A Closer Look 2

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 Fruit flies had been sent into space before Laika the dog made her space journey.

 Gagarin had flown into space eight years before Armstrong walked on the moon.

When the USA  put the first human on the moon,  Russia had already sent the first human into space.

Choose a word that has different stress pattern.

1. spacewalk
2. private
3. trainee
4. object

Choose a word that has different stress pattern.

1. impressive
2. commercial
3. profession
4. altutide

Fill the blanks with the words in the box.

The launch of Apollo 13 was delayed from March 12th to April 11th, 1970 to give  to give  the new prime crew more time to train.

People float in space because there is no gravity to pull them towards anything.

This spacesuit was worn by astronaut Neil Amstrong, the first human to set foot on the Moon.

The mission not only taught NASA about Venus, but also how to operate a spacecraft far from Earth.

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I am really impressed. This dish is out of this _______.

1. planet
2. world
3. earth
4. star

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She was over the _______ when she found out she was going to be a mother.

1. star
2. eart
3. moon
4. planet

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The space age began in 1957 when || which || that the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the world’s first man-made satellite.

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The book X || when || who I’m reading is about the history of space exploration.

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During Apollo 14’s lunar mission, Alan Shepard hit two golf balls _______ flew “miles and miles”.

1. which
2. when
3. where
4. on which