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Name: 1st Partial Test.

Instituto Geselliano - 2014

AXE to Launch 22 people on private space plane!

The men's personal care product company AXE has teamed up with famed moonwalker Buzz Aldrin to send 22
people into space, and make sure they smell nice doing it.
The company today kicked off its new AXE Apollo Space Academy, an online contest that promises to send 22
winners to the edge of space and back aboard a private spaceship. The winning space travelers will launch aboard a
suborbital Lynx space plane built by the U.S. company XCOR Aerospace and operated by the tourism firm Space
Expedition Curacao, AXE officials said. "Space travel for everyone is the next frontier in the human experience," Buzz
Aldrin, who became the second person ever to walk on the moon during NASA's 1969 Apollo 11 mission in 1969, said
in a statement. "I'm thrilled that AXE is giving the young people of today such an extraordinary opportunity to
experience some of what I've encountered in there. "The contest
is open to men and women in more than 60 countries who sign up on the AXE Apollo Space Academy website
(AXEApollo.com) and write about why they should be chosen to fly in space, while others will vote on the entries.
Winning space travelers will fly, one at a time, aboard Lynx space planes once Space Expedition Curacao begins
operational flights. The reusable space planes are designed to fly two people — one pilot and a passenger — to an
altitude of 62 miles (100 kilometers) during suborbital flights. The rocket plane is built to take off and land
horizontally on a runway.
"The AXE Apollo launch is the biggest and most ambitious in the AXE brand's 30-year history," AXE's global vice
president Tomas Marcenaro said. "For the first time, we're simultaneously launching one global competition in over
60 countries offering millions of people the opportunity to win the most epic prize on Earth. A trip to space — yes,
actual space."

1.A - Answer:

1) What type of writing do you think it is and where can you find it?
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2) Who is Buzz Aldrin?
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3) Who is able to participate in the contest?
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4) What do you have to do to participate?
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5) When was Lynx Axe sold for the first time?
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5 marks

1.B - What do these words refer to in the text:

it = there = who =

its = they = 5 marks


2.A - Listening

1) Who are going to be among the first passengers for The Virgin Galactic?
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2) The Trip it´s going to cost us$200.000 and last __________________________________________________
3) The Holiday will include ____________________________________________________________________
4) Where will the spaceport take place? __________________________________________________________
5) What do I have to do to book a Space Holiday?
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5 marks

2.B -

Listen and complete the tour schedule with the times.

Kennedy Space Center Tour

9:45 am - Arrive at the Kennedy Space Center.

__________ - See an IMAX space ____________.

__________ - Visit the Astronaut Hall of Fame and ride a __________________________.

__________ - Meet an astronaut during ______________ at the Space Center.

__________ - Take the Nasa ____________ tour, which stops at the international Space Center.

__________ - Return to the Kennedy Space Center.

__________ - Depart from the Kennedy Space Center.

5 marks

3 - Vocabulary: Match these phrasal with their mean ing.

1. Come down a. Wait a minute.


2. Count down b. Write someone´s name on a list.
3. Hang on c. To start an activity.
4. Kicked off d. Fall or become less.
5. Look down e. Opposite of land.
6. Put down f. To enroll by adding your name in a list.
7. Take off g. 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
8. Sign up h. Drop your eyes.
8 marks

Writing.

You want to register for Lynx space Academy contest because you desperately want to travel into space. Write a
letter introducing yourself and explaining why you are so interested in participating and why you should be
chosen. (Between 180-200 words.)

12
marks

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