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WorksheetsGEC223 Quiz 1: Reading
Total questions: 6
Worksheet time: 6mins
Choose the correct topic sentence for the reading context given.
Valentina's father was a tractor driver and her mother worked in a textile factory. After school, Valentina worked in a factory and studied engineering by correspondence course.
After her flight, she studied at the Zhukovski Air Force Academy and graduated as a cosmonaut engineer in 1969.
On 16th June 1963, Valentina became the first woman cosmonaut on the Vostok 6 rocket.
Valentina became interested in parachute jumping at an early age.
Valentina has won many medals and awards.
Valentina was born in a small village in the Yaroslavl region of Russia on 6th March 1937.
Choose the correct topic sentence for the reading context given.
In 1962, she joined the female cosmonaut programme. Four hundred women wanted to join the programme but only five were successful. Valentina was the only one who later completed a space mission.
After her flight, she studied at the Zhukovski Air Force Academy and graduated as a cosmonaut engineer in 1969.
On 16th June 1963, Valentina became the first woman cosmonaut on the Vostok 6 rocket.
Valentina became interested in parachute jumping at an early age.
Valentina has won many medals and awards.
Valentina was born in a small village in the Yaroslavl region of Russia on 6th March 1937.
Choose the correct topic sentence for the reading context given.
During the 70.8-hour flight, she orbited the Earth 48 times. It was not until 1982 that a second woman flew into space.
After her flight, she studied at the Zhukovski Air Force Academy and graduated as a cosmonaut engineer in 1969.
On 16th June 1963, Valentina became the first woman cosmonaut on the Vostok 6 rocket.
On 3rd November 1963, Tereshkova married an astronaut called Andrian Nikolayev.
Valentina has won many medals and awards.
Valentina was born in a small village in the Yaroslavl region of Russia on 6th March 1937.
Choose the correct topic sentence for the reading context given.
In 1977, she received a doctorate in engineering. She never flew again, but she did become an important spokesperson for the Soviet Union. She is now head of the Russian Government's Centre for International Scientific and Cultural Co-operation.
After her flight, she studied at the Zhukovski Air Force Academy and graduated as a cosmonaut engineer in 1969.
On 16th June 1963, Valentina became the first woman cosmonaut on the Vostok 6 rocket.
On 3rd November 1963, Tereshkova married an astronaut called Andrian Nikolayev.
Valentina has won many medals and awards.
Valentina was born in a small village in the Yaroslavl region of Russia on 6th March 1937.
Choose the correct topic sentence for the reading context given.
Their first child, a daughter called Elena, was born in 1964. Scientists in the USSR were very interested in her because she was the first child born to astronauts. Elena later went on to become a doctor.
After her flight, she studied at the Zhukovski Air Force Academy and graduated as a cosmonaut engineer in 1969.
On 16th June 1963, Valentina became the first woman cosmonaut on the Vostok 6 rocket.
On 3rd November 1963, Tereshkova married an astronaut called Andrian Nikolayev.
Valentina has won many medals and awards.
Valentina was born in a small village in the Yaroslavl region of Russia on 6th March 1937.
Choose the correct topic sentence for the reading context given.
She has received the United Nations Gold Medal of Peace. In 2000, she won the Greatest Woman Achiever of the Century award in London. In addition, she also has one very special award that she has never seen; a crater on the far side of the Moon is named 'Tereshkova'.
After her flight, she studied at the Zhukovski Air Force Academy and graduated as a cosmonaut engineer in 1969.
On 16th June 1963, Valentina became the first woman cosmonaut on the Vostok 6 rocket.
On 3rd November 1963, Tereshkova married an astronaut called Andrian Nikolayev.
Valentina has won many medals and awards.
Valentina was born in a small village in the Yaroslavl region of Russia on 6th March 1937.
