What letter is a part of the head? ________.
　　8. What two words have thousands of letters in them?p________ ，o________.
　　9.Its first letter is in "book", but not in "look". Its second letter is in "ink". But not in "thank". Its third letter is in both "ink" and "book". Its last letter is not in "ship" but in "jeep". What is it? b________.
　　10. What runs but never walks? w________.
　　11. Which part of a clock is always old? s________.
　　12.The clock rings every 4 seconds.If we want to count twelve times, how many seconds do you need? f________.
　　13.What animal is nearest to your brain? h________.
　　14.Which one of the five is least like the other four（找出5个词中不同的一项）. -potato carrot apple tomato cabbage. a________.
　　15.The more you take from it, the bigger it grows. h________.

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