Tran Thi Thu Phuong Extra lesson plan 11
Unit 15: SPACE CONQUEST
EX1: Fill in each blank with one appropriate word.
Neil Armstrong is an American ……1…… He is known as the first man to walk on the ……2……
Armstrong was born ……3……August 5
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, 1930 in Wapakoneta in Ohio. From 1949 to1952, he ……
4…… as a pilot in the United States Navy. In 1962, he joined the NASA astronaut……5……. On July
20
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1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human t step on the moon’s………6…. Armstrong received
his M.S from the University of Southern California in 1970. He resigned……7……NASA a year late and
from 1971 to 1979, he taught at the University of Cincinnati. In 1986, Armstrong was ……8……vice
chairman of the committee that investigated the space ……9……Challenge disaster. Armstrong is also
well-known for……10……he said as he stepped onto the surface of the moon: “That’s one small step for
man, one giant leap for mankind”.
Ex2: Put in could or was/were able to. Sometimes either is possible. Use a negative if necessary.
1. Suddenly all the lights went out. We …………see a thing.
2. The computer went wrong, but luckily Emma…………put it right again.
3. There was a big party last night. You…………hear the music half a mile away.
4. I learnt to read music as a child. I …………read it when I was five.
5. People heard warnings about the flood, and they …………move out in time.
6. The train was full. I …………find a seat anywhere.
7. Mrs. Carter …………put out the fire before the house burnt down.
8. I looked everywhere for the book, but I …………find it.
9. The plane …………take off at 11 o’clock, after the fog had lifted.
10. It was foggy, so the plane …………take off.
Ex3: Add question tags to the following statements.
1. He hardly ever makes a mistake, …………?
2. Nobody liked the play, …………?
3. She’d save money if she bought fresh food, …………?

8. After his death, his hometown was named ………him.
9. China became the third country in the world to be able to independently carry ………manned
space flights.
10. China launched its first manned spacecraft ………space ………October, 2003.
Ex5: Use the cue given to write a complete sentence.
1. nowadays/our lives/improved/much/progresses/science and technology
2. I/want/become/astronaut/I/able/travel/fast/sound
3. Sally Ride/one/five astronauts/space shuttle Challenger/completed/successful six-day voyage/space
4. Neil Armstrong/famous/American astronaut/known/first/walk/the moon
5. July 20
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1969/two Americans/land/moon/spaceship/name/Apollo
6. Yuri Gagarin/first man/travel/space
7. Yuri Gagarin/make/anther space flight/if/tragic accident/not occur
8. China/become/third country/world/able/independently/carry/manned space flights
Ex6: Fill in each blank space with one appropriate from the box.
Manned seriously affected space effects radiation groundless weightlessness harmless journey
flown appeared
Before man had ……1……in space it was thought that his physical and mental capabilities might be ……
2……by long periods of ……3……, and that he might be endangered by high levels of ……4……. Yuri
Gagarin’s first ……5……flight in April 1961 showed that man could live in space and, although this
……6……only lasted for 108 minutes, it gave encouragement to those interested in the future of ……
7……space flight. In fact, most of the early fears about man’s health in space have proved ………8…,
and although several old medical ……9……have been observed, none has ……10……affected man’s
ability for useful work.
Keys:
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Tran Thi Thu Phuong Extra lesson plan 11
Ex1:
1. astronaut 2. moon 3. on 4. worked 5. programmes

flights.
Ex6:
1. flown 2. affected 3. weightlessness 4. radiation 5. space
6. journey 7. manned 8. groundless 9. effects 10. seriously
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