Dr. Rick Sacra is an Ebola survivor. Early in 2014, he caught Ebola while working in West Africa. Now he’s got quite well from it. He is telling the first-hand experience on the illness.

“Some people with Ebola have a lot of pain. They wake in the middle of the night crying because their whole body is killing them. I never experienced that. Some people have very terrible pain in the head or in the muscles. I didn't really experience that. Some people have bleeding. And I never had bleeding."

The first sign of his illness was a low-grade fever. This fever lasted three days. Then on the fourth day his stomach problems began. "For the first three days that I was sick all I had was a fever. And that was really it ... maybe a little headache. Then by the third and fourth day I started having stomach problems. After that I started to get weak because I started to get dehydrated."

According to Dr. Sacra, early treatment is important to get well from Ebola. Once a person is dehydrated their body cannot fight against Ebola. "This is why it is so important to get treatment early because if people wait, they will end up getting dehydrated and don't have a chance to live through it (Ebola)."

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1.What does the underlined word “survivor” mean?

A 病人

B 医生

C 幸存者

D 传播者

解析：选C。C 词义猜测题。根据文章第一段的内容可知，Rick Sacra医生在西非工作时感染了埃博拉，现在已经恢复健康，因此推测该词意为幸存者，故答案为C。

2.People with Ebola usually have some feeling except _______________.

A having a lot of pain

B waking at midnight

C having bleeding

D feeling tired

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据文章第二段的内容可知，埃博拉病人经常全身疼痛，痛得半夜醒来，还流血，但没有提到疲倦，故答案为D。

3.What was wrong with Dr. Sacra on the third and fourth days catching Ebola?

A He had a low-grade fever.

B He had a little headache

C He had stomach problems

D He had a toothache.

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据文章第三段的“Then by the third and fourth day I started having stomach problems.”可知，答案为C。

4.What is important if you catch Ebola?

A Early treatment.

B Waiting for days.

C Getting dehydrated.

D Enough sleeping.

解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据文章第四段的“According to Dr. Sacra, early treatment is important to get well from Ebola.”可知答案为A。

5.What is the main idea of the passage?

A Ebola in West Africa.

B First-hand experience on Ebola.

C How to get over from Ebola.

D Don’t be afraid of Ebola.

解析：选B。B 主旨大意题。通读全文，可知本文主要是一个埃博拉康复者讲述的自己的感受。故答案为B。