阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式,并将答案填写在答题卡上。China set a new record for its manned deep-sea diving operation with a submersible(潜水器)diving to a【小题1】(deep)of 10,909 meters in the Mariana Trench(海沟)on Tuesday.
The manned submersible “ Fendouzhe ,”【小题2】means “striver” in Chinese, successfully landed on【小题3】 seabed of the Mariana Trench, the world’s deepest trench, at 8:12 am on Tuesday.
The submersible, together with the mother ship Exploration 2, set off from Sanya, Hainan Province, for the 10,000-meter-deep-sea diving operation on Oct. 10.
That spot, called the Challenger Deep,【小题4】(be) roughly 10,900 meters deep. The water pressure is 110kPa, equivalent(相等的)to 2,000【小题5】(Africa) elephants.
The submersible will attempt another dive into the world’s deepest【小题6】(know) point on Tuesday. Last month, Fendouzhe【小题7】(make)its first journey to the Mariana Trench onboard its mother ship, Exploration 2.
Fendouzhe has the ability of carrying up to three passengers to the deep sea【小题8】( conduct) scientific research. The instrument【小题9】(power) by electricity and can operate for around 10 hours underwater.
Almost all the vehicle’s technologies and instruments were developed by Chinese researchers, according to the China Ship Scientific Research Center.
In June 2012, China’s first deep-sea manned submersible, named【小题10】the mythical sea dragon Jiaolong, set China’s Previous diving record by plunging 7,062 meters down the Mariana Trench.