九年级英语过关考核阅读短文回答问题练习题51道

九年级英语过关考核阅读短文回答问题练习题51道

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1.根据短文内容，回答问题。

TheIndustrialandCommercialBankofChina(ICBC),thecountry*slargest

commercialbank,beganissuingspecialbankcardstochildrenonNovember12.

Called“NestleEagleCard”,itisthefirstchildren,sbankcardissued

intheworld.Youngcardholders,10yearsoldatleast,cansaveanddrawmoney

intheusualway.However,100yuanatthemostcanbedrawneveryday.Thecard

canbealsousedforInternetshopping.

Togetherwiththebankcardwasaguardianshipsystem(监护制度)，meaning

thatguardians,likethechild,sparents,areneededtoleavetheirpersonal

informationinthebankforthecardandthatguardiansareabletoknow

informationaboutthecardprogram.

Withthecard,youngChineseareexpectedtosavetheirmoneyinthebank,

toplantospendtheirmoneyandnottowastemoney.

66.WhenwasWorld,sfirstChildren,sbankcardissued?

67.Fromwhatagecanchildrenhavebankcards?

68.WhydidthebankissueChildren1sbankcards?

69.HowdoesthebankmakesureofthesafetyofchiIdren,scards?

70.Whatdoesthesentence“100yuanatthemostcanbedrawneveryday”mean

inChinese?

2.根据短文内容，回答问题。

MostpeopleintheUnitedStatesspeakEnglish.Thereare,over2000

languagesspokenallovertheworld.Youknowtnateverylanguagehasitsown

words.Whenyouwanttolearnaforeignlanguage,youmustlearnitswords.You

mustknowwhatthewordsmean,andyoumustsaythemintherightway.Words

aremadeupof（组成）sound,anddifferentlanguageshavedifferentsounds.There

arethousandsoflanguagesounds.WhenyouspeakEnglish,youareusingonly

aboutfiftyofthem.

Somekmguagesarespokenfasterthanothers.Englishisspokenmoreslowly

themFrench.Womenspeakfasterthammen.InAmerica,womenspeakabout175words

everyrainule.Butmenspeakaboulonly150.Howmanywordsdoyouspeakevery

minute?

81.MostpeopleinAmericaspeak.

82.WeoftenofthesoundswhenwespeakEnglish.

83.Howmanylanguagesarespokenallovertheworld?.

84.DoesChinesehaveitsownwords?.

85.InAmerica,whospeakfaster。womenormen?.

3.根据短文内容，回答问题。

Ingeneral,lawsforchildrenareagoodthing.

Onehundredyearsagoinindustrialcountries,childrenworked18hoursa

dayinafactoryatageseven.Thefactoryownercouldbeatachildwhofell

asleeporwasnotfastenough.Bothparentsandteacherscoulddothesame.

Today,therearemanylawsaboutchildrenallovertheworld.Somepeople

thinkchildrenmustobeyrulesortheyshouldbepunished,othersdonotagree.The

InuitsorEskimosinAlaskaalmostneverpunishtheirchildren.Theparentsdon't

hitthem.Ifthechildrengotoofar,theparentspunishthembymakingfun

ofthem.

ChildreninotherpartsoftheworldarenotasluckyasEskimo

children.Americanparentscanspank（打...臀部）theirchildrenathome,but

ateachercannothitachildinapublicschool.ThisisalsotrueinGermany.In

contrast（对比），itisagainstthelawforanyonetohitachildinSweden.Swedish

parentscannotspanktheirchildren.ThechiIdrenalsohaveaspecialgovernment

officialwhoworksfortheirrights.Thereisevenaplanforchildrentodivorce

fromtheirparentsthoughthisisnotalawye?!

106.HowwerechildrentreatedinindustrialcountrieslOOyearsago?

107.Whatdoestheauthormeanby"gotoofar

108.CanateacherinGermanyhithisstudentsinpub1icschool?

