Perfect Spaceman - vocab (Q Skills 5 R&W U4R2 p109))

Space station commanders must ___ themselves to the welfare of their crews. As a result, safety has to be their number one concern.

• devote

• inhabit

• navigate

• dominate

Astronauts have to know how to take apart and ___ equipment on the International Space Station in case it needs to be repaired.

• quarantine

• orbit

• dominate

• reassemble

The International Space Station is usually ___ by a crew of six people.

• inhabit

• inhabits

• inhabited

• inhabiting

Who stole my pen? Nobody leaves the room until I find the ___.

• mission

• culprit

• orbit

• mediator

Not everyone is cut out to be an astronaut - the idea of spending so many days in space can be very ___ .

• mundane

• intensive

• affable

• daunting

Crew members preparing to travel to the International Space Station are ___ so that they don’t become sick before the big journey.

• quarantine

• quarantines

• quarantined

• quarantining

One of the future ___ to the International Space Station is going to include the international recording artist Sarah Brightman.

• culprits

• mediators

• missions

• orbits

In spite of the stress of his job, he is a very ___ character - very easy-going and pleasant to talk to.

• affable

• daunting

• mundane

• intense

Having an astronaut as part of the family can be very complicated, but NASA provides support to help families ___ the situation.

• navigate

• convene

• dominate

• devote

People who want to become astronauts have to study ___ in order to master the necessary science, math, and languages.

• intend

• intense

• intention

• intensively