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UNIT 15. SPACE CONQUEST

A. MULTIPLE CHOICE
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of
the following questions.
1. A. arrived B. believed C. received D. hoped
2. A. opened B. knocked C. played D. occurred
3. A. rubbed B. tugged C. stopped D. filled
4. A. dimmed B. travelled C. passed D. stirred
5. A. tipped B. begged C. quarreled D. carried
6. A. tried B. obeyed C. cleaned D. asked
7. A. packed B. added C. worked D. pronounced
8. A. watched B. phoned C. referred D. followed
9. A. agreed B. succeeded C. smiled D. loved
10. A. laughed B. washed C. helped D. weighed
II. Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the
following questions.
1. A. historic B. success C. weightlessness D. attention
2. A. technically B. enormous C. scientist D. astronaut
3. A. engineer B. possible C. cosmonaut D. satisfy
4. A. spacecraft B. uncertainty C. project D. conquest
5. A. scientist B. president C. engineer D. astronaut
6. A. conquest B. venture C. technical D. artificial.
7. A. biography B. psychological C. approximate D. congratulate
8. A. aspiration B. gravity C. challenge D. fortunate
9. A. success B. cosmonaut C. extreme D. appoint
10. A. conquest B. react C. tension D. hero
III. VOCABULARY
ô Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. Neil Armstrong was the first man to ……………….. foot on the moon.
A. try B. let C. put D. set
2. The story has ……………….. worldwide attention.
A. attracted B. surprised C. pulled D. paid
3. About 100 Russian satellites are ...................... the earth
A. flying B. orbitting C. traveling D. circuiting
4. Sputnik was the first ........................ satellite made by the USSR
A. manned B. natural C. artificial D. live
5. His flight was in ............. around the Earth at the speed of more than 17,000 miles per hour.
A. orbit B. travel C. circuit D. revolve
6. The sheer size of the cathedral is a ......... reminder of the power of religion.
A. whole B. continual C. continuous D. constant
7. Cuts in the health service could have tragic ......... for patients.
A. effect B. results C. consequences D. damage
8. A disastrous business .......... lost him thousands of dollars.
A. contract B. venture C. affair D. All are correct.
9. He was already ............ the plane.
A. abroad B. aboard C. on board D. All are correct.
10. I'll give you a .......... to the station.
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A. lift B. ride C. hitchhiker D. A and B
11. We were just talking about her when, at that precise ..........., she walked.
A. time B. period C. date D. moment
12. The shelf is about a meter long-well, 98cm, to be ........... precise.
A. more B. much more C. far much more D. All are correct.
13. I tried not to ........... attention to the weak points in my argument.
A. put B. pay C. draw D. All are correct.
14. Please .......... attention to what I am saying.
A. draw B. put C. pay D. take
15. The story has ......... worldwide attention.
A. attracted B. fascinated C. drawn D. All are correct.
16. No candidate fulfils all the .......... for this position.
A. standard B. experience C. criteria D. require
17. Leningrad was ........... St. Petersburg.
A. rename B. renamed C. renaming D. to rename
18. Neil Armstrong was the first man to ........... foot on the moon.
A. try B. let C. put D. set
19. Scientists try to .............. a breakthrough in manufacturing new materials for space exploration.
A. make B. achieve C. get D. A and B
20. I have heard nothing from him since ..............
A. he had left B. he leaves C. he has left D. he left

ô Choose the option that has the CLOSEST meaning with the underlined word.
21. No one knew precisely what would happen to a human being in space.
A. exactly B. clearly C. carefully D friendly
22. The astronauts were able to send the information back to the earth.
A. spaceships B. space stations C. spacemen D. space shots
23. From his window in space, Gagarin had a view of the Earth that no human beings had done before.
A. discription B. vision C. recognition D. attention
24. The successful flight marked a milestone in China's space project
A. landmark B. record C. break-up D. progress
25. I didn't feel quite satisfied after my meal.
A. dissatisfied B. unhappy C. comfort D. unsatisfied

