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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）屮选出最佳选项。（2017•南京模拟）In1880,fourteen-year-oldMatthewHensonlovedtohearsailorstelltalesoftheirexcitinglivesatsea.Thetravel,theadventure,thedanger,andthesteadypaywereal1attractingyoungHenson.Oneday,hefoundajo
2、basacabinboyonabeautifulshipcalledtheKatieHinds.Forthenextfiveyears,Hensonsailedaroundtheworld.Withthehelpoftheship"scaptainandothermembersofthecrew,Hensonlearnedmathematics,navigation,history,geography,andmanyothersubjects-Bythetimehe1efttheKatieHindsin1885,liensonwaswel
3、1educatedandhadbecomeanexcellentseaman.Unabletofindworkanywhereelse,HensontookajobinahatshopinWashington,D.C.Onedayin1887,amancameintobuyahat・Theman,RobertPeary,askedtheownerifheknewanyonewithexperienceatsea.PearywouldsoontraveltoSouthAmericafortheU.S.government.Heneedede
4、xperiencedmentoaccompanyhim・Theshopownerknewabouthisyoungemployee"sskillsandexperienceonoceanjourneys,soheintroducedPearytoHenson.Usinghismap-readingandsai1ingski11s,Hensonprovedhimselftobeaworthyandsmartseaman.PearysoonmadeHensonhisassistant（助理），andtheybecameclosefriends
5、.OnodayPearytoldHensonabouthisrea1dream:tobethefirstmantostandon"thetopoftheworldnattheNorthPole.HeaskedHensontohelphimmakehisdreamcometrue.Overthenextfiveyears,thetwoexplorersmadetwotripstogethertotheArctic.However,theywerenotabletoreachthepoleeithertime.Thecolcl,wind,an
6、dicewereworsethaneitherofthemhadeverimagined・Tn1908,PearyandHensonwerereadytomaketheirfinalattemptatreachingtheNorthPole・Bothmenwereoverfortyyearsold・Theyearsofhardshipinthearcticcoldhadmadethemsufferalot.Thiswouldbetheirlastchanee.WithfourInuit（因纽特）guides,theymadeamadrus
7、hstraightacrosstheicetowardthepole.Peary"sfeetwereinjuredandhehadtobepulledonadogsled.InApril1909,Henson"sinstrumentsshowedtheywerestandingattheNorthPole.TogetherHensonandPearyplantedtheAmericanflaginthesnow.Inlateryears,RobertPearyandHensonweregreatlyhonoredfortheirachie
8、vements-Today,thetwofriendsandfellowexplorerslieinheroes'gravesnotfarapartintheAriingtonNational
