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Match the words with their definitions
| 1 application | A to keep up or keep going, as an action or process |
| 2 process | B any fish or shellfish from the sea used for food |
| 3 provide | C the special use or purpose to which something is put |
| 4 explore | D any organism that exists by preying upon other organisms |
| 5 seafood | E the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing |
| 6 sustain | F to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely |
| 7 surface | G an animal, especially a nonhuman |
| 8 probe | H to supply or equip |
| 9 creature | I a continuous action, operation, or series of changes taking place in a definite manner |
| 10 predator | J to look into closely; examine |
| 11 weapon | K a small pond containing fish, often one in which edible fish are raised for commercial purposes |
| 12 anti-inflammatory | L any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism |
| 13 ointment | M acting to reduce certain signs of inflammation |
| 14 disinfectant | N relating to a chemical salt, especially of sodium, potassium, magnesium, etc. |
| 15 inland | O a soft preparation, often medicated, for application to the skin |
| 16 expand | P anything used against victim |
| 17 fishpond | R to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc. |
| 18 pathogen | S situated in the interior part of a country or region |
| 19 salinity | T any chemical agent used chiefly on inanimate objects to destroy the growth of harmful organisms |
Read the text again with the dictionary. Choose a, b, or c
1 Marine biotechnology provide goods and services by application of
A scientific and engineering principles
B engineering principles
C scientific principles
2 Marine biotechnology explores the oceans to develop
A new pharmaceutical drugs, chemical products, enzymes
B and other industrial products.
C all of them
3 The ocean is
A 70% of the earth’s surface
B less than 70% of the earth’s surface
C about 70% of the earth’s surface
4 Biological resources
A can be researched
B cannot be studied
C cannot be explored
5 in the 20 century scientists began to
A use the ocean for medicines.
B study the ocean for medicines
C try to use marine products for medicine
6 Some sea creatures have
A chemical weapons to get food
B chemical weapons to protect themselves
C chemical weapons to struggle with predators
7 Blood-clotting compound from cone snail is
A developing now
B developed now
C will be developed soon
8 “inland water” means
A water in the land
B water off the land
C lakes and rivers
9 In past aquaculture was done
A in ponds
B fishing reservoirs
C in fishing pools
Complete the sentences
a Marine biotechnology is ______________.
b To develop new pharmaceutical drugs, marine biotechnology ___________.
c Life appeared _______________.
d The most ancient forms of life appeared in _________.
e Extracts of marine organisms are ___________.
f Some sea creatures protect themselves from predators by _________.
g Scientists carried out research to explore these chemicals to __________.
h enzymes inhibitors are in clinical trials _________________.
i We can find protein in __________.
j Earlier fishery was developed in __________.
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