Read the text and, for questions 1-4, choose the correct answer A,B and C. Mission to Mars
1. Humans love to explore. We crossed oceans to discover new lands. We explored the highest, coldest and most remote places on Earth. In 1961, Yuri Gagarin boarded Vostok 1 at Baikonur Cosmodrome and became the first person in space. Eight years later, Neil Armstrong was the first human to walk on the Moon. Now, we’re turning our attention to Mars as the next step on our journey of exploration.
2. Why Mars? Well, firstly, it’s not too far. Apart from Venus, it’s our closest neighbour, so the journey will take months and years. Temperatures on Venus are over 4000C so humans can’t go there, but on Mars the average temperature is about -630C. Other planets like Jupiter and Saturn are big balls of gas with extremely strong winds, but Mars has a solid rocky surface.
3. We are learning more about Mars with the help of rovers. There are robots with wheels, and two American rovers, Opportunity and Curiosity, are already there. They are exploring and sending information to Earth for scientists to study, it’ll soon be like rush hour on Mars as a European and Russian rover and a third American rover are going to join Opportunity and Curiosity soon.
4. Of course, the dream for many people is to send humans to Mars. NASA, the American space agency, is aiming to do this in the 2030s. It won’t be easy for the astronauts as they will have to send almost three years away from Earth, but it will be worth it. Neil Armstrong made “one giant leap for mankind.” The first astronaut on Mars will make an even greater one.
1. What is the writer doing in the text?
A. Describing space exploration
B. Telling us why we go into space
C. Encouraging us to become astronauts
2. What does the writer say in paragraph 2?
A. Mars is too far away on
B. It is easier to explore Mars than other planets.
C. Mars is similar to Jupiter
3. What does the writer suggest in paragraph 3?
A. Only robots can survive on Mars.
B. Lots of countries are interested in Mars.
C. Scientists are already on Mars.
4. Why does the writer say «It won’t be easy» in paragraph 4?
A. Astronauts do not want to go to Mars.
B. Only one astronaut can go to Mars.
C. The mission will take a long time.
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time, there was a great storm. The ship broke to pieces and only six people got into a small boat. The men were
tired and couldn’t find water. Soon the boat turned over and the men were in the water. Five of them were drowned.
But Gulliver swam well, and when he saw the shore, he swam to it. He got out of the water and slept on the shore
for many hours. When Gulliver woke up, he found that he was in a country where very, very small people lived. The name of the country was Lilliput. The little people were afraid of the Man — Mountain, as they named Gulliver. When they saw that Gulliver was a kind man, they let him go free. Gulliver lived in the
country for two years and then came back to England.