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4．In 1880，fourteen-year-old Matthew Henson loved to hear sailors tell tales of their exciting lives at sea．Travel was attractive to young Henson．So he made up his mind to find a job on a beautiful ship called the Katie Hinds．For the next five years，Henson sailed around the world．With the help of the ship's captain and other sailors，Henson learned many subjects．By the time he left the Katie Hinds in 1885，Henson was well educated and had become an excellent seaman．
    Unable to find work anywhere else，Henson took a job in a hat shop in Washington，D．C．One day in 1887，Lieutenant （海軍上尉） Robert Peary came in to buy a hat and he asked the owner if he knew anyone with experience at sea．Peary would soon travel to South America and he needed a man to help him．The shop owner knew about Henson's skills and experience at sea，so he introduced Peary to Henson．Peary and Henson had a lot in common，including their love of the sea．
    One day Peary told Henson about his real dream：to be the first man to stand on"the top of the world"at the North Pole （北極）．He asked Henson to help him make his dream come true．
    Over the next five years，the two explorers （探險家） made two trips together to the North Pole．However，they were not able to reach the pole either time．The cold，wind，and ice were worse than either of them had ever imagined．In 1908，Peary and Henson were ready to make their final attempt （嘗試） at reaching the North Pole．Both men were over forty years old．The years of hardship in the North Pole cold had taken their toll on both men．
    They made a mad dash （猛沖） straight across the ice toward the pole．In April 1909，Peary and Henson finally arrived at the North Pole．

29．According to Paragraph 1，HensonA．
A．had an interest in sailing       B．built the Katie Hinds in 1885
C．was highly educated at school    D．learnt sailing skills from his father
30．The second paragraph is mainly aboutA．
A．how Peary met Henson    
B．why Henson went to the hat shop
C．how Peary traveled to South America  
D．why Henson stopped working on the Katie Hinds
31．The underlined words"taken their toll on"in Paragraph 4 mean"C"．
A．helped        B．satisfied     C．weakened             D．encouraged
32．The author develops the text mainly byC．
A．examples                       B．order in space 
C．time and events                D．cause and effect．

Answer 1

分析 作者通過這篇文章主要向我們講述了Matthew Henson如何在船上學習成為有經(jīng)歷的水手，與Robert Peary歷經(jīng)苦難，到達北極的經(jīng)歷．

解答 29．A．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段提到With the help of the ship's captain and other members of the crew．Henson learned mathematics，navigation，history，geography，and many other subjects．By the time he leftthe Katie Hinds in 1885，Henson was well educated and had become an excellent seaman在船長和其它船員的幫助下，他學會數(shù)學，航行，歷史，地理和許多其它的科目，在他離開的時候，成為優(yōu)秀的海員，可知他對航海非常的感興趣；故選A．
30．A．段落大意題．根據(jù)文章第二段The shop owner knew about Henson's skills and experience at sea，so he introduced Peary to Henson．Peary and Henson had a lot in common，including their love of the sea．可知他沒有找到工作，去一個帽子店工作，有一天，Robert Peary問老板是否知道有經(jīng)驗的海上人員，能陪伴他，因此第二段主要講述了如何遇到Robert Peary，故選A．
31．C 詞義猜測題．根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容Both men were over forty years old．The years of hardship in the North Pole cold had taken their toll on both men．他們二人都已經(jīng)年過40，多年來登陸北極的艱辛使得他們知道這是非常辛苦的，而且年齡問題也使得他們的體力變?nèi)�，結合選項，故選C
32．C．主旨大意題．本文講述的是Matthew Henson如何在船上學習成為有經(jīng)歷的水手，與Robert Peary歷經(jīng)苦難，到達北極的經(jīng)歷，本文是按照時間的順序來講述的，故選C．

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