UNIT 15: SPACE CONQUEST
Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.
1. A come B. love C. some D. dome
2. A. dread [fear] B. bead C. bread D. thread
Choose one word whose stress pattern is different.
3. A. computer B. museum C. important D. visitor
4. A. calculator B. intelligent C. impossible D. American
5. A. compare B. compose C. company D. consist
Choose the one best answer to complete each sentence.
6. Neil Armstrong was the first man to ________ foot on the moon.
A. try B. let C. put D. set
7. Scientists try to ________ a breakthrough in manufacturing new materials for space exploration.
A. make B. achieve C. get D. A and B
8. Yuri Gagarin was the first human being ________ around the Earth.
A. to whirl B. to spin C. to orbit D. to run
9. Her name is Jane, ________?
A. is she B. is it C. isn’t she D. isn’t it
10. No one knows this answer, ________?
A. does he B. doesn’t he C. do they D. don’t they
11. He never tells a lie, ________?
A. does he B. doesn’t he C. he does D. he doesn’t
12. I have heard nothing from him since ________.
A. he had left B. he leaves C. he has left D. he left
13. Don’t talk in class, ________?
A. will you B. do you C. won’t you D. don’t you
14. Everything is alright, ________?
A. is it B. isn’t it C. are they D. aren’t they
15. Let’s go, ________?
A. do we B. don’t we C. shall we D. shall not we
16. No one knew precisely what would happen to a human being in space.
A. exactly B. clearly C. carefully D. vividly

31. It is nice to work in an air-conditioning room.
 To work______________________________________________________________________________
32. It was ashamed to copu friends’paper.
 To copy _____________________________________________________________________________
33. It will be nice to live in a palace.
 To live ______________________________________________________________________________
34. It was hard to live without electricity.
 To live _____________________________________________________________________________ .
35. It is kind to help the poor.
 To help ______________________________________________________________________________
Give question tag.
36. Bill came on a bicycle, ________________?
37. The Smiths have two cars, ________________?
38. It could be done, ________________?
39. She’s got lovely blue eyes, ________________?
40. That’s him over there, ________________?
Fill in each blank of the sentences with a suitable preposition.
41. Your profession is similar ______ mine
42. My house is next ______ the post office
43. I was absent ______ class yesterday
44. He is different ______ his wife
45. We were present ______the lecture yesterday
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
Some day people will certainly try to build settlements on the moon. The best places for houses in a moon
town will be a cave or a tunnel. Underground houses will not be squashed by meteorites that constantly fall on
the moon from outer space. This will be important on the moon, since daytime is so hot that food could be
cooked in the rocks, and the nights get bitterly cold.
Pioneer moon homes may be made of airtight plastic that can be blown up like a balloon inside the cave.
The reason for this is that the moon has no air around it. The pioneers will have to take along from the earth the
oxygen masks when they are away from home. But the balloon house itself will be filled with air. Perhaps the