* Choose the correct answers to complete the passage.
Space travel for human beings did not develop until several centuries later when, in 1961, Russian Yuri Gagarin became the first person to (1) …………………the Earth. The next major (2) …………………in space travel came in 1969 when the three-man Apollo 11 mission landed on the moon - resulting in the first humans (3) …………………walked on the moon!
Soon (4) …………………the Russians and Americans sent people into space, engineers also started working on spacecraft that would house astronauts for longer periods (5) …………………they could plan for extended trips and (6) …………………scientific experiments. These predecessors to the International
Space Station include the Apollo-Soyuz, the first international (7) …………………; Skylab, the first American craft for long-term use, and Mir, the Russian space station that held international scientists during 1986 to 1996.
Unmanned spacecraft are an (8) …………………part of the discovery of our solar system and beyond.
Some satellites observe the Sun, solar system, and the universe (such as the Hubble telescope or Viking, the Mars probe), and other satellites observe our planet from (9) ………………… (for weather forecasting, etc.). Still other satellites observe and sample specific environments or are used (10) …………………for the purpose of benefiting humanity (like GPS and communication).
1. A. rotate B. surround C. orbit D. explore
2. A. development B. exploration C. milestone D. mission
3. A. which B. whose C. whom D. who
4. A. when B. upon C. about D. after
5. A. provided that B. so that C. since D. when
6. A. gain B. take C. make D. perform
7. A. spacecraft B. spacewalk C. spaceline D. space flight
8. A. interesting B. active C. integral D. effective
9. A. above B. abroad C. outside D. beyond
10. A. exactly B. solely C. broadly D. properly

Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentence.
1. Experiencing microgravity on a ______ flight is a part of astronaut training programmes.
A. orbit B. ship C. mission D. parabolic
2. As soon as the spacecraft _____ into space, the crew started to observe the sun.
A. has travelled B. had travelled C. travelled D. was travelling
3. A _____ is an enormous system of stars in outer space.
A. comet B. galaxy C. universe D. solar system
4. In July of 1975, the first US-Soviet joint ______ so occurred with the Apollo-Soyuz object.
A. company B. relation C. mission D. performance
5. He‟s so brilliant and he can do anything - _______.
A. out of this world B. the sky's the limit
C. it‟s over the moon D. once in a blue
6. Dan: Do you like to drink tea? Ben: I love coffee, but I only drink tea ______ in a blue moon.
A. one B. once C. first D. only
7. Yuri Gagarin became the first person to eat and drink in ______.
A. weightless B. gravity C. specific gravity D. microgravity
8. I passed all my exams - I‟m ________!
A. out of this world B. the sky‟s the limit
C. over the moon D. once in a blue moon
9. Vinasat-1 is Viet Nam‟s first telecommunication ______, which was launched in 2008.
A. spacesuit B. astronomy C. microgravity D. satelite
10. The first ______ was done by Alexei Leonov, a Russia cosmonaut on March 18th

, 1965. It was 10

minutes long.
A. spaceward B. spacesuit C. spacewalk D. spaceship
11. At night the ISS can easily be seen from the Earth, as it flies at the ______ of 20 kilometres above us.
A. attitude B. height C. level D. altitude
12. She‟s very intelligent and knowledgeable. She can ______ everything under the sun.
A. talk to B. talk about C. talk with D. talk of
13. The Milky Way is just a _____ in the universe and it contains our Solar System.
A. galaxy B. planet C. comet D. meteorite
14. Virgin Galactic is the world‟s first commercial _______.
A. spaceship B. exploration C. space D. spaceline
15. If you ______ the stars, all of your dreams will come true!
A. reach at B. reach for C. reach in D. reach for
16. Christer Fuglesang said he enjoyed floating around in the ______ environment.
A. weightless B. quiet C. homesick D. heavy

Exercise 8. Choose the best option to complete the sentence. 1. As she did so, her parents became ............... A. the angriest B. the most angry C. the more angry D. angrier and angrier 2. People should eat and do to reduce the risk of heart disease. A. less fat/ more exercise B. less and less fat/ the more exercise C. the less fat/ the more exercise D. fatter/ more exercise 3. He spent a year in India and loves spicy food the food is, he likes it. A. The hotter/ the more and more B. The hotter/the more C. The more and more hot/ the more D. The hottest/ the most 4. Of course you can come to the party ............... A. The more the merrier B. The more and the merrier C. The more and merrier D. The more and more merrier 5. I feel I did yesterday. A. much more tired than B. many more tired than C. as many tired as D. as more tired as 6. She is a spectator. A. more an athlete than B. more of an athlete than C. an athlete more than D. an athlete of more than 7. His house is mine. A. twice as big as B. as twice big as C. as two times big as D. as big as twice 8. live in Ho Chi Minh City than in the whole of the rest of the country. A. As much as people B. More people C. As many as people D. People more 9. It gets to understand what the professor has explained. A. the more difficult B. more difficult than C. difficult more and more D. more and more difficult 10. You must drive more slowly in built up areas you drive in the city, it is that you will have an accident. A. The faster and faster/ the more B. The faster/ the more probable C. The more and more fast/ the more and more probable D. The more fastly/ the probable 11. The party was ............... I had expected. A. more a hundred times funny than B. a hundred times funny more than C. a hundred times funnier than D. a hundred times more funny than 12. He finds physics ............... other science subjects. A. far more difficult than B. many more difficult than C. too much more difficult than D. more much difficult than 13. ............... he drank, ................ he became. A. More/ more violent C. The more/ the more violent B. The most/ the most violent D. The less/ less violent 14. Mary was ............... of the two sisters. A. the clever B. as clever as C. the cleverer D. the cleverest 15. French is a ............... language to learn than English is. A. difficult B. more difficult C. most difficult D. more and more difficult 16. The cuisine of France is ............... A. more famous than that of England B. famous than the cuisine of England C. more famous than which of England D. as famous than that of England 17. Earning money has always been the thing that pleases him most. ............... he becomes, ............... he is. A. The more rich/ the more happy B. The richest/ the happiest C. The richer/ the happier D. Richer and richer/ happier and happier 18. The faster we finish, ............... A. the sooner we can leave B. we can leave sooner and sooner C. the sooner can we leave D. we can leave the sooner 19. Of all athletes, Alex is ............... A. the less qualified B. the less and less qualified C. the more and more qualified D. the least qualified 20. The climber was seventy miles in the wrong direction and got ............... A. more panicked B. the more panicked C. more than panicked D. more and more panicked 22

(8) choose the best option to complete the setences:

1. As she did so, her parents became.........

A. the angriest     B. the most angry   C. the more angry   D. angrier and angrier..

2. People should eat......and do.......to the risk  of heart disease

A. less fat/more exercise    B. less and less fat/the more axercise

C. the less fat/the more exercise     D. fatter/more exercise

3. He spent a year in India and loves spicy food.......the food is,......he likes it

A. the hotter/the more and more        B. the hotter/ the more

C. the more and more hot/the more         D. the hottest/ the most

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Choose the best option to complete the sentences.

People should eat ............... and do ............. to reduce the risk of heart disease.

A. less fat/ more exercise

B. less and less fat/ the more exercise

C. the less fat/ the more exercise

D. fatter/ more exercise

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence.

All the astronauts who are orbiting the earth in space capsules are weightless.

=> All the astronauts _______ the earth in space capsules are weightless.

A. to orbit

B. are orbiting

C. orbiting

D. Orbit

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........................................................................................