109.WhatkindofpeoplecanbeatchildreninSweden?

110.Whatdoesitucanby“aplanforchildrentodivorcefromtheirparents

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4.根据短文内容，回答问题。

Sydneyisayoungcity.Itshistorygoesbackjustover200years.Butin

Australia,itistheoldestcity.Itisalsothecountry,slargestcity.Sydney

isthecapitalofNewSouthWalesandthemostpopulous（人口稠密的）cityof

Australia.

Theclimate（气候）ofSydneyisverygood.It'snottoocoldduringthewinter

andnottoohotduringthesummer.Theskyisblue,theairisfresh（清新的），

5.根据短文内容，回答问题。

Thefirstnewspaperwaswrittenbyhandandputuponwalls.Theeairliest

dciilynewspaperwasstartedinRomein59BC.Inthe700's,theworldsfirst

printednewspaperwaspublished.In1609inGermanythefirstregular（定期

的）newspaperwasstarted.

ThefirstregularpublishednewspaperinEnglishwasprintedinAmsterdam

in1620.In1621,anEnglishnewspaperwasstartedinLondonandwaspublished

onceaweek.ThefirstdailyEnglishnewspaperwastheDailyCurrant.Itcame

outinMarch1702.

In1690,BenjaminHarrisprintedthefirstAmericannewspaperinBoston.

Butnotlongafteritwasfirstpublished,thegovernmentstoppedthepaper.In

1704,JohnCampbellstartedtheBostonNewsletter,thefirstnewspaperpublished

dailyinAmerica.By1760,Americahadmorethanthirtydailynewspapers.There

arenowabout1800dailypapersintheUSA.

Tosay,asagroup,Englishlanguagenewspaperhavethelargestcirculation（发

行量）intheworld.Butthelargestcirculationforanewspaperisthatofthe

JapanesenewspaperAsahiShimbun.ItseiIsmoretnanelevenmi1lioncopiesevery

year.

46.WherewathefirstregularpublishednewspaperinEnglishprinted?

47.WhendidthefirstdailyEnglishnewspapercomeout?

48.HowmanymorenewspapersarethereinAmericanowthanthatin1760?

49.DoesAsahiShimbunhavethelargestcirculationofal1thenewspapers?

50.WhichEnglishwordhastheclosestmeaning二。'Newsletter"?

6.根据短文内容，回答问题。

BillClintontookoffice（就职）onJanuary20,1993andbecamethe42ndU.S.

president（总统）.HeisthefirstU.S.presidentwhowasbornafterWorldWar

11（二次世界大战）.HeisalsooneoftheyoungestofallU.S.presidents.Clinton

wasborninapoorfamilyin1946.Threemonthsbeforehewasborn,his

father,WilliamBlats,died.Whenhewassmall,hismotherremarried（再婚）

NorgerClinton,sotheboy'sfamilynamewaschtinged.Inthesummerof1963,

ClintonwasaskedtovisitthecityofWashington.Duringhisvisit,hemet

PresidentKennedyintheWhiteHouse.Atthattime,hewantedtobecomea

president,andnowheis!

61.WhendidClintonbecomethe42ndU.S.president?

62.WhendidClinton,sfatherdie?

63.Whywastheboy'snamechanged?

64.WhydidClintoncometothecityofWashingtonin1963?

65.WhatwasthenameofClinton'sfather?

7.根据短文内容，回答问题。

Thecomputerisausefulmachine.Itcanhelppeoplealotintheirdaily

life.Forexample,i二canhelppeopletosavemuchtimetodomuchwork,and

itcanhelppeopletoworkoutcomplicated（复杂的）problemsthatpeoplecan't

doeasily.What'smore,itmakesitmoreconvenient（方便）tosendandreceive

messages.Inthenewcentury,itseemsthatit'sverynecessaryforeveryone

tolearnhowtousecomputers,evenfortheoldpeople.Thecomputerisreally

animportanttoolinmodernlife.

