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 C001 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 Berkley National Lab in California．As the head of the national lab，Chu has tried to find scientific ways to climate change 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?

A．He is a Nobel Prize winner for energy．        B．He is a visiting scientist in America．

C．He is an American-Chinese．                       D．He is a Chinese-American．

2．The underlined word “prominent” in the first paragraph means _________．

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．

A．b，c，d，e，a                                         B．c，b，e，d，a

C．d，a，b，c，e                                   D．a，c，b，d，e

4．In the next part of this passage，the writer would most probably tell us the following EXCEPT _________．

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

阅读短文，根据短文内容选择正确答案。

My name is Peter．I am 12．I have one brother and one sister．My brother is 15 and my sister is 9．I have a friend．He is an English boy．His name is Tanaka．He is in my class．I have a dog, too．Its name is Billy．Billy is 2．I like sports．I play basketball, soccer and volleyball after class（放学后）．I have one pencil case, two English books and three Chinese books．

1.Peter has __________．

A．one brother and one sister B．two brothers and two sisters

C．a Chinese friend    D．a dog and a cat

2.Billy is __________．

A．Peter’s friend                          B．Peter’s dog

C．Tanaka’s dog       D．Tanaka’s friend

3.-- Does peter play sports after class? -- __________．

A．Yes, he doesn’t．                       B．Yes, he do．

C．Yes, he does．                           D．No, he doesn’t．

4.Peter likes ___________．

A．computer             B．balls            C．pens             D．photos

5.Peter and Tanaka are _________．

A．brothers             B．sisters          C．friends          D．Chinese

I live with my grandmother in a Beijing yard house. One day last year, （1）我惊讶的看到一个外国人从我家隔壁的房子里出来. He was very tall with short brown hair and a pair of glasses. The first time I saw him, （2）I was too shy to speak to him. “My English is too bad！”I thought. My grandmother told me that he had just moved into our yard. “I don’t like it!” she said, "Foreigners aren't like us. Maybe he’ll play loud music and have parties every night! I' m sure he’s going to cause trouble."
Several days later, I met the foreigner as I was walking home after work. "Hello!" he said in Chinese! "My name's Tony. I've just moved into the house next door to yours. “While I was wondering what to say, he continued, "There's a nice bar down the road. Why don’t you and your family come to the bar and have dinner with me? “Bars are bad places," said my grandmother when I told her, but we decided to go. （3）The bar was not at all what I had expected. It was in a beautiful little yard house, with several large bookshelves and pictures of Tibet on the walls. Several Chinese people and foreigners were sitting drinking or reading books. I noticed that some of the foreigners were speaking reading books. I noticed that some of the foreigners were speaking place.
The bar served special "hutong pizzas". As we ate, Tony told us about himself—he is an English expert (专家) in environment. He always likes to be quiet. My grandmother said to me, “He really seems like a very nice young man.” Yes, Tony is my new neighbor, a nice foreigner.
阅读短文，按要求完成下面的任务。
【小题1】把1处的汉语译为英语。
【小题2】把2处改为同义句。
【小题3】把3处的英语译为中文。
【小题4】What did the writer’s grandmother think of Tony at first?
【小题5】给短文拟一个标题。

Open today’s newspaper. What do you see? Ads! Look through a magazine. More Ads! Turn on TV, still more ads! Everywhere you look, someone has something to tell.
Here are some ways ads get us to buy.
Some ads use famous people. Stars are paid to sell a product. Think about it. Do they really know about medicine? Do they know about soft drink? These people may be famous. But they may not know about what they are selling.
Some ads make you think you’re getting the word of an expert. They say, “Doctor said.” A man in a white coat comes on TV. He looks nice. “I use bright and white,” He says. This man looks like a doctor. But he is an actor. He has been paid to sell this product.
Does soap have anything to do with a pretty child? Not much. But ads may show their product with something nice such as the sun, the flowers and so on. Such an ad is about feelings rather than facts.
Ads are full of strong words, and words like “new” and “improved” have power. They can help a produce sell. The soap may be called “Spring Rain”. A car may be called “Tiger”. Strong words work on our feelings.
Some ads make promise. But can they keep them? No.
Some ads use our fear of being too late. “Buy now!” They say, “Selling ends soon.” Check to see if this is true. Don’t hurry. Take time to think.
All ads hope we will buy something, do something, or think in a certain way. Know what ads are doing. Ask questions to yourself. Don’t let their words and pictures fool you.
【小题1】Some stars appear in the ads because_________.