Listen and fill the blanks. Look, can you guess what it is? It looks like 1 _____ sinking in the sea, but in fact it is a sketch of a future ocean exploration station. Called the SeaOrbiter, the huge 51m (167ft) structure is set to be the world’s first 2____ ship allowing man a revolutionary view of life below the surface. Although currently only a prototype, its inventor Jacques Rougerie thinks his international 3______ station will soon be setting sail. Mr Rougerie wants the ship to provide scientists with a deeper 4____ into the little-known world under the sea. “At the moment, ocean scientists can 5____ only for short periods before they have to be brought back to the surface,” Mr Rougerie told The Times. “SeaOrbiter will be a 6____ mobile exploration station with a window to what is under the surface of the sea.” The architect, whose home and office are 7_____, wants to launch half a dozen of the 8_____. At the moment he says he has half the €35million (£32million) that it will cost to build the first one, and is 9_____ of finding the rest. The SeaOrbiter would also be a useful tool for studying the 10____ between global warming and the oceans.
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- 10. What is the main finding of the study? _________. A: Nothing has been done about the global warming B: The rise in the sea water has already buried many cities C: The warming of the world’s oceans is not a threat D: Ocean waters have warmed faster than scientists had previously thought
- What was the main finding of the study() A: The warming of the world’s oceans is not a threat. B: That not enough is being done about global warming. C: There is a puzzling gap between the model and observations. D: Ocean waters have warmed faster than scientists had previously thought.
- No one can be sure ______ in a million years. （ MET1991 ） A. what will man look like B. what man will look like C. man will look like what D. what look will man like No one can be sure ______ in a million years. （ MET1991 ） A. what will man look like B. what man will look like C. man will look like what D. what look will man like No one can be sure ______ in a million years. （ MET1991 ） A. what will man look like B. what man will look like C. man will look like what D. what look will man like No one can be sure ______ in a million years. （ MET1991 ） A. what will man look like B. what man will look like C. man will look like what D. what look will man like No one can be sure ______ in a million years. （ MET1991 ） A. what will man look like B. what man will look like C. man will look like what D. what look will man like No one can be sure ______ in a million years.
- Would you like to get up early tomorrow______.(） A: seeing the sun rising above the surface of the sea B: to see the sun rise above the surface of the sea C: see the sun rise above the surface of the sea D: to see the sun rising above the surface
- According to scientists, the DIRECT cause of more and fiercer storms is ______. A: greenhouse gas emissions in industrialized nations B: higher surface water temperatures of the sea C: continuous global warming D: rising sea levels