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1、In1880,fourteen-year-oldMatthewHensonlovedto阅读理解答案 In1880,fourteen-year-oldMatthewHensonlovedtohearsailorstelltalesoftheirexcitinglivesatsea.Thetravel,theadventure,thedanger,andthesteadypaywereallattractingyoungHenson.Oneday,hefoundajobasacabinboyonabeautifulshipcalledtheKat
2、ieHinds.Forthenextfiveyears,Hensonsailedaroundtheworld.Withthehelpoftheship’scaptainandothermembersofthecrew,Hensonlearnedmathematics,navigation,history,geography,andmanyothersubjects.BythetimehelefttheKatieHindsin1885,Hensonwaswelleducatedandhadbecomeanexcellentseaman. Unab
3、letofindworkanywhereelse,HensontookajobinahatshopinWashington,Onedayin1887,amancameintobuyahat.Theman,RobertPeary,askedtheownerifheknewanyonewithexperienceatsea.PearywouldsoontraveltoSouthAmericaforthegovernment.Heneededexperiencedmentoaccompanyhim.Theshopownerknewabouthisyou
4、ngemployee’sskillsandexperienceonoceanjourneys,soheintroducedPearytoHenson. Usinghismap-readingandsailingskills,Hensonprovedhimselftobeaworthyandsmartseaman.PearysoonmadeHensonhisassistant（助理）,andtheybecameclosefriends.OnedayPearytoldHensonabouthisrealdream:tobethefirstmanto
5、standon“thetopoftheworld”attheNorthPole.HeaskedHensontohelphimmakehisdreamcometrue.Overthenextfiveyears,thetwoexplorersmadetwotripstogethertotheArctic.However,theywerenotabletoreachthepoleeithertime.Thecold,wind,andicewereworsethaneitherofthemhadeverimagined. In1908,Pearyand
6、HensonwerereadytomaketheirfinalattemptatreachingtheNorthPole.Bothmenwereoverfortyyearsold.Theyearsofhardshipinthearcticcoldhadmadethemsufferalot.Thiswouldbetheirlastchance.WithfourInuit（因纽特）guides,theymadeamadrushstraightacrosstheicetowardthepole.Peary’sfeetwereinjuredandheha
7、dtobepulledonadogsled.InApril1909,Henson’sinstrumentsshowedtheywerestandingattheNorthPole.TogetherHensonandPearyplantedtheAmericanflaginthesnow. Inlateryears,RobertPearyandHensonweregreatlyhonoredfortheirachievements.Today,thetwofriendsandfellowexplorerslieinheroes’gravesnot
8、farapartintheArlingtonNationalCemetery. 28．Inparagraph1,theauthorsh