ô Choose the option that has the OPPOSITE meaning with the underlined word.
26. I didn't feel quite satisfied after my meal.
A. dissatisfy B. appease C. comfort D. convince
27. She is proud of the fact that at the age of 90, she still lives independently.
A. severally B. dependently C. individually D. separately
28. No one knew precisely what would happen to a human being in space.
A. exactly B. wrongly C. accurately D absolutely
29. One of the less attractive features of California is the threat of earthquakes.
A. beautiful B. pleasing C. charming D boring
30. He ate an enormous helping of pasta.
A. huge B. big C. tiny D gigantic

ô Choose the correct word formation for each of the following questions.
31. The 27-year-old Soviet cosmonaut became the first person to eat and drink in__________
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A. weight B weighting C. weightless D. weightlessness
32. Man has witnessed a great many significant ___ of science and technology in the past few decades.
A. achieves B. achieved C. achievers D. achievements
33. Before Gagarin’s _____ flight, there were still enormous uncertainties.
A. historical B. historic C. history D. historian
34.Although his flight lasted only 108 minutes, its _____ made him a national hero.
A. succeed B. successful C. successive D. success
35. Although we didn’t win, we were able to take some _____ from our performance.
A. satisfying B. satisfactions C. satisfaction D. satisfactory
34. _____ 60,000 people filled the stadium.
A. Approximately B. Approximate C. Approximant D. Approximation
35. Laughter can be a great release of _____.
A. tense B. tension C. tenseness D. tensing
36. May I offer my heartiest ______ on your promotion?
A. congratulating B. congratulation C. congratulations D. congratulate
37. The appropriate attitude makes it ______ to socialize among strangers.
A. possible B. possibility C. impossible D. possibly
38. ______, many houses are going to be demolished to make ways for a new supermarket.
A. Fortunate B. Unfortunate C. Fortunately D. Unfortunately
39. Astronauts work in ______ conditions.
A. weight B. weighting C. weightless D. weightlessness
40.He was pulled off an extraordinary ______ in completing the voyage single-handedly.
A. feast B. feat C. feature D. fervour
ô Choose the correct preposition for each of the following questions.
41.Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon ....................20 July 1969.
A. in B. at C. on D. of
42. She is never satisfied ..............................what she's got
A. with B. of C. about D. in
43.In 1961 Yuri Gagarin lifted ...................... into space aboard the Vostro 1.
A. to B. off C. of D. on
44. A new satellite has been put ………………orbit around the earth.
A. at B. into C. through D. to
45. How would the body react..........the extreme changes in temperature?
A. with B. to C. about D. from
ô Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions.
46. Mary: You look so pretty in this dress, Linda.
Linda: ............................................,my mother presented it to me.
A. Talk to you later B. Thanks a lot
C. Not at all D. Good morning
47. Marry: Thank you for taking the time to help.
Tom: ...............................................
A. You’re welcome B. Bye see you tomorrow
C. Let me check D. Yes, I do
48. Marry: Come on Joe, you can’t be so disappointed like this. Let’s try again.
Joe: .......................................
A. Sorry I don’t know B. I’m glad I could be of some help to you
C. I’m not satisfied with the service. D. Good thinking
49. Marry: ................................................
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Joe: Don’t mention it.
A. Thank you just the same B. Good job
C. Congratulation D. What a lovely dress
50. Tom: Sorry Marry, my son has broken your window.
Marry: ..................................................
A. It’s alright, everybody makes mistakes B. You’ve done a great job
C. What a smart answer! D. Sorry to hear that
IV. GRAMMAR: Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions
1. When Mr. Lee was younger, he ......................work in the garden for hours.
A. has got to B. should be able to C. can D. could
2. The fire spread through the hotel very quickly but everyone .................get out.
A. has to B. was able to C. could D. were able to
3. Despite the bad weather, he ....................... get to the airport in time.
A. could B. was able to C. couldn't D. might
4. People heard warnings about the flood, and they ........................ move out in time.
A. were able to B. could C. couldn’t D. weren’t able to
5. No one complained about this problem, ...................?
A. did they B. does they C. did it D. didn’t they
6. I think he will join us, ..................?
A. doesn't he B. won't he C. will he D. don't I
7. Somebody has left these socks on the bathroom floor, ...............?
A. have they B. haven't they C. has he D. hasn't he
8. What a beautiful dress, ...........................?
A. isn’t it B. is it C. doen’t it D. does it
9. My husband would rather go by air,.................?
A. had he B. hadn’t he C. would he D. wouldn’t he
10. Let's go for a long walk, .....................................?
A. will we B. shall we C. don't you D. do you
11. The party starts at eight,................?
A. does it B. doesn’t it C. isn’t it D. is it
12. He seldom drinks wine, ......................?
A. doesn’t he B. isn’t he C. does he D. is he
13. How long did Yuri Gagarin’s trip into space ..................? – Only 108 minutes.
A. last B. lengthen C. occur D. have
14. Without the pull of the Earth, we would be ..................... .
A. weighed B. weight C. weightless D. weightlessness
15. A spaceship is one of the extraordinary........................of human beings.
A. feats B. moments C. reactions D. tensions
16. I admire the astronauts who devote their life to ..................into space.
A. lifting B. walking C. venturing D. dealing
17. A plane................is the most terrible accidents for those who often travel by plane.
A. flight B. crash C. science D. space
18. Have you ever thought of traveling into ....................space?
A. a B. an C. the D. no article
19. The astronauts are conducting a series of experiments to learn more about how the body ..... to
weightlessness.
A. happens B. occurs C. reacts D. deals
20. She was ...........................she could not say anything.
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A. so surprised at the news that B. such surprised at the news that
C. so surprised of the news that D. so that surprised for the news

