In choosing Steven Chu as his energy secretary(能源部长), Barack Obama has chosen one of the most prominent U．S．scientists of using science to deal with global warming(全球变暖)．
Steven Chu was born in St．Louis, Missouri, in 1948．His father was a college teacher．At that time, they were only the third Chinese family to live there．In high school, Chu played tennis and was on the school club．He took his first physics class in his senior year at Garden City High school and became interested in it．
Steven Chu got his first doctor’s degree in maths and physics in 1970．Then he went to California for another doctor’s degree．In 1978, Chu worked in Bell Lab where he developed ways to cool and trap atoms using a laser(用激光冷却和俘获原子)．In 1997, he got the Nobel Prize for physics for this．He left Stanford in 2004, after he was made head of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in California．As the head of the national lab, Chu has tried to find scientific ways to climate c hange and soon become a member of the Climate Council working for a new global climate treaty(气候条约)for 2009．
He also insists on the need to end the unnecessary waste of energy．“If I were King of the world, I would spend the next ten years on energy efficiency and conservation(节能和环保)．”he said last year．
On December 11th, 2008, Barack Obama made him energy secretary．He would be the first Chinese-American to run the department of Energy and devote himself to sustainable(可持续发展的)energy．
(1)
Who is Steven Chu?
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A．
He is a Nobel Prize winner for energy
B．
He is a visiting scientist in Amarica
C．
He is an American-Chinese
D．
He is a Chhinese-American
(2)
The underlined word “prominent”in the first paragraph means ________．
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A．
参与竞选的
B．
遵守承诺的
C．
才能卓越的
D．
出身显赫的
(3)
Which is the right order of the following events about Steven Chu?
a．He was chosen by Barack Obama as US energy secretary
b．He got the Nobel Prize for his excellent research work
c．He studied in California for his second doctor’s degree
d．He became a member of the Climate Council
e．He acted as the head of the national lab in California
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A．
bcdea
B．
cbeda
C．
dabce
D．
acbde
(4)
In the next part of this passage, the writer would most probably tell us the following EXCEPT ________
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A．
Obama’s reason of choosing Chu as the energy secretary
B．
Chu’s plan and work on energy efficiency and conservation
C．
Obama’s new plan to Chinese－Americans
D．
both Obama and Chu’s plans and ideas on sustainable energy
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Dear Dad and Mom,
How are you? I am fine in London at the International School．I am in Class Two with other(其余的)11 students．They are from Canada, Japan and Australia．Our teacher’s name is David．He is a good teacher and he helps me a lot．I like him very much．
I live with an English family, Mr．Bill and Mrs．Bill．Mr．Bill is an Englishman．But Mrs．Bill is from Argentina．They have 3 kids．They are Mike, 15, Hebe, 12 and Becky, 9．They are all friendly to me．I like to make friends with them．
London is an old and beautiful city．There are many nice parks．Hyde Park, Green Park and St．James Park are all in the city center．
Best wishes
Love from,
Wang Hai
(1)
There are ________ students in Wang Hai’s class．
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A．
20
B．
11
C．
12
D．
15
(2)
________ helps Wang Hai at school．
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A．
Mr．Bill
B．
David
C．
Mike
D．
Hebe
(3)
________ isn’t in London．
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A．
Hyde Park
B．
Green Park
C．
Sea Park
D．
St．James Park
(4)
Argentina is ________．
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A．
a city in UK
B．
a park in London
C．
a country in the world
D．
a friend of Mr．Bill
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Every time Evgeni 1 a competition, he thanks everybody：not only his family, his friends, his fans but also, one of the 2 important persons in his life, his coach．
It’s been years since Alexei Mishin 3 him as his student．But he has never forgotten one thing that Mr．Mishin did 4 him．He said, “When I just 5 to St．Petersburg, he took care 6 me like I was his own son．He was very kind 7 me．He helped me with everything．He was 8 second father to me．He fed me when I had nothing to eat．He gave me money．He is a very 9 coach and a very, very nice person．He told me what is better and what is not good． 10 him,I would be nothing．”
