There are thought to be as many as 3 million sunken ships littering the seabed.<br />David Murns has taken on the job of tracking them down.<br />Murns developed his passion for the sea at an early age.<br />When he went to university, he chose to study marine biology.<br />His studies gave him a good understanding of the technology used to scan the underwater landscape,<br />and he went on to work with the unit S. Navy, hunting for crashed airplanes.<br />The first shipwreck Murns investigated was for a criminal case.<br />A cargo ship went down in 1977, killing six of its crew.<br />Murns found the wreck of the ship in 1990,<br />and helped the police punish the dishonest businessman responsible for planting the bomb that sank it.<br />That early taste of success inspired a lifelong hunger for wreck hunting.<br />He's gone on to find no fewer than 23 other ships, thought lost at the bottom of the sea.<br />Many of his most important finds dated back to the Second World War.<br />In 2001, he discovered HMS Hood, a British battleship that was sunk by a German destroyer in 1941.<br />That was a sad and serious moment.<br />When it sank, all but three of the 1,418 people aboard were lost.<br />Exciting though it may be, Murns takes his job seriously.<br />He makes sure the lives lost in a shipwreck are remembered respectfully.<br />That's why his team always puts a tablet on the wreck to leave a marker that those people haven't been forgotten.<br />Now listen again please.<br />There are thought to be as many as three million sunken ships littering the seabed.<br />David Murns has taken on the job of tracking them down.<br />Murns developed his passion for the sea at an early age.<br />When he went to university, he chose to study marine biology.<br />His studies gave him a good understanding of the technology used to scan the underwater landscape.<br />And he went on to work with the US Navy, hunting for crashed aeroplanes.<br />The first shipwreck Murns investigated was for a criminal case.<br />A cargo ship went down in 1977, killing six of its crew.<br />Murns found the wreck of the ship in 1990 and helped the police punish the dishonest businessman responsible for planting the bomb that sank it.<br />That early taste of success inspired a lifelong hunger for wreck hunting.<br />He's gone on to find no fewer than 23 other ships thought lost at the bottom of the sea.<br />Many of his most important finds dated back to the Second World War.<br />In 2001, he discovered HMS Hood, a British battleship that was sunk by a German destroyer in 1941.<br />That was a sad and serious moment.<br />When it sank, all but three of the 1418 people aboard were lost.<br />Exciting though it may be, Murns takes his job seriously.<br />He makes sure the lives lost in a shipwreck are remembered respectfully.<br />That's why his team always put a tablet on the wreck to leave a marker that those people haven't been forgotten.<br />Questions<br />What did Murns major in at the university?<br />How did Murns help the police bring the businessman to justice?<br />Which of the following is true about Murns and his career?
A . He managed to identify all the crews killed in the wreck. B . He worked with the police to track down the dishonest businessman.C . He produced the evidence that the ship had been bombed on purpose.D . He proved that one of the crew had planted a bomb on the ship.
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A . He worked briefly with the Navy before becoming a shipwreck hunter.B . The first shipwreck he located was a British battleship called HMS Hood.C . Every life lost in the shipwreck was marked with a tablet by him and his team.D . His hunger for fame inspired him to follow the path of wreck-hunting.