(2015·江西八所重点中学联考)
Would you like to explore(勘探)the oceans?Do you want to find 1.(much) life than we imagine there?For Jacques Cousteau,the answer was “yes”.His career was a lifelong dream,and he is 2.(probable)the most famous ocean scientist in recent times.
Cousteau was born in France in 1910.Even 3. a child,he loved water.Cousteau was bright,4. he got bored with school and began to cause trouble.His parents sent him to a strict boarding school.There,Cousteau finally 5.(challenge).He studied hard and did well in all his courses.In 1933,he served as a general officer in the French Navy.He also began to explore the life under the water.He worked 6. a breathing machine to stay under water longer.It was finished in 1943.
In 1948,Cousteau became a captain,and he had new duties.Even so,he continued to explore the oceans.Two years later,he became the president of the French Oceanographic Campaigns.He also bought a ship 7.(help)with his dives.But he 8.(need)a way to get money for his trips.To do that,he produced many films and published a number of books.His films include The Silent World(1956)and World Without Sun(1966).One of his books is The Living Sea(1963).
In 1974,he founded the Cousteau Society,9. function was to further oceanic research and encourage people to help protect the oceans and the life within them.
Cousteau won many honors for his work,10.(include)the Presidential Medal of Freedom and membership in the French Academy in 1989.
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