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For questions 1- 8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.

Jacques Cousteau

 

Oceanographer, writer, filmmaker, and (1) ..., Jacques Cousteau is known	ENVIRONMENT
to a generation of readers and television viewers around the world as a (2) ...	PASSION
explorer of the world's oceans and rivers. As captain of the Calypso, Cousteau
brought audiences with him on his journeys, creating some of the most breathtaking
underwater (3) ... ever recorded. He was the first person to share the beauties of	FOOT
the undersea world with a global population, to argue for the (4) ... of the oceans,	PRECIOUS
and to warn of the dangers human (5) ... posed to them. He was able to become	RESPONSIBLE
a pioneer of undersea observation because of one invention: in 1943, with French
(6) ... Emile Gagnan, Cousteau developed the Aqua-Lung, also known as the	ENGINE
self-contained underwater breathing apparatus, or "scuba." Jacques-Yves Cousteau
was born June 11, 1910, in Saint-Andre-de-Cubzac, a small town in the southwest of
France. The son of Daniel Cousteau and Elisabeth Duranthon, Cousteau travelled
(7) ... with his family while his father worked as business manager and legal adviser	EXTEND
for a (8) ... American. In 1920 the family moved for a time to New York City, where	WEALTH
"Jack" Cousteau attended Holy Name School. During his two years in the United
States, he learnt to speak and write fluent English.

 

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[answer="ENVIRONMENTALIST" label="ENVIRONMENT"]

[answer="PASSIONATE" label="PASSION"]

[answer="FOOTAGE" label="FOOT"]

[answer="PRECIOUSNESS" label="PRECIOUS"]

[answer="IRRESPONSIBILITY" label="RESPONSIBLE"]

[answer="ENGINEER" label="ENGINE"]

[answer="EXTENSIVELY" label="EXTEND"]

[answer="WEALTHY" label="WEALTH"]

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