Ronnie was sitting by the

lamplight with his books

and papers around him
expecting a friend with
whom he used to study.
He had not written to Liz
since his visit home. He
had not received any letter
from her, nor was this one
from her. It was in his
mother’s handwriting.
 Ronnie broke the seal and
read: “ At home, things
have changed and all this, I
fear, will cause you much
pain at first, If I understand
you correctly, my son.”
 “Yesterday, Eric was at
last accepted by Liz after
having twice proposed in
vain during the last three
months. She had never
been able to make up her
mind to it, but now, in the
end, she has done so. To
my mind, she is still far too
young. The wedding is to
take place soon.”
1. If you were Ronnie and you love
Liz, how would you feel after
receiving the letter?
a. happy b. grateful
c. desolate
2. If you were the mother and you
are writing to your son about his
girlfriend’s impending marriage to
someone, how would you feel?
a. pity b. happy c. lonely
3. Apparently, Ronnie had been
waiting for a letter from Liz. How
must he have felt while waiting?
a. downcast b. lonely c. abused
4. As Ronnie opened and read the
letter, how must he have felt?
a. afraid b. anxious c. cruel
5. How do you think Eric must have
felt after finally winning Liz?
a. jubilant b. disgusted
c. downhearted
An astronaut is a person
who travels outside the
Earth’s atmosphere in
space. His vehicle is
called a spaceship if it
large, or a space capsule
if it is small.
The smallest space
capsule that has ever
been built is the Mercury
Space Capsule. It was
developed to carry the
first American astronaut
into an orbit around the
Earth.
 The Russian capsule in
which the Russian
astronaut Yur Gagarin
rode, is somewhat larger.
It was constructed so
that it could be
controlled almost
completely from Earth.
The American astronauts
Shepard, Grisson, Glen,
Carpenter, and Schirra
were able to control a
number of capsule
movements from within
the vehicle.
 The capsule offers the
astronauts hardly more
space than the cockpit of
a jetfighter offers to the
pilot. The astronauts sits
in a coachtype chair
which is especially
modelled to fit his body
shape. This chair is called
“contour chair”. Its
purpose is to offer the
greatest possible comfort
to the astronaut who not
only must spend many
hours in it once he is on
his way, but who also
must tolerate very
unusual conditions
during the night.
1. What do you call a space
traveller?
a. A spaceman
b. an astronaut
c. Shepard, et. al.
d. Yuri Gagarin
2. What was the name of the
smallest space capsule
manned by Shepard and
company?
a. Space Ship
b. Space Capsule
 c. Russian Capsule
d. Mercury Space Capsule
3. What is the name of the
chair the astronaut uses in the
capsule?
a. Capsule’s chair
b. Mercury Space Chair
c. Molded Chair
d. contour chair
4. The Russian capsule
compare to the American
capsule is_______.
a. Wider
b. more comfortable
c. newer d. larger
5. What do we call the large
vehicle who travels in space?
a. Capsule b. spaceship
c. airplane d. jetplane