V. Choose the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
1. He hardly never (A) says (B) anything (C) at the local (D) meeting.
2. All the (A) students in the class are enough good (B) to pass (C) the final (D)exam.
3. Neither (A) Sam nor James wanted (B) their (C) name associated with the project.
4. Not only could the younger people completed (A)all the work quickly (B) and accurately, but the retired
workers could (C) also (D).
5. Our nervous system has over ten billions (A) nerve (B)cells in a network covering every (C) inch of our
skin and organs (D).
6. According to geological discoveries(A), 4.6-billion-years (B) life span of our planet is (C) divided into
four time (D) intervals called eras.
7. The players prepared (A) good (B) for the tournament but performed (C) poorly. (D)
8. During first (A) ten years of the Space Age, which began (B) in 1957, more than (C) 500 artificial
satellites were rocketed into orbit (D) around the Earth.
9. Air pollution, together with (A)littering, are (B) causing many (C) problems in our large (D), industrial
cities today.
10. Stars (A)in our universe vary (B) in temperature, color, bright (C), size and mass (D).
VI. Read the following passage and choose the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the
numbered blanks.
Neil Armstrong is an American (1) .................... He is known as the first man to walk on the moon.
Armstrong was born (2) ............ August 5th, 1930 in Wapokoneta in Ohio. From 1949 to 1952, he worked as
a pilot in the United States Navy. In 1962, he joined the NASA astronaut programmes. On July 20th 1969,
Neil Armstrong became the first human to (3)............ on the moon’s surface. Armstrong received his M.S
from the University of Southern California in 1970. He resigned from NASA a year later and from 1971 to
1979, he (4)............. at the University of Cincinnati. In 1986, Armstrong was appointed vice chairman of the
committee that investigated the (5) shuttle Challenger disaster. Armstrong is also well-known for what he
said as he stepped onto the surface of the moon: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for
mankind.”.

