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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 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. 42. Who is
Steven Chu? 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
Chinese-American. 43. 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 44. 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.
bcdea B. cbeda C. dabce D. acbde 45. 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 参考答案与难题解析 这是连云港市阅读理解D部分的试题。答案：42-45 DCBC。 第43题考查的是学生对生词词义的推测能力。作为全文的首句中出现的“prominent”，它应该能够对Steven Chu起到一个定性的、概括性描述的作用。综合分析整体语篇，A、B、D选项的意思在语篇中均未提及，应逐个剔除。 第45题考查的是学生对整体语篇的分析能力。因为语篇的中心议题就是节能减排和环境保护，与国际关系、美国外交政策无关如果文章继续写下去，应该不会涉及到奥巴马的对华政策问题，所以正确答案只能是C。 |
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