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In choosing Steven Chu as his energy secretary（能源部長），Barack Obama has chosen one of the most prominent U．S．scientists of using science to deal with global warming（全球變暖）．

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（用激光冷卻和俘獲原子）．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（氣候條約）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（節(jié)能和環(huán)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（可持續(xù)發(fā)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．參與競選的         B．遵守承諾的         C．才能卓越的         D．出身顯赫的

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(chǎn)，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