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Ning Zetao has become China’s new swimming star due to his amazing performance at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon(仁川), South Korea.

With already two gold medals in hand, the 21-year-old clocked 47.70 seconds in the 100m freestyle, setting a new Asian record. This result has been recognized by FINA as the world’s third best time this year, fast enough to have won a gold medal in last year’s Barcelona World Championships.

“It is my first international event,” said Ning, who later won a fourth gold medal in Incheon. “I am happy that my results are pretty close to my personal best.”

Born in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou，Ning entered the local team at the age of 11 and joined the navy team in 2007．He first caught people’s attention in 2009 when he finished eighth in the 200m individual medley at the National Games.

Nevertheless, Ning suffered from bone infection in both knees for a long time, which made him unable to train hard on his kicks.

He also had an indigestion problem and had to eat “soft” food which is easy to digest. His poor stomach even made it impossible for him to complete week-long full time training.

But the young swimmer never gives up. His idol is the great Russian swimmer Alexander Popov, who continued to win Olympic gold medals after he was stabbed on a street. Ning said, “He was a real fighter and I need to learn from him.”

Taken better care of by coaches and doctors, Ning can now train as normally as others. And that is why he can get today’s achievements.

The gold medals at the Asian Games also boosted the confidence of the new swimming star, who hopes to enter the national team and compete for China in more international events.

“Chinese men’s swimmers have never been placed among top eight in the short-distance freestyle,” he said. “I hope I can do it, just like what Sun Yang did in the mid-long distance freestyle.”

1.The best title could be ______.

A. Ning Zetao, a world famous swimmer

B. Ning Zetao, a promising rising star

C. Ning Zetao, a strong-will soldier

D. Ning Zetao, a world gold medalist

2.We can learn from the passage that ______.

A. the results Ning got in Incheon are his best

B. Ning is good at both 100m and 200m freestyle

C. Ning broke an Asian record at the 2014 Asian Games

D. Ning has already got 5 gold medals in the international event

3.It can be inferred from the passage that ______ .

A. some health problems have little effect on Ning’s training

B. being well cared of is the main reason for Ning’s achievements

C. the Chinese swimmers have never got into the top eighth in the world event

D. gold medalist as Ning is, he is not yet a member of National Swimming Team

4.The underlined word “boost” in the last but one paragraph probably means ______.

A. increase B. weaken

C. lack D. encourage

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要介绍了中国的泳坛新星宁泽涛。讲述了他在仁川亚运会上取得的成绩、在国内泳坛取得的关注、在训练中遇到的健康问题以及他的奋斗目标。

1.主旨大意题。根据文章第一段的Ning Zetao has become China’s new swimming star due to his amazing performance at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon(仁川),可知，让宁泽涛取得关注的是2014年仁川亚运会上他的惊人表现，并未在国际性比赛上获奖。故选项A、D错误。而他是一名刚刚小有成绩的游泳运动员，故选择B最为恰当，意指：宁泽涛，一颗冉冉升起之星。

2.推理判断题。通过第三段I am happy that my results are pretty close to my personal best.”可知这并非他的最好成绩，故选项A错误。通过最后一段的Chinese men’s swimmers have never been placed among top eight in the short-distance freestyle,” he said. “I hope I can do it,可知选项B错误，他擅长短距离自由泳。通过第三段的who later won a fourth gold medal in Incheon.可知他获得四枚金牌。故选项D错。而通过第二段的the 21-year-old clocked 47.70 seconds in the 100m freestyle, setting a new Asian record.可知他打破了亚洲纪录。故选择C。

3.推理判断题。通过His poor stomach even made it impossible for him to complete week-long full time training.可知他的健康问题已经影响了他的训练，故选项A错；通过Taken better care of by coaches and doctors, Ning can now train as normally as others. And that is why he can get today’s achievements.可知他的正常训练使得他取得今天的成绩，故选项B错。通过最后一段Chinese men’s swimmers have never been placed among top eight in the short-distance freestyle,可知在短距离自由泳上中国男子游泳运动员未取得前八名，故选项C错。而根据倒数第二段的who hopes to enter the national team可知他希望加入国家队，所以他现在还不是国家队的一员，故选择D。

4.词义判断题。根据此词后的the confidence，以及他的愿望可知，在亚运会上取得金牌也增加了他的信心。故选择A。

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