Communication

Decide the information below about what astronauts do in the space is True or False.

1. Astronauts sleep in sleeping bags, microgravity makes them weightless. They have to attach themselves so they don't float around.
2. Hair is washed with a "rinseless" shampoo does not need water. For toothbrushing, a amount of water is used with toothpaste then swallowed. 
3. The crew spend their day doing science experiments. They also carry out checks for the maintenance of the station. The Mission Control  Centre on Earth supports their operations.

Fill the blanks with the words in the box.

Choose a word that has different stress pattern.

1. weightlessness
2. shampoo
3. toothbrush
4. swallow

Choose a word that has different stress pattern.

1. machine
2. maintenance
3. astronaut
4. popular

Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

I came back down to _______ on my first Monday back to school after my holiday in Phan Thiet.​

1. earth
2. moon
3. sun
4. planet

Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

Travelling is my cup of tea but I can only afford to travel once in a blue _______.​

1. moon
2. cake
3. sunshine
4. moonlight

Fill the blanks with the words in the box.

A space disaster

On February 1, 2003, the space shuttleColumbia broke into small pieces as it re-entered the Earth’s  atmosphere. It was returning from the International Space  Station , which is in  orbit around the Earth.

Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

The astronauts who || whom || X are selected to join the space program must have been trained very hard.

Choose two options that can be used to fill in the sentence.

The speech _______ was made by U.S President Richard Nixon in 1972 announced that NASA was developing a reusable launch vehicle – the space shuttle.​

1. when
2. which
3. that
4. X

Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

The first ________ was done by Alexei Leonov, a Russion cosmonaut on March 18th, 1965. It was 10 minutes long.

1. spacesuit              
2. spacewalk            
3. spaceship               
4. spaceward