Todaymoreandnorefamilieshavecomputers.Parentsbuycomputersfor

theirchildren.Theyhopecomputerscanhelptheirchildrenimprovetheirstudies

atschool.Yet,manyoftheirchildrenusecomputerstoplaygames,towatch

videos,orsingkaraoke,insteadofstudying.So,manyteacherscindptirents

complainthatcomputersCcinnothelpchildrentostudybutinsteadmakethemfall

behind.Becauseofthis,computersarelockedinboxesbyparents.

Insomeothercountries,evensomescientistshatecomputers.Theysay

computerscausemillionsofpeopletolosetheirjobsorcausethemalotof

trouble.

Whoknowswhatthecomputersoftomorrowwillbelike?Willtheyreally

makelifebetter,orwilltheybringtroubletopeople?Thestudentstodaywill

havetodecidehowtousethecomputersoftomorrow.

1.Whydoesthewritersaythecomputerisausefulmachine?Thewritersays

thisbecause.

2.Whydotheparentsbuytheirchildrencomputers?Theythink

computers.

3.Whatdosometeachersandparentscomplainabout?Theycomplain

that.

4.Docomputersonlymakeourlifebetter?No,they.

5.Cancomputersreallyhelpchildrentostudy?.

6.Someonesaidthatit*snecessaryforusmiddleschoolstudentstospendsome

timeoncomputerseveryday.Whatdoyouthinkofit?

8.根据短文内容，回答问题。

BarkyandItalkeveryday.WhenIcomehome,wediscusswhatI'mhavingfor

dinner,butstrictlyspeakinghedoesn'ttalkback.Iusuallyaskhimwhathe

hasbeendoingallday,andhetellsmehehasbeenswimmingaroundandlooking

afterthehouse.He'sagoodguardfish.Hewouldknowiftherewereintruders

（闯入者）inthekitchenandwouldstarethemout.

Hisfavouritehobbyiswatchingtelevision.Hepusheshisfaceuptothe

glasstosee.WewatchCoronationStreetandEastEnderstogether,andheenjoys

football.Ithinkhelikesthecolours,andhedefinitelyprefersnorthernteams.

HemustbeaManchesterUnitedfan,ashehassomuchredinhisbowl.AlexFerguson

wouldbeproud.

IfBarkyiseverupset,hesquirts（使喷出）wateroutofthetopofhis

bowl,sothereisnochanceofusforgettinghisbirthday.Hewillbetwoyears

oldinSeptember,butinfishyearsthatismorelike30,sohecouldbeplanning

abignightout.Wewillgivehimextrafoodandanicedgemasabirthdaycake.

However,whathereallywantsisamate,sowewillhavetoseewhatwecanarrange.

Iwou1dneverswapBarky.Heisagood1istcnor.ThechiIdrcn1ikehimand

hedoesn，tneedwalking.Whenhewasinhisteens,heusedtotrytosneakout,

buthebehavesnow.Heisforkeeps.

41.WhoisBarky?

42.What'sBarky'shobby?

43.WhatwillBarkydoifheisunhappy?

9.根据短文内容，回答问题。

HankwasonholidaytravellingthroughEuropebytrainwithhistwochildren,

TinaandMax.

Theirseatswereinthelastcarriageofthetrain.

Aftertheyhadeatentheirlunch,Hankgotup.Tmjustgoingdowntothedining

cartogetacoffee.V11bebacksoon.Wewon,tgettothestationtill

fivethisafternoon.”

Thediningcarwasnearthefrontofthetrain.Asthetrainwastravellingfast

andmovingfromsidetoside,Hankdecidedtodrinkhiscoffeethereancnot

tocarryitbacktohisseat.Soonhegottalkingtoanotherpersonwhohappened

tobefromAmerica,too,Theyfoundthattheyhadalotincommonandgot

onwell.Therewasanannouncement（通知）inGermanwhenthetrainstarted

movingagain.ButHankpaidnoattention.

