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UNIT 15 SPACE CONQUEST

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the synonym of the word “weightlessness”

a)

zero gravity

b)

length

c)

hight

d)

weight

2.

What is the synonym of the word “shuttle”

a)

metro

b)

spacecraft

c)

train

d)

plane

3.

What is the synonym of the word "human being" in line paragraph

a)

Humanity

b)

Mankind

c)

People

d)

All correct

4.

What is the synonym of the word "Precisely"

a)

Correctly

b)

Absolutely

c)

Uncertainly

d)

All correct

5.

What nationality is Gagarin?

a)

Russia

b)

Russian

c)

America

d)

American

6.

How did Gagarin die?

a)

He died in a plane crash

b)

He died in a car crash

c)

He died in a ship crash

d)

He died in a train crash

7.

Who is the first human to fly into space?

a)

Neil Armstrong

b)

Buzz Aldrin

c)

Yuri Gagarin

d)

Pham Tuan

8.

who is the first human to set foot on the moon?

a)

Neil Armstrong

b)

Yuri Gagarin

c)

Pham Tuan

d)

Buzz Aldrin

9.

How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?

a)

27 years old

b)

29 years old

c)

28 years old

d)

26 years old

10.

Who wrote a telegram to Moscow to congratulate the success of Gagarin’s flight?

a)

US. President John .F. Kennedy

b)

Soviet Union

c)

Star city

d)

national hero

11.

What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth?

a)

9.07 am

b)

12 minutes

c)

108 minutes

d)

17,000 miles per hour

12.

How long was Gagarin in space?

a)

108 minutes

b)

17,000 miles per hour

c)

9.07 am

d)

12 minutes

13.

What was done after Gagarin’s death to honour this national hero ?

a)

his hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin

b)

the Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, Russia, was given the name of this national hero.

c)

the Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, Russia and his hometown of Gzhatsk was given the name of this national hero

d)

US President gave a telegram to Moscow

14.

What is the name of the planet that we are living in ?

a)

Mars

b)

Earth

c)

Mercury

d)

Jupiter

15.

What is the antonym of the word "enormous" in line 8 paragraph

a)

small

b)

huge

c)

large

d)

medium

16.
Special protective clothes worn by astronauts in space
a)
Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin 
b)
space suit 
c)
Astronaut
d)
light-year
17.
__________holds all of the planets in orbit around the sun.
a)
Force
b)
Motion
c)
Weight
d)
Gravity
18.

When was Pham Tuan in space?

a)

in 1990

b)

in 1980

c)

in 1995

d)

in 1985

19.

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.

a)

support

b)

shuttle

c)

success

d)

venture

20.

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.

a)

technical

b)

conquest

c)

psychology

d)

launched