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Surfer Dudes(伙计) to the Rescue!
About 50 feet from shore of the Northern California's Trinidad State Beach, two brothers were fighting for their lives. They had been swept out to sea in a rip current(离岸流), their mouths barely able to stay above the water. Thick fog made it difficult for beachgoers to see the guys, but the screams were unmistakable. And every second counted. The brothers, ages 15 and 20, were wearing shorts and T-shirts, unsuitable for a November day, let alone the freezing water. Keven Harder, a supervising ranger(看守人), told the North Coast Journal in nearby Eureka that swimming in such a temperature "takes the fight right out of you".
Luckily, four surfers in wet suits were nearby. Nar

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an Weibel, Spenser Stratton, and Adrian York, all 16, along with Taj Ortiz-Beck, 15, were on their surfboards riding up and down the coast on five-foot waves when they heard the cries. They turned and saw two bobbing heads and four struggling arms. "We looked at each other and knew these guys were about to drown," Weibel told the Washington Post.
Weibel, Stratton, and Ortiz-Beck paddled toward the distressed swimmers while York headed to shore to warn someone to call 911. He then dived back in to help his friends.
As the surfers drew close, the brothers were still fighting hard for their lives. "It was pretty stressful, but there wasn't any time to think about it, and that helped me keep my cool," Ortiz-Beck says.
Ortiz-Beck pulled up alongside the younger brother. Grabbing him under his arms, he raised him up onto his board. Stratton and Weibel, meanwhile, hurried to help the older brother. He was large, 250 to 300 pounds, and he was panicked.
"I told them, 'Calm down—we got you!'" says Weibel. "They thought they were going to die."
York arrived in time to help get the older brother atop the second board. The surfers then paddled several minutes through choppy water to the medical help waiting onshore. The brothers were scared but fine.
"When we get a call like this one, it's usually too late by the time we get there," says Dillon Cleavenger, a first responder. "I can't say enough about what these boys did. They were willing and prepared to risk their lives."
28. What can we know from the first paragraph?
A. Two brothers were almost drowned in the sea.
B. Beachgoers happened to meet the two brothers.
C. The supervising ranger warned them not to swim then.
D. Surfers barely wore T-shirts and shorts in such weather.
29. What were the four boys doing when they heard the screams?
A. Swimming in a rip current.
B. Surfing on high waves.
C. Struggling with their arms to shore.
D. Practising diving in the sea.
30. What can we know from the text?
A. Andrian York dived back to call the police.
B. Keven Harder played the most important role.
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an Weibel tried to calm down the brothers.
D. Ortiz-Beck saved the larger and panicked brother.
31. Which of the following words can best describe the four surfers?
A. Hard-working and friendly.
B. Kind and humorous.
C. Devoted and talented.
D. Brave and determined.

答案： 28. A 推理判断题。根据第一段中的“They had been swept out to sea in a rip current, their mouths barely able to stay above the water...And every second counted.”及“swimming in such a temperature ‘takes the fight right out of you’.”可知，落水的兄弟俩情况危急，几乎要被淹死在海里。
29. B 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Narayan Weibel, Spenser Stratton, and Adrian York, all 16, along with Taj Ortiz-Beck, 15, were on their surfboards riding up and down the coast on five-foot waves when they heard the cries.”可知，听见落水者呼救时四名青少年正在冲浪。
30. C 细节理解题。根据第六段中的“‘I told them, “Calm down—we got you!”’ says Weibel. ‘They thought they were going to die.’”可知，纳拉扬·韦贝尔试图让兄弟俩镇静下来。
31. D 推理判断题。根据第三段“Weibel, Stratton, and Ortiz-Beck paddled toward the distressed swimmers while...He then dived back in to help his friends.”及第四段中的“‘It was pretty stressful, but there wasn’t any time to think about it, and that helped me keep my cool,’ Ortiz-Beck says.”可知，四名冲浪少年在救人的过程中十分勇敢、坚定。