FinallytheysaidgoodbyetoeachotherandHankstartedtowalkthroughthe

carriageswhenhefoundhecouldnftgoonfurther.Hewasinthelastcarriage!

Atthatmoment,hischildrenwereenjoyingtheirtrip.Theylookedoutofthe

windowandtalkedhappily.Theythoughttheirfatherwasonthesametrain.

Ataboutthreeo'clockTinadecidedtoseewhattheirdadwasupto.But

whenshewentthroughjustafewcarriages,shefoundherselfatthefront

ofthetrain.Finallyshediscoveredthetruth.Thetrainhaddivided（分

开）inthestaticnwheretheyhadstopped.Thefrontpartwasgoingto

FrankfortandtheotherpartwasgoingtoBonn.Thentheyknewtheyhadlost

theirdad.

Atfiveo'clocktheirtrainstoppedinBonnStation.ButHankwasnotwiththem.

Wherewashe?

61.WherewereHankandhistwochildrentravellingto?

62.WhydidHankleavehischildren?

63.WhatdidHankdowhenhegottothediningcar?

64.Whendidthetwochildrenrealizethattheyhadlosttheirdad?

65.WhichpartofthetrainwasgoingtoFrankfort?

10.根据短文内容,回答问题。

Passage6

Tntheearlynineteenthcentury,peopledidnotusrstamps.Theyhadtopay

postage（邮费）whentheyreceivedletters.Sometimestheydicin'twanttoreceive

aletteratall,buttheyhadtopaymoneyforit.Theywereunhappyaboutthis.

Thepostagewashighatthattime,becausethepostofficeshadtosendmany

peopletogetthepostage.

RowlandHillwasaschoolteacherinEngland.Hewasthefirsttthinkof

usingstampsinthe1850s.Hethoughtitwouldbemucheasierforpeopletouse

stamps.Theycouldgotothepostofficetobuystampsandputthemonenvelopes（fs

封）beforetheysenttheletters.Thepostofficecouldjustputseals（印记）

onthestampssothatpeoplecouldnotusethestampsagain.Inthisway,the

postofficedidnotneedtosendpostmentogetpostage.Itonlyneededfewer

postmentosendletters.

104.Didpeopleusestampsintheearlynineteenthcentury?

105、whatdidthepeoplehavetodowhentheyreceivedletters?

106.whywasthepostagehighatthattime?

107.WhendidRowlandHillthinkofusingstamps?

108.Whatdidthepostofficeputsealsonthestampsfor?

11.根据短文内容，回答问题。

Sydneyisayoungcity.Itshistorygoesbackjustover200years.But

inAustralia,itistheoldestcity.Itisalsothecountry*slargest

city.SydneyisthecapitalofNewSouthWalesandthemostpopulouscity

ofAustralia.

Theclimate（气候）ofSydneyisverygood.It'snottoocoldduringthewinter

andnottoohotduringthesummer.Theskyisblue,theairisfresh（清新的），

birdssinginthegarden.PeoplewholiveinSydneyseemtohaveaneasylife

style.Theywi11tellyou,"Don'tworry."

ManypeoplethinkthatSydneyisoneofthemostattractivecitiesinthe

world.Ithcismanytallandmodernbuildings.Amongthem,CentrepointTower

isthetallest.Standingonthe305-metre（80storeys）tower,youwillhavea

greatview（视野）ofthecity.

Sydneyisfamousforitsdeepharbor（港口）.Theharborhasmanybays

（湾）andbeautifulsurfbeaches.Amongthem,Bondibeachisthemost

popular.SydneyHarborisnotonlybeautiful,italsoservesasalargeport.Ships

carrywool,wheatandmeatfromSydneytoothercountries.

PeoplelivinginSydneyliketocallthemselvesSydneysiders.Theyare

mostlyfriendlyandeasygoing.Whentheyarenotworking,theylovetohavea

goodtimeatthebeach,swimmingandsailing.

