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Look at the photo and answer the questions.

• What do you think life is like for the astronauts living on the space station?
• Is space exploration important? Why? I Why not?
• Would you like to travel in space? Why? I Why not?

Develop your vocabulary

1 Match to make collocations.
1 space a form
2 life b system
3 solar c signal
4 outer d station
5 radio e space

2 Write a word from the box in each gap to complete the sentences.

colonised • landing • launched • manned • orbiting

1 The satellite will be the planet for a week, taking pictures.

2 The first mission to Mars could take place before the end of the decade.
3 If we _____ the Moon, we would have many practical problems to overcome.
4 The spacecraft made a smooth _____ on the surface of the planet.
5 The rocket _____ successfully at 5 pm in perfect weather conditions.

3 Each of the words in bold is in the wrong sentence. Write the correct word on the line.
1 Most meteors burn up in the Earth's aliens.
2 The astronomer is so strong on Mars that it could easily cause cancer.
3 To become a(n) atmosphere, do you have to have perfect vision?
4 I don't think radiation have ever visited Earth, but there are probably
some out there somewhere.
5 A(n) astronaut studies the stars, generally with the aid of a giant telescope.
 Unit 11

I Develop your Use of English skills: making internal changes to

form derivatives
1
I Write the plural form.
1 foot 3 man 5 tooth
2 goose 4 mouse 6 woman

2 Write the correct form of the number in brackets in each gap.

3 Choose the correct word.

1 The astronauts had to carefully conserve the amount of water they _ .
a drank b drink c drunk
2 The people _ for a space mission have to be extremely fit.
a choose b chose c chosen
3 How often does the Sun _ on Mars?
a rose b risen c rise
4 The first song that was _ and broadcast from space was Jingle Bells in 1965.
a sung b sang c sing
5 The children _ pictures of the space shuttle and sent them to NASA.
a draw b drew c drawn
6 In space, even nowadays, astronauts mostly _ highly-concentrated paste.
a ate b eaten c eat
7 The US and Soviet space programmes _ just after the Second World War.
a began b begin c begun
8 He had _ five space missions before he retired.
a fly b flew c flown
9 She _ one hundred lengths of the pool every day as part of her fitness training
for the space flight.
a swum b swim c swam
10 The force of the landing _ the crew of the spaceship from side to side.
a throw b thrown c threw

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4 Write the correct form of the word in bold in each gap.

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1 It is believed that oceans of water lie below the ____ surface of Europa, one of
the moons of Jupiter. freeze
2 A_ tile on the bottom of one space shuttle nearly led to disaster on its re-entry. break I
3 The Space Museum's offered a reward for information leading to the return of the _
pieces of Moon rock. steal
4 The captain left _ instructions for what to do while he was asleep. write
5 Some astronomers thought that there were _ messages in the radio signals they were
receiving from outer space. hide
6 Why do we believe that aliens would even have a _ language? They could communicate
by telepathy. speak

5 Write one word in each gap. Use the notes to help you.
Ve.rus
jou.rne.y - long
VENUS- oJrmsphe.re. - hot
UNINHABITABLE? rmu.r1to..'1t'\S - h·19h
vo..lle.ys - de.e.p
l lenus was once thought of as
Earth's twin, but it is unlikely humans
could ever live there.

First of all , a journey of that

(1) would take around six
months. When the astronauts arrived, they
would have to deal with an atmosphere
of sulphuric acid, the (2) _ _ _ __
of which alone would melt steel. The
terrain consists of mountains of great
(3) and valleys of enormous
(4) . Apart from that, the
radiation is of such (5) _ _ _ __
that nobody would be able to expose
themselves to it without suffering the
consequences.

6 Use the examples to form words.

1 humour ~ humorous odour ~

2 receive ~ reception deceive ~

3 believe ~ belief relieve ~

4 offend ~ offence defend ~

5 advise ~ advice practise ~

6 describe ~ description inscribe ~

7 anger ~ angry hunger ~

8 succeed ~ success exceed ~

 Unit 11

I 7 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using
the word given and a form of the underlined word.
1 The astronaut's father is very proud of his son's progress.
I TAKES
The astronaut's father _____________ his son's progress.
2 We must solve the problem with the space rocket quickly.
FIND
We must _____________ the problem with the space rocket quickly.
3 You're going to have to choose between these two telescopes.
MAKE
You're going to have to between these two telescopes.
4 Police haven't identified the hacker of the NASA database.
DISCOVER
Police have yet _____________ of the hacker of the NASA database.
5 The cost of a journey into space includes training.
IS
The cost of a journey into space _____________ training.
6 Astronomers can prove the existence of Earth-like planets in other solar systems.
OF
Astronomers _____________ the existence of Earth-like planets in other
solar systems.
7 They strongly believe in the existence of alien life forms.
HAVE
They _____________ that alien life forms exist.
8 How long does it take to fiy to the Moon?
A
How long does _____________ take?

8 Match the connected words. You will not use all of the letters.
1 safe a thank
2 sight b shaken
3 song c sign
4 thought d save
5 born e think
6 bought f bring
7 lost g loose
8 sunk h catch

9 caught i see
10 shook j buy
k sink
I sing
m lose
n bear

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