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1、题组层级快练4Unit4Earthquakes阅读速度提升练(时间：20分钟)阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。(2017·南京模拟)In1880,fourteenyearoldMatthewHensonlovedtohearsailorstelltalesoftheirexcitinglivesatsea.Thetravel,theadventure,thedanger,andthesteadypaywereallattractingyoungHenson.Oneday,hefou
2、ndajobasacabinboyonabeautifulshipcalledtheKatieHinds.Forthenextfiveyears,Hensonsailedaroundtheworld.Withthehelpoftheship’scaptainandothermembersofthecrew,Hensonlearnedmathematics,navigation,history,geography,andmanyothersubjects.BythetimehelefttheKatieHindsin1885,H
3、ensonwaswelleducatedandhadbecomeanexcellentseaman.Unabletofindworkanywhereelse,HensontookajobinahatshopinWashington,D.C.Onedayin1887,amancameintobuyahat.Theman,RobertPeary,askedtheownerifheknewanyonewithexperienceatsea.PearywouldsoontraveltoSouthAmericafortheU.S.go
4、vernment.Heneededexperiencedmentoaccompanyhim.Theshopownerknewabouthisyoungemployee’sskillsandexperienceonoceanjourneys,soheintroducedPearytoHenson.Usinghismapreadingandsailingskills,Hensonprovedhimselftobeaworthyandsmartseaman.PearysoonmadeHensonhisassistant(助理),a
5、ndtheybecameclosefriends.OnedayPearytoldHensonabouthisrealdream:tobethefirstmantostandon“thetopoftheworld”attheNorthPole.HeaskedHensontohelphimmakehisdreamcometrue.Overthenextfiveyears,thetwoexplorersmadetwotripstogethertotheArctic.However,theywerenotabletoreachthe
6、poleeithertime.Thecold,wind,andicewereworsethaneitherofthemhadeverimagined.In1908,PearyandHensonwerereadytomaketheirfinalattemptatreachingtheNorthPole.Bothmenwereoverfortyyearsold.Theyearsofhardshipinthearcticcoldhadmadethemsufferalot.Thiswouldbetheirlastchance.Wit
7、hfourInuit(因纽特)guides,theymadeamadrushstraightacrosstheicetowardthepole.Peary’sfeetwereinjuredandhehadtobepulledonadogsled.InApril1909,Henson’sinstrumentsshowedtheywerestandingattheNorthPole.TogetherHensonandPearyplantedtheAmericanflaginthesnow.Inlateryears,RobertP
8、earyandHensonweregreatlyhonoredfortheirachievements.Today,thetwofriendsandfellowexplorerslieinheroes’gravesnotfarapartintheArlingtonNationalCemet
