Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.

Mukai Chiaki, the first female Japanese astronaut, ……….. 15 days aboard the space shuttle Columbia in space before it …….. to the Earth on July 23,1994.

A.spent - had returned

B.had spent - returned

C.was spending - was returning

D.spent - was returning

* Choose the best answer in the brackets to complete the following sentences.
1. Astronauts are scientists (whom / that / Ø) travel into space.
2. They showed me the place (when / which / Ø) the spaceship landed last week.
3. The book (who / where / Ø) I’m reading is about the history of space exploration.
4. The man with (who / whom / Ø) Mr. Khoa is talking has flown into space three times.
5. The satellite (where / that / Ø) was launched into space yesterday belongs to Viet Nam.
6. David introduced me to the woman (whom / whose / Ø) husband is working for NASA.
7. 1969 was also the year in (which / when / that) the Venera 5 space probe landed on Venus.
8. The twenty-ninth of May is the day (that / which / Ø) our astronauts will be returning home.
9. The student (who / whom / Ø) was selected to join the space program is my brother’s friend.
10. The space age began in 1957 (when / which / Ø) the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the world’s first man-made satellite.

I. Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in each sentence

1 Yuri Gagarin was the first person . …………… into space.

a. flew         b. to fly          c. flown          d. fly

Il. Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting.

1 Scientists and economists (A)believe that human beings (B)can never (C)use away all the (D)mineral resources on Earth.

a. believe   b. can never   c. use away     d. mineral

2 (A)Plants and animals (B)live in the sea sank (C)to the sea bed (D)when they die.

a. plants         b. live         c. to         d. when

3 (A)Learning a foreign language (B)enables a student (C)develop an understanding of another (D)culture.

a. learning         b. enables        c. develop        d. culture

4 Mrs. Stevens, along (A)with (B)her cousins from New Mexico, (C)are planning to (D)attend the festivities.

a. with      b. her cousins from       c. are       d. attend

5 In a laboratory experiment, an investigator (A)often begins by (B)work out different conditions (C)for two groups (D)of subjects.

a. often       b. work          c. for         d. of subjects

6 (A)The newspaper (B)report (C)contained (D)many important information.

a. the          b. report         c. contained         d. many

lll. Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before them.

1 They decided to go to the zoo in spite of the heavy rain.

Though..................................................................................

2 Because the weather was bad, the plane couldn’t take off.

Because of.............................................................................

3 They had no intention of travelling around the world

They didn’t intend..........................................................................

4 Somebody has taken away some of my books.

Some of my books..........................................................................

5 Can you close window, please?

Would you mind........................................................................................

Choose the best answer to complete the passage:

Headache is a very common disease. The symptoms (1)…….. a headache are various. People may (2)……….. pains only one side of the head. Sometimes when the pain goes away, the head is sore. People have a headache (3) …………. they work too hard or they are too nervous about something. (4)……….. can help cure the disease but people usually have to do more than taking tablets. They can prevent headaches by changing their diets or their (5)…………… or simply by going to bed.

Question 5:

A. life

B. lifestyles

C. hobbies

D. working

II. Choose the best answer to complete the passage:

Headache is a very common disease. The symptoms (1)…….. a headache are various. People may (2)……….. pains only one side of the head. Sometimes when the pain goes away, the head is sore. People have a headache (3) …………. they work too hard or they are too nervous about something. (4)……….. can help cure the disease but people usually have to do more than taking tablets. They can prevent headaches by changing their diets or their (5)…………… or simply by going to bed.

Question 1

A. on

B. in

C. of

D. at