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.”

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

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

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

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

A．increase

B．weaken

C．lack

D．encourage