1.HowoldisSydney?

2.HowistheclimateofSydney?

3.HowtallisCentrepointTower?

4.WhatisSydneyfamousfor?

5.WhatdopeoplelivinginSydneylovetodowhentheyarenotworking?

12.根据短文内容，回答问题。

AfterTomfinishechismiddleschool,hewenttoworkinapostoffice.He

wasglad（高兴）togetthework,becausehecoulcsendthelettersonhisbike.

Itwaseasyandinteresting.Onedayhetookalettertoahouse.Whenhegot

tothedoor,abigdogranfasttohim.Hewasafraidofitverymuchandquickly

threwtheletterontheground.Tohissurprise；令他惊奇的是），thedogdidn,

tcomeathim.Itstoppedbeforetheletterandpickeditupwithitsmouth.

Theitcarriedtheletterintothehouse.Tomsaidtohimself,“Itdoesthe

sameworkasme.”

1、WheredidTomwork?

Ina.

2、HowdidTomsendtheletter?

the.

3、WhatdidTomseewhenhearrivedatthehouse?

Heabig.

4、DidthedogmakeanytroubleonTom?

,it.

5、WhatdidthedogcometoTomtodo?

Itcametotheletter.

13.根据短文内容，回答问题。

Johnwasinhospitalforafewdays,andhiswifetoldhimthathisdogreally

missedhim."Hespendsthemightatthefrontdoorinwaitingforyoutoretum.”

ShesaidtoJohn.

uWhatanexcimploftruelove!”Johnanswered."Iwonderofyouwouldtake

careofmelikethat.”

“OfcourseIwould,“hiswifeanswered,“Ifyouarenotathomeallthe

night,andIdon,tknowwhereyouare,youcanbesureI'11waitforycuat

thefrontdoor.”

1、WhywasJohninhospital?

Maybehewas.

2、HowdidtheclogshowloveforJohn?

He_________forJohntocome_________atthefrontdoor.

3^Whydidn'tJohn*swifestayatthedoorwaitingforhim?

Becauseshe___whereJohnwasand_________needtodothat.

4、HowlongwasJohninhospital?

..several_________.

5^Hiswifedoesn,tlovehim,doesshe?

_________,she_________.

14.根据短文内容，回答问题。

AfterTomfinishedhismiddleschool,hewenttowrkinapostoffice.Hewasglad（配令

togetthework,becausehecouldsendthelettersonhisbike.Ttwaseasyandinteresting.One

dayhetookalettertoahouse.Whenhegottothedoor,abigdogranfasttohimhewasafraid

ofitverymuchandquicklythrewtheletteronthegrounc.Tohissurprise（令都勺均，the

dogdidn,tcomeathim.I:stoppedbeforetheletterandpickeditupwithitsnnuth.TF.cnit

carriedtheletterintothehouse.Tomsaidtohimself,“Itdoesthesameworkasme.”

1.WheredidTomwrk?Ina.

2.HCAVdidTomsendtheletter?the.

3.WhatdidTanseewhenhearrivedatthehouse?Heabig.

4.DidthedogmakeanytroubleonTom?,it

5.WhatdidthedogcometoTomtodo?Itcametotheletter.

15.根据短文内容，回答问题。

Johnwasinhospitalforafewdays,andhiswifetoldhimthathisdogreallymissechim.

“Hespendsthenightatthefrontdoorinwailingforyoutoreturn."ShesaidtoJohn.

"halanextinpleoftruelove!”Johnanswered."Iwcnderifyouwouldtakecareofmelike

that.w

“OfcourseIwould,“hiswifeanswered,“Ifyouarenotathemeallthenight,andIdon'

tknowwhereyouare,youcanbesureI'11waitforyouatthefrontdoor.”

］、WhywasJohninhospital?Maybehewas.

2、HowdidthedogshowloveforJohn?HeforJohntocomeatthefrontdoor.