1. A. astronaut B. scientist C. technologist D. biologist

2. A. in B. at C. on D. from
3. A. launch B. step C. return D. stand
4. A. teach B. teaches C. taught D. teaching
5. A. moon B. earth C. land D. space

VII.Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.
YURI GAGARIN (1934-1968)

Yuri Gagarin was born in Klushino near Gzhatsk, a region west of Moscow, Russia, on March 9, 1934. He
was a Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 became the first person in space and the first human to orbit the Earth.
The adjacent town of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin in 1968 in his honor.
Yuri Gagarin’s parents worked on a collective farm. His mother was reportedly a voracious reader, and his
father was a skilled carpenter. He was the third of four children in his family. Gagarin’s teachers described
him as intelligent and hard-working.
After starting an apprenticeship in a metal works as a foundry man, Gagarin was selected for further training
at a high technical school in Saratov. While there, he joined the “Aero Club”, and learned how to fly a light
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aircraft. In 1995, after completing schooling, he entered military flight training at the Orenburg Pilot’s
School. While there he met Valentina Goryacheva, whom he married in 1957, after gaining his pilot’s wings
in a MiG-15.
In 1960, an extensive search and selection process saw Yuri Gagarin, as one of 20 cosmonauts, selected for
the Soviet space program. Out of the 20 selected, the eventual choices for the first launch were Gagarin and
Gherman Titov, because of their excellent performance in training, as well as their physical characteristics.
On April 12, 1961, Gagarin became the first human to travel into space in Vostok 3KA-2 ( Vostok 1). He
lost his life in a training accident on March 27,1968.

1. Where was Yuri Gagarin born?

A. In Gzhatsk B. In Klushino C. In Moscow D. In Saratov
2. What did his father do?
A. a reader B. a teacher C. a carpenter D. a pilot
3. What did he do after completing his technical schoolings?
A. He learned how to fly a light aircraft.
B. He entered military flight training at the Orenburg Pilot’s School.
C. He joined the “Aero Club”
D. He married Valentina Goryacheva.
4. The word eventual in line 2, paragraph 4, could best be replaced by …………
A. final B. daily C. second D. annual
5. Which of the following is NOT true about Yuri Gagarin?
A. He was the third of four children in his family.
B. He was the first human to travel into space.
C. He was one of 20 cosmonauts selected for the Soviet space program.
D. He died in 1968 because of lung cancer.
B. WRITING
I. Give the correct tense of verb in the bracket.
1.Yuri Gagarin became the first person to eat and drink in ………………. (weight )
2.Before Gagarin’s ………….flight, there were still enormous uncertainties. (history )
3.Gagarin might never get back to the Earth if there were a …………… failure. (technique)
4.Movies have influenced standards of ………………… ( beautiful ).
5.Your time should be spent ………………( use )
6.The success of Gagarin’s flight attracted ………………..attention. ( world )
7.She got great ……………from helping people learn. ( satisfy )
8.The …………..flight of Shenzhou 5 marked a milestone in China’s space project. ( succeed )
9.China was the third country in the world to be able to ……………..carry out manned space flight.
( depend )
10.………………..….., Gagarin died in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March 1968.
( fortunate )
II. Give the correct form of word in the bracket.
1.You already (visit).............................. Paris?
2.The weather was so good last summer that we (go) …………………… to the beach most weekends.
3.Since Mr. Hassan (become) ……………… president, both taxes and unemployment (increase) ………
4.When she (hear) ………………… the result, she was very pleased.
5.Mary (prepare) ……………… the meal before her friend (come) …………… yesterday evening.
6.The film already (start) ………………………… when we (arrive) …………………… at the cinema.
7.We (talk)………...… on the phone when my mother (come) ………… home.
8.Mai (swim) ………………… on the sea when she (be) …………… on holiday last month.
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9.I (want) ……………… a new car although I didn’t had enough money.
10.Peter : You ( look) ……………………………………… for someone ?
Jane : Yes, I ( need) ………………… to speak to Neil. He isn’t in his office .
III. Rewrite the sentence using the given words or structure.
1. My husband watered the flowers every day. (Cleft Sentence in passive)
...............................................................................................................................................................
2. They celebrated their wedding last week. (Cleft Sentence in passive)
...............................................................................................................................................................
3. He described his home town in his novel. (Cleft Sentence in passive)
...............................................................................................................................................................
4. The girl gave the boy a special gift on his birthday. (Cleft Sentence in passive)
...............................................................................................................................................................
5. My father bought the car for me on my birthday. (Cleft Sentence in passive)
...............................................................................................................................................................
6. The prince kissed my younger sister at the party. (Cleft Sentence in passive)
...............................................................................................................................................................
7. My younger sister always keeps her doll carefully. (Cleft Sentence in passive)
...............................................................................................................................................................
8. The boy hit the dog in the garden. (Cleft Sentence in passive)
...............................................................................................................................................................
9. The woman answered the man rudely. (Cleft Sentence in passive)
...............................................................................................................................................................
10. The boy played ping pong the whole afternoon. (Cleft Sentence in passive)
...............................................................................................................................................................
11. People know that cars pollute the environment. (Passive Voice with Reporting Verbs)
 It...........................................................................................................................................................
12. People believe that the robber has worked in the bank. (Passive Voice with Reporting Verbs)
 The robber............................................................................................................................................
13. They think that the president will arrive soon. (Passive Voice with Reporting Verbs)
 The president........................................................................................................................................
14. It is reported that many passengers died in the crash. (Passive Voice with Reporting Verbs)
 People...................................................................................................................................................
15. It is expected that the prices will rise again this month. (Passive Voice with Reporting Verbs)
 The prices.............................................................................................................................................

