【推荐1】Derek Rabclo is not the only surfer to conquer Hawaii’s famous Pipeline big wave break, but while all others use their sight to do it, this young professional surfer must rely only on his other senses. That's because he is completely blind.

When Derek was born, over 24 years ago, he got his name from Derek Ho, the first Hawaiian surfing world champion. A surfing enthusiast himself, Ernesto dreamed that his son would share the talent of his uncle, a professional surfer. Unfortunately, Derek was born completely blind, but this didn't stop his family from believing that he could do anything he wanted, even if that meant becoming a surfer.

At age 2, Derek received a bodyboard and the beaches of Guajarati, Brazil, became his backyard. He was always comfortable in the water and surfing was in his blood, but he didn’t actually try riding a wave until he turned 17, when his father bought him a surfboard. His father taught Kira the basics and encouraged him to keep practicing, but after successfully standing up on the surfboard, Derek knew he needed to become much better if he was going to achieve Ernesto's dream and become a professional surfer. So he joined the Praia do Morro surf school, where he studied under coach Fabio Maru.

Standing up on a surfboard and conquering small waves is one thing, while gathering the courage to take on Hawaii's board-breaking Pipeline is another. But that was exactly what Derek Rabclo set out to do just months after learning how to surf. Everyone told him it was too dangerous, but he felt he could do it. And he did, earning the praise of famous professional surfers like Kelly Slater and Mick Fanning. Now 24, Rabelo has been surfing the Pipeline every winter since.

1. What does the first paragraph tell us?

A．Good eyesight is necessary for becoming good suffers.

B．Nobody has ever conquered Hawaii’s big wave break.

C．Derek Rabelo dreams to conquer Hawaii’s big wave break.

D．Derek Rabelo is the only blind professional surfer to conquer Hawaii’s big wave break.

2. How did Ernesto behave after Derek was born?

A．He never lost confidence in him.	B．He named him after his uncle.
C．He sent him to a surfing champion.	D．He started his own interest in surfing.

3. Which of the following words can best describe Derek according to the last paragraph?

A．Skillful but proud.	B．Brave and confident.
C．Courageous but stubborn.	D．Thoughtful and modest.

【推荐2】The Chinese Doctor Who Beat the Plague (瘟疫)

In the winter of 1910, Dr. Wu Lien-teh stepped off a train in the northern Chinese city of Harbin.He was there to solve a medical mystery, at great personal risk. Over the past few months,an unknown disease had swept along the railways of northeast China, killing 99.9% of its victims. The Qing Imperial court had sent the Cambridge-educated Dr.Wu north to stop the epidemic(流行病).

When Dr. Wu arrived in Harbin on Christmas Eve, 1910, he carried little in the way of medical instruments and had only one assistant. One of Wu's first acts upon arrival was to set up special quarantine(隔离) units and to order lockdowns to stop infected persons from traveling and spreading the disease. He had teams check households for possible cases, and even managed to convince authorities to completely close the railways in the early weeks of 1911. Of particular concern was the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday, which had become a great annual migration of people traveling across the country to see their families.

Thanks to Dr. Wu's efforts, the number of plague victims began to die down, and by March 1,1911, the epidemic was fully contained. The pneumonic (肺炎的) plague outbreak of 1910-1911 lasted nearly four months, affected five provinces and six major cities, and accounted for over 60,000 deaths. It is clear that without the brave and decisive actions taken by Dr. Wu it could have been much worse. Had the epidemic gone unchecked, allowing holiday rail passengers to spread the disease to the rest of China could have meant a catastrophic loss of life and possibly a global health crisis.

In April 1911, Dr. Wu chaired an International Plague Conference in Shenyang, attended by scientists from 11 countries including the United States, Great Britain, Russia, Japan and France. They praised Dr. Wu for his handling of the 1910-1911 outbreak. For a time, Dr. Wu was the world's most famous plague fighter, a title he defended in a malaria epidemic in China in 1919, and a return of plague in 1921.

1. What was Dr. Wu's mission in 1910?

A．To take personal risks.	B．To end an epidemic.
C．To provide medical education.	D．To investigate the number of victims.

2. Which of Dr. Wu's acts stopped the disease from spreading nationwide?

A．Setting up special quarantine units.

B．Carrying with him medical instruments.

C．Checking households for possible cases.

D．Convincing authorities to close the railways.

3. What can we infer from the third paragraph?

A．The disease worsened after March 1, 1911.

B．60,000 would have died without Dr. Wu's efforts.

C．The world was saved from a major epidemic in 1911.

D．A global health crisis followed the 1910-1911 outbreak.

4. What can we know about Dr. Wu from the last paragraph?

A．He continued to fight plagues after 1911.

B．He was infected with malaria in 1919.

C．He travelled worldwide hosting conferences.

D．He claimed plagues would never happen again.