UNIT 15 SPACE CONQUEST

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
a. foot b. moon c. look d. would
a. gravity b. aspiration c. biography d. possible
a. technical b. conquest c. psychology d. launched
a. national b. venture c. fortunate d. suggestion
a. support b. shuttle c. success d. venture
II. Choose the word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon ______ 20 July 1969.
a. in b. at c. on d. of
She is never satisfied ______ what she`s got.
a. to b. with c. for d. in .
In 1961 Yuri Gagarin lifted ______ into space aboard the Vostok 1.
a. off b. up c. on d. Ø
After landing, the team members were greeted like ______ heroes.
a. conquer b. conquering c. conqueror d. conquest
No one knew precisely what would happen to a human being in space.
a. exactly b. clearly c. carefully d. vividly
Neil Armstrong, an American ______, was the first man to step on the moon`s surface.
a. scientist b. cosmonaut c. astronaut d. astronomer
The 27-year-old Soviet cosmonaut became the first person to eat and drink in ______.
a. weight b. weighting c. weightless d. weightlessness
About 100 Russian satellites are the earth.
a. flying b. orbiting c. traveling d. circuiting
Many people are demonstrating to express their ______ with the new land law.
a. satisfied b. satisfactory c. satisfaction d. dissatisfaction
The astronauts were able to send the information back to the earth.
a. spaceships b. space stations c. spacemen d. space shots
III. Choose the word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence.
No one is better cook than his mother, ______?
a. is she b. isn`t she c. are they d. aren’t they
Do it right now, ______?
a. will you b. shall you c. do you d. don`t you
There are no easy ways to learn a foreign language, ______?
a. are they b. are there c. aren`t they d. aren`t there
He seldom goes to the library, ______?
a. doesn’t he b. is he c. does he d. isn’t he
Let`s go for a long walk, ______?
a. will we b. shall we c. don`t you d. do you
I`d lost my key, so I ______ the door when I got home.
a. could lock b. wasn`t able to lock
c. couldn`t unlock d. was able to unlock
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
Yesterday I ______ to a furniture store. I bought a new lamp there.
a. could go b. could have gone c. went d. ought to have gone
Do you think there ______ less conflict in the world if all people ______ the same language?
a. would be/ spoke b. were/ would speak
c. were/ spoke d. would have been/ had spoken
Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, ______ eleven times the size of the earth.
a. being b. has c. is d. having
IV. Choose the word or phrase - A, B, C or D -that needs correcting.
26. After the stock market crash of 1929, less people were able to find employment
A B C D
27. The average temperature on Mars, the fourth planet from the sun, is
A B C
about eighty degrees than colder on Earth.
D
28. Halley`s comet was named of the astronomer Edmund Halley, who
A
was the first to realize that some comets