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Leonardo Dicaprio

   It’s not only his 2007 feature – length documentary on global warning, The 11th Hour, that cast Leo to the near – top spot of this but it’s his decade – long ongoing commitment to the cause. For one thing, he’s been living in an eco – friendly apartment since the late 90’s. Besides, he also created a state – of – art green hotel on an island he owns off the coast of Belize.

Cameron Diaz

Despite her toothy grin and party – girl reputation, this Charlie’s Angel is serious about the Earth, which is pretty cool considering how much the kids look up her. She has taken a leadership position in the Environmental Media Association (EMA), an organization that uses the influence of media personalities to advance conservation and sustainable living, and she regularly chats about how to live greener to magazines and late – night talk show hosts. Her knowledge and passion for the environment so impressed Al Gore that Diaz was selected as a presenter for his documentary, An Inconvenient Truth.

Greenest Gesture: Hosting “Trippin” on MTV, a show on how to be eco – friendly when you travel.

Natalie Portman

The actress has been a vegetarian since the ago of 9 and an active animal rights activist for several years. In 2008, she designed a line of high – fashion shoes that use no animal products, which have been a hot success. She has brought the concept of green fashion design to the forefront.

Greenest Gesture: All profits from the her footwear line are donated to environmental preservation organizations.

Edward Norton

Playing the Incredible Hulk wasn’t Edward’s first time going green. He has been championing energy preservation for years. He hosted Planet Earth’s “Strange Days” series and was the celebrity face of the “Earth Hour” champion in March 2009, making multiple publicity appearances for the event.

Greenest Gesture: Starting up Solar Neighbors, an organization that offers free solar power energy system to low – income families in L.A.

Brad Pit

Brad Pit is helping to rebuild Katrina – stricken New Orleans and donating $ 5 million of his own money to Make. It Right, an adopt – a – green – home campaign that he hopes will help restore the still storm – stricken Lower 9th Ward. For every $ 150,000 that comes in, a family will get a home. And not just any house – these will be so eco – friendly and disaster – proof, they’ll even float!

Greenest Gesture: The 150 houses built with green technology in the Lower 9th Ward.

Ed Begley, Jr.

The former star of St. Lesewhere has been “green” since 1970. That year he started driving an electric vehicle and making intensive recycling efforts. He has a house completely powered by solar and wind power, and the guy may be the only L.A. resident biking in to meetings, events, and awards shows.

Greenest Gesture: The show he hosts on Planet Green, “Living with Ed”, and his own chemical – free house cleaning product available on his website.

What makes a person a scientist？Does he have ways or tools of learning that are different from those of others？The answer is “no”. It isn’t the tools a scientist uses but how he uses these tools which make him a scientist. You will probably agree that knowing how to use a power is important to a carpenter(木匠).You will probably agree，too，that knowing how to investigate(调查)，how to discover information，is important to everyone. The scientist，however，goes one step further；he must be sure that he has a reasonable answer to his questions and that his answer he gets to many questions is into a large set of ideas about how the world works.?

The scientist’s knowledge must be exact. There’s no room for half right or right just half the time. He must be as nearly right as the conditions permit. What works under one set of conditions at one time must work under the same conditions at other times. If the conditions are different，any changes the scientist observes in a demonstration(实证)must be explained by the changes in the conditions. This is one reason why investigations are important in science. Albert Einstein，who developed the Theory of Relativity，arrived at this theory through mathematics. The accuracy(正确性)of his mathematics was later tested through investigation. Einstein’s ideas were proved to be correct. A scientist uses many tools for measurements. Then the measurements are used to make mathematical calculations(计算)that may test his investigations.

1.What makes a scientist according to the passage？

A. The tools he uses.                        B. His ways of learning.

C. The way he uses his tools.      D. The various tools he uses.

2.“...knowing how to investigate，how to discover information，is important to everyone.” The writer says this to show_______.

A. the importance of information

B. the difference between scientists and ordinary people

C. the importance of thinking

D. the difference between carpenters and ordinary people

3. A sound（合理的） scientific theory should be one that_______.

A. works under one set of conditions at one time and also works under the same conditions at other times

B. doesn’t allow any change even under different conditions

C. leave no room for improvement.

D. can be used for many purposes

4.What is the main idea of the passage？

A. Scientists are different from ordinary people.

B. The Theory of Relativity?.

C. Exactness is the core(核心)of science.

D. Exactness and way of using tools are the keys to making of a scientist.

Will it matter if you don't take your breakfast? Recently a test was given in the United States. Those tested included people of different ages, from 12 to 83. During the experi­ment, these people were given all kinds of breakfasts, and sometimes they got no breakfast at all. Special tests were set up to see how well their bodies worked when they had eaten a certain kind of breakfast. The results show that if a person eats a proper breakfast, he or she will work with better effect than if he or she has no breakfast. This fact appears to be especially true if a person works with his brains. If a student eats fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen with more attention to class.

Opposite to what many people believe, if you don't eat breakfast, you will not lose weight. This is because people become so hungry at noon that they eat too much for lunch, and end up gaining weight instead of losing. You will probably lose more weight if you reduce your other meals.

1.During the test, those who were tested were given ________.

2.The results of the test show that ________.

3.The passage mentions that many people believe that if you don't eat breakfast, you will ____.

4.Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

The doctor is skilled at treating heart trouble and never accepts any gift from his patients, so he has a very good_____.

A. expectation    B. reputation   C. contribution   D. civilization