China's Ning Zetao was the shock winner of the men's 100m freestyle gold at the world swimming championships on Thursday as Australia's Cameron McEvoy had to settle for silver. Ning touched the wall in 47.84 seconds as McEvoy, who had been fastest in the heats and semi-finals, finished second at 0.11sec with Argentina's Federico earning bronze at 0.28. Olympic champion Nathan of the United States finished seventh at 0.47 back.

Ning said his first major title gives him the perfect motivation in training to attempt to win the title at the Rio de Janerio Olympic Games next year.

"So far I don't understand what is going on, I can't describe my feelings," said the 22-year-old. "Before the race, I didn't even think about a medal, I just wanted to show my best. I have had dreams about gold medals, but when I touched the wall I didn't realise I had it. I just touched the wall and I didn't know I had the gold until I saw the result. Just getting to the final was a big achievement.”

The lieutenant in the Chinese navy proudly saluted his country's flag during the medal ceremony and Ning said time he has spent training in Australia recently gave him confidence to attempt to win the world title. He has won his first world title having picked up gold in the 50m and 100m freestyle at last year's Asian Games.

McEvoy was delighted with his first individual medal at a world championships, having won a 4x100m freestyle relay silver in 2013. "It's exciting, it puts me in a good position to be in for the year to come," he said. "I can't be disappointed with the placing, it's the best I ever had, a world silver medal. Thinking back a couple of years ago it was out of reach for me so to be in this position now especially with a year to go, it's exciting."

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1.Who won the third place at the world swimming championships in Australia?

A Nathan

B Federico

C McEvoy

D Ning Zetao

解析：选B。B。细节理解题。根据文章第一段第二句后半部分的with Argentina's Federico earning bronze at 0.28可以得知Federico获得了铜牌也就是第三名。

2.What did the success help Ning Zetao?

A It made him more confident.

B It helped him get taller.

C It provided him with major.

D It got him to run faster.

解析：选A。A。推理判断题。根据第二段Ning said his first major title gives him the perfect motivation in training to attempt to win可知这次胜利让他更加自信。

3.When did Ning Zetao know he won?

A He touched the wall.

B He described his feeling.

C He saw the final result.

D He got the gold medal.

解析：选C。C。细节理解题。根据第三段第四句的...I didn't know I had the gold until I saw the result可知直到他看到结果后，他才确认自己赢得了比赛。

4.What was Ning’s achievement before the world swimming championships?

A Two gold medals in Asian Games.

B Working as lieutenant in the air force.

C A 4x100m freestyle relay silver in 2013.

D A 1, 000m freestyle at Asian Games.

解析：选A。A。细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句的He has won his first world title having picked up gold in the 50m and 100m freestyle at last year's Asian Games可以得知他以前在亚运会中获得了两枚金牌。

5.From what McEvoy said in the last paragraph, we can know ______.

A he was disappointed with the result

B he would practice for one more year

C he was satisfied with his results

D he found the game wasn’t exciting

解析：选C。C。推理判断题。根据文章最后一段第三句的...it's the best I ever had,可知他对自己的比赛很满意。