Part II. Read the passage and answer the following questions. (1 pt)

How does a rocket get to outer space?

A rocket uses fuel to make power for the engine. The fuel is set on fire inside the rocket. As the fuel burns, it creates gases that have great pressure. These gases are blasted out of the rocket engines.

These gases all go out the bottom of the rocket engine where it is open. They come out so fast and with so much power that the rocket is pushed up. It is pushed up so hard that the rocket overcomes the force of gravity, which tries to keep everything on the ground. The force that pushes up against the front of the rocket is called thrust.

Unlike an airplane, a rocket does not use wings to help it fly. It just uses the power and force created by the burning fuel to make enough thrust.

1. Where is the fuel set on fire?       

2. How do the gases come out to push up the rocket?

3. What is the force that pushes up against the front of the rocket called?

4. What does a rocket use to help it fly?

How does a rocket get to outer space?

A rocket uses fuel to make power for the engine. The fuel is set on fire inside the rocket. As the fuel burns, it creates gases that have great pressure. These gases are blasted out of the rocket engines.These gases all go out the bottom of the rocket engine where it is open. They come out so fast and with so much power that the rocket is pushed up. It is pushed up so hard that the rocket overcomes the force of gravity, which tries to keep everything on the ground. The force that pushes up against the front of the rocket is called thrust. Unlike an airplane, a rocket does not use wings to help it fly. It just uses the power and force created by the burning fuel to make enough thrust.

1. Where is the fuel set on fire?

2. How do the gases come out to make the rocket be pushed up?

3. What does the force of gravity try to do?

4. What is thrust?

5. What does an airplane use to help it fly?

A rocket uses fuel to make power for the engine. The fuel is set on fire inside the rocket. As the fuel burns, it creates gases that have great pressure. These gases are blasted out of the rocket engines.

            These gases all go out the bottom of the rocket engine where it is open. They come out so fast and with so much power that the rocket is pushed up. It is pushed up so hard that the rocket overcomes the force of gravity, which tries to keep everything on the ground. The force that pushes up against the front of the rocket is called thrust.

            Unlike an airplane, a rocket does not use wings to help it fly. It just uses the power and force created by the burning fuel to make enough thrust.

 Decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F).

         1. A rocket uses the energy from wind to make power for the engine.             .................

         2. When the fuel burns, it creates gases that have great pressure.                     .................

         3. These gases come so fast but they have little power.                                    .................

         4. The rocket is pushed up because it overcome the force of gravity.              .................

         5. The rocket has two wings which help it fly.                                                  ................. 

Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each question.

Where will you go on your next vacation? Disneyland? Sea World? Outer space?

That’s right; tourists are now paying big bucks to travel into space with astronauts! The first space tourist was Dennis Tito, an American businessman. In 2001, he paid about $20 million to ride on a Russian rocket to the International Space Station. The Space Station circles 220 miles above Earth. Tito stayed on the station for a week, hanging out with astronauts and eating space food. The latest space tourist was Anousheh Ansari, an Iranian-born woman from the United States who went to the Space Station in mid-September 2006.

How safe is space travel? Apart from the risk of crashing, space tourists have some special things to worry about. Earth’s atmosphere protects us from dangerous radiation from the sun. Space travelers are exposed to more of the sun’s rays. But for tourists spending only a few days or weeks in space, the radiation probably isn’t harmful.

A bigger problem might be space sickness. Without Earth’s gravity to hold them down, visitors to the Space Station float around inside the craft. It may look like fun on TV, but it can make first-time space travelers dizzy and sick. Luckily, the sickness usually wears off quickly. Then space tourists can enjoy their trip and the amazing view of Earth.

 While in outer space it is likely that people will _____.

A. Experience space sickness

B. Not need space suits

C. Will get a sunburn

D. Make side trips to Mars

Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each question.

Where will you go on your next vacation? Disneyland? Sea World? Outer space?

That’s right; tourists are now paying big bucks to travel into space with astronauts! The first space tourist was Dennis Tito, an American businessman. In 2001, he paid about $20 million to ride on a Russian rocket to the International Space Station. The Space Station circles 220 miles above Earth. Tito stayed on the station for a week, hanging out with astronauts and eating space food. The latest space tourist was Anousheh Ansari, an Iranian-born woman from the United States who went to the Space Station in mid-September 2006.

How safe is space travel? Apart from the risk of crashing, space tourists have some special things to worry about. Earth’s atmosphere protects us from dangerous radiation from the sun. Space travelers are exposed to more of the sun’s rays. But for tourists spending only a few days or weeks in space, the radiation probably isn’t harmful.

A bigger problem might be space sickness. Without Earth’s gravity to hold them down, visitors to the Space Station float around inside the craft. It may look like fun on TV, but it can make first-time space travelers dizzy and sick. Luckily, the sickness usually wears off quickly. Then space tourists can enjoy their trip and the amazing view of Earth.

This passage is ____.

