Paket : TPS 18 – Pengetahuan dan Pemahaman Umum

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PAKET 18
Bahasa Inggris

People had thought of building spacecraft several hundred years ago. They had thought of going to the moon
and many other planets. Papers on spacecraft can be found among the papers of famous scientists who lived
centuries ago. However, the craft coul not be built until after world war II.

It is not easy to build a spacecraft. A spacecraft needs a good rocket that is strong enough to send it to
the outer space. Such a motor was not developed until 1944.

A spacecraft also needs as many as ten million very sophisticated parts. These parts are needed so that
the craft can function well when it is flying far away from the earth. These parts must have very high precision
elements. Each of them must have the right shape and the right size. Such parts could not be made until after
1940.

Today, so many spacecrafts are being made all the time. They have to be big enough to carry astronauts
into the outer space.

What does a spacecraft look like? A spacecraft usually consists of three rockets that are joined together.
The three rockets are called stages. The first stage takes the spacecraft to a certain speed and then falls away.
The second stage takes it to a speed twice as treat as the first, and then it also falls away. The third stage takes
the spacecraft to its top speed of more than 38,600 kilometres per hour.

Where is the place for austronauts? It is at the top of the spacecraft. In the nose of the third stage is a
capsule. This capsule is actually the smallest part of the ship. All sorts of very sophisticated instruments are
found in this capsule. This little capsule is the most important part of the ship.

1. Concerning the outer space, many years ago C. More than ten million
people had thought of _______ D. As many as ten million
A. Living in the moon E. As many as ten billion
B. Buiding a spacecraft
C. Going to the moon and many other 4. The word 'they' in paragraph 4 refers to
planets _______
D. Building a spacecraft and going to the A. Spacecrafts
moon and many other planets B. Astronauts
E. Building a spacecraft to live there C. Elements
D. Rockets
2. The main idea of the third paragraph is about E. Stages
the _____ of spacecraft.
A. Use 5. The third stage takes the spacecraft ________
B. Parts kilometres per hour to its stop.
C. Position A. Thirty eight thousand
D. Function B. More than thirty eight thousand
E. Importance C. Thirty eight thousand and six hundred
D. More than thirty eight thousand and six
3. How many parts are needed by a spacecraft? hundred
A. Less than nine million E. More than thirty eight thousand and nine
B. Less than ten million hundred
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Kunci Jawaban :
1 D
2 B
3 D
4 A
5 D

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