3、Whydicin'tJohn'swifestayatthedoor帕itingforhim?

BecauseshewhereJohnwasandneedtodothat.

4、llowlongwasJohninhospital?several.

5、Hiswifedoesn,tlovehim,doesshe?,she.

16.根据短文内容，回答问题。

TheTaiwanWorkofficesaidtothepublicthatitwouldease（放松）the

restriction（限制）ontouristvisitstoTaiwanlastweek.

But,becausedirect（直接的）flightsarenotintheworks,a10"daytripwill

costaround10,000yuan.ThatmakesitalmostasexpensiveasaEuropeanjourney.

Butthecostcouldcomedownovertime,becausethedirectflightswould

open,expertshavesaid.Mainlandershaveshowngreatinterestintctripafter

theyaretobeallowedtotraveltoTaiwan.

Thetravelrestrictionahsbeeninplaceforthepast20years.

In2003,peopleinTaiwanmade2.4milliontripstothemailand.In2004,the

numberreached3.7million,thais35%upfromthepreviousyear.But,only145,000

mainlandersvisitedTaiwanforbusinessduringthesameyear.

Beforeanytripsbegin,thereisstillalongwaytogo.

71.WhatdidtheTaiwanWorkofficetellthepublic?

72.Whyisthe10-daytripsoexpensive?

73.WhatdomainlandersfeelaboutthetriptoTaiwan?

74.Whichyearis“thepreviousyear?

75.HowmanymainlanderswenttoTaiwanforbusinessin2004?

17.根据短文内容，回答问题。

ThomasEdisonlostthefirstjob.Forthenextfiveyears,hewentaround

thecountryfromjobtojob.AtlastEdisonwenttoNewYork.Hehad

littlemoney.Hecouldnotbuyenoughfoodtoeat.Hehadnoplaceto

livein.

FormanydaysEdisonlookedforwork.Hewashungry.Atlasthefoundwork

-mendingmachines.Healsomadenewones.TheheadmanlikedEdison'snew

machines.HewasgoingtogiveEdison40,000dollarsforthem.Edisonwouldnow

havemoneytodowhathewanted.

ThomasEdisonwasthen23.HeusedthemoneytobuildashopINewJersey.

Hehadmanypeopleworkingforhim.Butheworkedmorethananyofthem.Herested

little.Soonhewasmakingmorethanfortynewthingsatonetime.

1.1.WhowasThomasEdison?

2.2.HowwasThomasEdisoninNewYorkbeforehefoundajob?

3.3.HowmuchmoneydidEdisongetforhisnewmachines?

4.4.WhendidEdisonbuildhisownshop?

18.根据短文内容,回答问题。

Howdowechoosetheclotheswewear?Oftenwechooseclothesthatwillprotect

usfromtheweather.Incolddayswewearwarmclothesmadeofwoo1oranimal

skins.Inhotdayswewearlightclothesmadeofcotton.Whentheweatheris

veryhot,asitisindesert（沙漠），peoplewearlong,wideclothes.These

kindsofclothesgiveprotectionfromthehotsunandletairintohelpthe

peoplestaycool.

Peoplealsochoosetheirclothesforthejobstheydo.Thepolice,busdrivers

andsalesmenwearuniforms（制服）.Workersandminers（矿工）wearclothes

thatprotectthemwhiletheydotheirwork.

Inthepast,mostpeoplemadetheirownclothes.Womenusedclothtomakeclothes

forthemselvesandtheirfamilies.Later,peoplesometimeswenttodressmakers”.

Mostofthetime,richpeoplecopiedthestyles（样式）ofkingsandqueensw

（国王和王后）.Whenkingsorqueensworeanewstyle,peoplecopiedit.Travelers

gotideasfornewstylesfromothergroupsofpeopleduringtheirvisittosome

otherplaces.