EXTRA VOCABULARY
1. Universe / 'ju:nivə:s/ (n): vũ trụ
2. Meteorite /'mi:tjərait/ (n): thiên thạch
3. Spacewalk /ˈspeɪswɔːk/ (n): di chuyển trong không gian
4. Trainee /trei'ni:/ (n): thực tập sinh
5. Comet /'kɔmit/ (n): Sao Chổi
6. Microgravity /ˈmaɪ.krəʊ ˈɡræv.ə.ti / (n): Vi trọng lực
7. Lunar / 'lu:nə/ (adj): thuộc về Mặt Trăng
8. Spacecraft /ˈspeɪs.krɑːft/ (n): phi thuyền
9. Leap /li:p/ bước nhảy, bước tiến
10. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration): Cơ quan hàng không và không gian Hoa Kỳ
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PRACTICE
1. A___________________ is a vehicle designed for travel in space.
A. Universe B. Satellite C. Experience D. Meteorite
2. ______________________ is now working hard to discover whether there is life on Mars.
A. NASA B. collector C. austronaut D. trainee
3. _______________ striking land usually vaporize instantly.
A. Universe B. Satellite C. Experience D. Meteorite
4. The crew are planning a four-hour_______________ to carry out necessary repair work on the shuttle.
A. spaceman B. astronomy C. spacewalk D. collaborate
5. We have three new___________ in the accounting department.
A. comets B. trainees C. professors D. passengers
6. We will discuss viability of sample deposition on the surface,_____________ site selection, and sample
processing strategies for a future sample return mission.
A. astronaut B.astronomy C. comet D. lunar
7. The software designer should report a near 40% ___________ in profits to around £124m.
A. microgravity B.astronomy C. spacecraft D. leap
8. Throughout history, people have been intrigued by the question of whether there is intelligent life
elsewhere in the___________.
A. Universe B. Satellite C. Experience D. Meteorite
9.________________ is an object that moves around the sun, usually at a great distance from it, that is seen
on rare occasions from the earth as a bright line in the sky
A. astronaut B.astronomy C. comet D. lunar
10. ________________ is a piece of rock or other matter from space that has landed on earth
A. Universe B. Satellite C. Experience D. Meteorite