A. A poem

B. fiction

C. a biography

D. non-fiction

Read the following passage and mark the letter Ay B, c or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

When man first learnt how to make fire, he began to use fuel for the first time. The fuel he used was probably wood. As time passed, man eventually discovered that substances such as coal and oil would (23) ______.

Coal was not used very widely as a (24) ______of energy until the last century. With the coming of the industrial revolution, it was soon realized that production would double if coal was used instead of wood. Nowadays, (25) ______of the huge factories and electricity stations would be unable to function if there was no coal.

In the last twenty or thirty years, (26) ______, the use of coal has declined. As a result, there have been changes in the coal industry. It is (27) ______that more people would use coal if oil and gas were not available.

23. A. heat              B. bum                     C. fire                   D. light

24. A. resource       B. reason                  C. Cause              D. source

25. A. much            B. many                   C. more                D. few

26. A. however       B. therefore             C. because            D. since

27. A. believed       B. Considered         C. made               D. provided

Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each question.

Where will you go on your next vacation? Disneyland? Sea World? Outer space?

That’s right; tourists are now paying big bucks to travel into space with astronauts! The first space tourist was Dennis Tito, an American businessman. In 2001, he paid about $20 million to ride on a Russian rocket to the International Space Station. The Space Station circles 220 miles above Earth. Tito stayed on the station for a week, hanging out with astronauts and eating space food. The latest space tourist was Anousheh Ansari, an Iranian-born woman from the United States who went to the Space Station in mid-September 2006.

How safe is space travel? Apart from the risk of crashing, space tourists have some special things to worry about. Earth’s atmosphere protects us from dangerous radiation from the sun. Space travelers are exposed to more of the sun’s rays. But for tourists spending only a few days or weeks in space, the radiation probably isn’t harmful.

A bigger problem might be space sickness. Without Earth’s gravity to hold them down, visitors to the Space Station float around inside the craft. It may look like fun on TV, but it can make first-time space travelers dizzy and sick. Luckily, the sickness usually wears off quickly. Then space tourists can enjoy their trip and the amazing view of Earth.

It is probably so expensive to travel to space because_____.

A. Astronauts want to make a lot of money

B. Astronaut food is very expensive

C. Space equipment and fuel is expensive

D. There are high taxes on space travel

One timein our history, space travel (1)...................the dream of writers andfilmmakers. Thanks to Robert Goddard’s liquid-fuel rocket, space travelis a (2)................... We now frequently launch rockets, space probes, space shuttles, and satellites into space. Before we talk about different space vehicles, let us look at (3)................... it takes to launch into space. Space begins about one hundred miles (160 kilometers) above the upper edge of earth’s atmosphere. Rockets need engines thatare more powerful than jet engines to launch into space. These powerful engines (4) ................... the rocket to overcome two strong forces: earth’s gravitational (5)................... and air resistance. Goddard proved that rockets with more than one stage could escape earth’s atmosphere and journey into space. A stage is a section of the rocket that (6)...................the engine or set ofengines and liquid-fuel. The first stage or bottom of the rocket is much larger than the other stages. The first stage needsto contain enough fuel to (7)................... the entire rocket and its payload. The payload or cargo of a rocket may be a satellite (8)................... scientific equipment or a space shuttle.

1.A. is           B. has been     C. used to      D. was

2.A. life         B. truth             C. reality        D. fact

3.A. which    B. what             C. that            D. who

4.A. make    B. let                 C. do              D. help

5.A. force     B. pull               C. push          D. both A & B

6.A. holds    B. have              C. contains    D. both A & B

7.A. lift         B. get                C. take           D. bring

8.A. in          B. of                  C. with           D. on

Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each question.

Where will you go on your next vacation? Disneyland? Sea World? Outer space?

That’s right; tourists are now paying big bucks to travel into space with astronauts! The first space tourist was Dennis Tito, an American businessman. In 2001, he paid about $20 million to ride on a Russian rocket to the International Space Station. The Space Station circles 220 miles above Earth. Tito stayed on the station for a week, hanging out with astronauts and eating space food. The latest space tourist was Anousheh Ansari, an Iranian-born woman from the United States who went to the Space Station in mid-September 2006.

How safe is space travel? Apart from the risk of crashing, space tourists have some special things to worry about. Earth’s atmosphere protects us from dangerous radiation from the sun. Space travelers are exposed to more of the sun’s rays. But for tourists spending only a few days or weeks in space, the radiation probably isn’t harmful.

A bigger problem might be space sickness. Without Earth’s gravity to hold them down, visitors to the Space Station float around inside the craft. It may look like fun on TV, but it can make first-time space travelers dizzy and sick. Luckily, the sickness usually wears off quickly. Then space tourists can enjoy their trip and the amazing view of Earth.

 Traveling to space _____.

A. Will be available to everyone

B. Is not expensive

C. Will be limited to the very wealthy

D. Will be limited to the very poor