考考你：7个英文脑筋急转弯

Convinced your common sense is pretty sound? You might want to put it to the test with a new quiz.
你对常识了解的够多吗？可以通过下面这个测验测一测。

Quiz master Tom Dunbar, from Plymouth, has devised a seven question test with trick answers that's designed to find out whether you're easily persuaded or whether your logic is spot on.
来自普利茅斯的测验达人汤姆·丹巴出了7个脑筋急转弯，可以测出你是否容易被误导、逻辑思维是否严密。

'To pass the test, you must answer with simplicity and prevent yourself from overthinking the questions,' he says.
他表示：“回答问题时，你想到什么就答什么，无需多加思考。”

So can you answer all seven correctly?
现在就来看看你是否都能答对吧！

QUESTION 1: A man went outside in the pouring rain with no protection, but not a hair on his head got wet. How come?
问题1：一个男人站在倾盆大雨中，没有任何遮挡的工具，但他的头发一点都没湿，这是为什么？

QUESTION 2: John's father has five sons named Alan, Blan, Clan and Dlan. What did he call his fifth son?
问题2：小明的爸爸有五个儿子，他们的名字叫一毛，二毛，三毛，四毛。那第五个儿子叫什么名字？

QUESTION 3: A taxi driver is going down a one way street the wrong way, he passes twelve cops. Why does he not get arrested?
问题3：一位出租车司机在一条单行道上逆行。途中他碰到了12个警察，可是都没有抓他，为什么？

QUESTION 4: What is directly in the middle of Australia?
问题4：澳大利亚的正中间是什么？

QUESTION 5: A soccer player kicks a ball. It goes ten feet and comes back to him. How is this possible?
问题5：足球运动员踢向一个球，这个球足足飞了10英尺，又飞了回来。这是为什么？

QUESTION 6: On average, how many books can you put in an empty backpack?
问题6：一般你可以在一个空背包里面放多少本书？

QUESTION 7: A cowboy rode to an inn on Friday. He stayed two nights and left on Friday. How can this be?
问题7：一个牛仔赶着星期五来到一家客栈，住了两晚后，又乘着星期五离开了。怎么做到的？

（答案见图片下面）

AND THE ANSWERS...
答案：

ANSWER 1: The man is bald
答案1：那男人是个秃子。

ANSWER 2: John
答案2：小明。

ANSWER 3: He was walking on foot
答案3：他是在走路。

ANSWER 4: The letter R
答案4：字母R。

ANSWER 5: He kicked the ball upwards
答案5：他把球往上踢。

ANSWER 6: One. After that, it isn't empty.
答案6：一本。因为放了一本，包就不空了啊。

ANSWER 7: His horse was called Friday.
答案7：他的马叫“星期五”。

英文来源：每日邮报
译者：chenger25
审校&编辑：杜娟