Today,highfashiondesigns（时装设计）fromEurope,andmorerecently（最

近地）fromJapan,aresoldinternationally（国际化1也）.Fashioncenterssuch

asNewYork,Parisproducetheirowndesigns.Peoplenolongercopythestyles

ofkingsandqueens.Nowtheywanttolookliketheirfavoritemoviestarsand

singers.

Mcinystylestodayareinternational.Peopleinmanycountriesintheworldwear

bluejecins（牛仔服）andT-shirts.Leatherjacketsandkimonos（和服）migrate

fromoneculturetoanothertoo.Wewanttobuynewclothes.Peoplewillnot

buynewclothessooftenifthestylesdonotchangessomuch!

Thekindofclothesweweartellpeopleaboutus.Wewearonekindofclothes

towork.Wewearadifferentkindofclothestorelax（放松）athomeafterwork

ortogotoaparty.Whatkindofclothesdoyouwear?

21.Whatclothesdopeopleprefertowearincoldweather,woolenorcotton

clothes?

22.Accordingtothethirdparagraph,howdidpeoplegettheirclothes?

23.Whosestylesofclotheswerecopiedbyrichpeopleinthepast?

24.Whichcitiesarefashioncentersaccordingtothepassage?

25.Whenwi11peoplebuyclothesaccordingto:hepassage?

19.根据短文内容，回答问题。

Tomwasonlysevenyearsold,sowhenhewenttocamp(里于营)withalotof

othersmal1boysinsummer,hismotherthoughtthathemightnotbehappyand

askedhisaunts,hisgrandmotherandallhisotherrelatives(亲戚)towrite

tohim.Hismotherhopedthathewouldgetalettereverydaywhilehewasat

thecamp.

Ofcourse,Tomgetalettereverydaywhilehewasatthecampbuthewrote

tonobody.Afewdayslater,whenhecamebackhome,hismothersawhimlooking

atsomepapersandaskedhimwhathewasdoing.〃0h〃，hesaid,“Theyareletters.

1gottheseletterswhile1wasatthecamp.1didnothavetimemetolockat

themwhenIwasthere.〃

(1)WhatseasondidTomgotothecamp?

(2)Whomdidhegotothecampwith?

(3)Whatdidhismotherhope?

(4)Tomdidn'twritetoanybody,didhe?

(5)Whydidn*tTomlookattheseletters?

20.根据短文内容，回答问题。

JanMelaisn”tlikemostkids.Twoyearsago,helostanarmandaleg.But

thatdidn“tstophim.

OnSaturday,the15-year-oldboyfromPoland（波兰）wtilkedtotheNorthPole

（北极）withoutanyhelp.

“IfIcandoit,otherpeoplecandogreatthings,too."Melasaidbeforehe

went.

PolishnewspciperssaidMelaistheyoungestpersonandthefirsthandicapped

（残疾的）persontowalktotheNorthPole.

HowdidMelaloseanarmandaleg?Hehadanelectrical（电的）accident.Now,

hewalkswiththehelpofa62,000—yuanman-madeleg.

Aftertheaccident,Melafeltsadforhimself.Buthedidn”tlosehope.One

day,hemetMarekKaminski,aPolishexplorer.Eightyearsago,Kaminskiwent

totheNorthPoleandtheSouthPoleinthesameyear.Melawantedtoseethe

NorthPole,too.SoMelaaskedKaminskiiftheycouldgotogethernexttime.

Kaminskisaidyes!

IttookMela21daystogettotheNorthPole.Thelastthreeorfourdayswere

reallyhardbecauseofbadweather.ButMelakeptgoing.

“Ididn”tthinkwewouldmakeit,”hesaid,“Then,thingsgotbetter.”

71.WhathappenedtoMelatwoyearsago?

72.WhydidPolishnewspapersreportthetraveltotheNorthPole?

73.IIowdoesMe1awalkaftertheaccident?

74.WheredidKaminskigoeightyearsago?

75.WhydidMelamakethetravel?

21.根据短文内容，问答问题。

Differentpeoplehavedifferentcolorskin.Someha