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1. Change the verbs in brackets into the simple past tense to form a meaningful text.
2. Match the words in bold with their meanings. One has been done for you.
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1. Change the verbs in brackets into the simple past tense to form a meaningful text.
On Monday July 21st 1969 at 9.55 am West Indonesian Time, Neil Armstrong and Buzz
Aldrin make (made) history as the first men to step on the Moon’s surface.
From the moment the spaceship Apollo 11 left the Earth, at 8.32 pm on July 16 th, the
journey to the Moon has (1. …) been full of tense moments because in the last ten miles
before landing, the computer of the ship’s navigation system warn (2. …) that it was being
asked to do too much work. This could have caused failure. Fortunately, this problem is (3. …)
immediately solved.
Broadcast on live TV to a world-wide audience, Neil Armstrong, the astronaut lift (4. …)
his foot from the landing pad of his ship, and slowly and carefully, step (5. …) onto the Moon’s
surface. He find (6. …) out that he could move easily. Confidently, he move (7. …) slowly away
from his ship. He was greatly surprised to see his footprints in the soft lunar sand. Taking look
at the view around him, Armstrong remark (8. …), “It’s not only different, but it’s also pretty
out here.”
Twenty minutes later, Edwin Aldrin, Armstrong’s fellow astronaut, join (9. …) him. Both
are (10. …) so pleased with their new experience that they almost forget (11. …) to collect a
few samples of lunar soil. They spend (12. …) about two and a quarter hours together outside
the spacecraft and collect (13. …) 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) of lunar materials for return to Earth
for observation.
Apollo 11 effectively mark (14. …) the end of the space race with Soviets. The success of
the Moon landing show (15. …) the U.S. technology was superior to that of the Soviets.
Name :
Class :
2. Match the words in bold with their meanings. One has been done for you.
On Monday July 21 1969 at 9.55 am West Indonesian Time, Neil Armstrong and Buzz
Aldrin make (made) history as the first men to step on the Moon’s surface.
From the moment the spaceship Apollo 11 left the Earth, at 8.32 pm on July 16, the
journey to the Moon has (1. …) been full of tense moments because in the last ten miles
before landing, the computer of the ship’s navigation system warn (2. …) that it was being
asked to do too much work. This could have caused failure. Fortunately, this problem is (3. …)
immediately solved.
Broadcast on live TV to a world-wide audience, Neil Armstrong, the astronaut lift (4. …)
his foot from the landing pad of his ship, and slowly and carefully, step (5. …) on to the
Moon’s surface. He find (6. …) out that he could move easily. Confidently, he move (7. …)
slowly away from his ship. He was greatly surprised to see his footprints in the soft lunar
sand. Taking look at the view around him, Armstrong remark (8. …), “It’s not only different,
but it’s also pretty out here.”
Twenty minutes later, Edwin Aldrin, Armstrong’s fellow astronaut, join (9. …) him. Both
are (10. …) so pleased with their new experience that they almost forget (11. …) to collect a
few samples of lunar soil. They spend (12. …) about two and a quarter hours together outside
the spacecraft and collect (13. …) 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) of lunar materials for return to Earth
for observation.
Apollo 11 effectively mark (14. …) the end of the space race with Soviets. The success
of the Moon landing show (15. …) the U.S. technology was superior to that of the Soviets.
No Word Meaning
1 Surface the outside part of an object
2 better than the average
3 member of the same group
4 in a way that produced a desired result
5 lack of success
6 having belief in one’s ability
