四、完形填空。(2025·江苏盐城盐都区调研)
Would you like to explore the oceans? Do you want to find more life than we imagine there? For Jacques Cousteau, the answer was "yes". His career was 1 lifetime dream, and he was one of 2 ocean scientists in the 20th century.
Cousteau was born in France in 1910. Even as a child he loved water. Cousteau was bright, 3 he got bored with school and began to cause trouble. His parents sent him to a strict school. There, Cousteau finally felt challenged. He studied 4 and did well in all his subjects. In 1933, he worked 5 a general officer in the French Navy. He also began to explore the life under the water. He worked on a breathing machine 6 under water longer. It 7 in 1943.
In 1948, Cousteau became a captain, and he had his new task. Even so, he 8 to explore the oceans. Two years later, he became the 9 of the French Oceanographic Campaigns. He also bought a ship to help 10 his dives. But he needed a way to get money for his trips. To do that, he produced many films 11 included *The Silent World* (1953) and *World Without Sun* (1964). He also published(出版) a number of books. One of his books 12 *The Living Sea* (1963).
In 1974, he founded the Cousteau Society. 13 work was to do further research about the oceans and to encourage people to help protect the oceans and the life in 14.
Cousteau won many honours(荣誉) for his work, 15 the Medal of Freedom and membership in the French Academy.
()1. A. an
B. a
C. the
D. /
()2. A. famous
B. most famous
C. the more famous
D. the most famous
()3. A. but
B. because
C. though
D. and
()4. A. hard
B. hardly
C. much hard
D. much hardly
()5. A. like
B. as
C. on
D. by
()6. A. staying
B. stayed
C. to stay
D. to staying
()7. A. finishing
B. finishes
C. finish
D. was finished
()8. A. continues
B. continued
C. had continued
D. continuing
()9. A. leader
B. leads
C. leading
D. led
()10. A. about
B. with
C. for
D. through
()11. A. what
B. who
C. which
D. when
()12. A. was
B. are
C. am
D. were
()13. A. It's
B. Itself
C. It
D. Its
()14. A. us
B. them
C. you
D. him
()15. A. include
B. includes
C. including
D. included

1. B
2. D
3. A
4. A
5. B
6. C
7. D
8. B
9. A
10. B
11. C
12. A
13. D
14. B
15. C

1. 考查冠词用法。lifetime以辅音音素开头，此处表示“一个终身的梦想”，需用不定冠词a，故选B。
2. 考查形容词最高级的固定结构。“one of + the + 形容词最高级 + 可数名词复数”是固定表达，意为“最……之一”，famous的最高级为most famous，前面需加定冠词the，故选D。
3. 考查连词的逻辑关系。前文提到Cousteau很聪明，后文说他对学校感到厌烦并惹麻烦，前后为转折关系，应用but，故选A。
4. 考查副词辨析。study hard是固定搭配，hard作副词时意为“努力地”；hardly意为“几乎不”，不符合语境，故选A。
5. 考查固定短语。work as是固定短语，意为“担任……职务”，符合“在法国海军担任军官”的语境，故选B。
6. 考查非谓语动词。此处用动词不定式作目的状语，说明研发呼吸机的目的是为了在水下待更久，故选C。
7. 考查被动语态。it指代前文的breathing machine，它和finish之间是被动关系，且时间状语为in 1943，应用一般过去时的被动语态was finished，故选D。
8. 考查动词时态。文章整体用一般过去时讲述Cousteau的生平事迹，此处应用continue的过去式continued，故选B。
9. 考查名词用法。定冠词the后接名词，leader意为“领导者”，符合“成为法国海洋考察队的领导者”的语境，故选A。
10. 考查固定搭配。help with sth.是固定搭配，意为“在某事上帮忙”，此处表示“帮助他的潜水工作”，故选B。
11. 考查定语从句的关系代词。先行词是films，指物，关系代词在从句中作主语，应用which，故选C。
12. 考查主谓一致和时态。主语是One of his books，为单数形式，且描述的是过去的事情，应用was，故选A。
13. 考查物主代词。此处修饰名词work，应用形容词性物主代词Its，指代Cousteau Society的，故选D。
14. 考查代词指代。此处指代前文的oceans，应用宾格代词them，故选B。
15. 考查介词用法。including是介词，意为“包括”，用于列举事物，符合“包括自由勋章和法国学院成员身份”的语境，故选C。