WorksheetsSpace Exploration & Humans Should Stay Home
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 13mins
Fill in the blank: One ___ official in the presidential ___ voiced concern about the expense of the Mars mission.
beneficial/ plague
prominent/ administration
dubious/ advancement
erupt/ advancement
Fill in the blank: The crowd will ___ in cheers when the astronauts land.
plague
prominent
dubious
erupt
Fill in the blank: Although problems continue to ___ the project, the results will be ___.
plague/ beneficial
Prominent/ administration
advancement/ prominent
Dubious/ erupted
Fill in the blank: Some officials claim that the technology will lead to an ___ for society, but most are ___ about such claims.
erupted/ beneficial
Erupted/ plague
Advancement/ dubious
prominent/ beneficial
[Space Exploration Should be more Science than Fiction] The author opens the text with questions most likely to -
introduce the topics that she will cover in the selection
suggest that her essay will attempt to answer the questions
note that science fiction fuels our interest in science
remind readers that there is much we still don't know
[Space Exploration Should be more Science than Fiction] In paragraph 2, the author brings up the example of the International Space Station to make the point that space exploration-
has come a long way since the 1960s
encourages cooperation among scientists
has led to a permanent human outpost
requires a great deal of human investment
[Space Exploration Should be more Science than Fiction] The author mostly supports her ideas with -
expert opinions
interesting anecdotes
scientific evidence
references to other texts
[Humans Should Stay Home and Let Robots Take to the Stars] The author included the section Space Travel is Expensive to-
offer an opposing argument for sending robots
support the claim that space travel should be reduced
convince readers that space travel could be cheaper
suggest that space travel requires international cooperation
[Humans Should Stay Home and Let Robots Take to the Stars] The author refers to a Massachusetts Institute of Technology study in paragraph 8 to support the idea that -
humans are not suited to live on Mars
the mars curiosity rover has had great success
agriculture on Mars would be possible
a colony on Mars would require a lot of food
[Humans Should Stay Home and Let Robots Take to the Stars] In paragraph 10, the author offers the counterargument that -
robotic missions are as exciting as any human missions
the future of space travel is dependent on scientific data
data for space travel is often out of date or not trustworthy
robotic missions are at least as efficient as human missions
