SpaceКосмосPeople have always dreamt of travelling in space and reaching other planets. At the beginning of the 20th century a famous Russian scientist Tsiolkovsky said that mankind will not live on planet Earth forever. His predictions came true half a century later, when the first artificial satellite was launched. It was on October 4, 1957. The satellite was called Sputnik-1. However, the most important event in space exploration took place in on April 12, 1961, when spaceship “Vostok” with a man on board was launched into space. This first man who overcame gravitation was Yuri Gagarin. After successful orbiting, he returned to the Earth. This flight encouraged many other Russian cosmonauts to explore the outer space. Among them, Titov, Nikolaev, Tereshkova, Leonov, Savitskaya and others. Today the 12th of April is celebrated by Russian people every year as the Cosmonautics Day in commemoration of the first space flight. Another important event is space exploration took place on July 20, 1969. It was the day when the American astronaut Neil Armstrong landed on the Moon. In 1986 Russian space station “Mir” was launched. Today, Russia wants the space exploration to be based on broad international cooperation. Many international crews went up as well. Space exploration is quickly progressing and it seems that soon we’ll be visiting other planets and even living on them. The 21st century may be the turning point. Next step is the first moonbase with scientists living in it. Other than that, people are planning to land on the nearest planet Mars soon to explore its surface.
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D. How long
2….brothers do you have?-Two.
B. How many
3….do you play tennis?-About once a week.
C. How often
4….you see that I’m not well today?
C. Can’t
5….it …..raining yet?
A. Has… stopped
6. Jane didn’t like the film,….?
A. did she
7. Bob has never seen her before,…?
D. has he
8. Ann had to go to school,….?
D. didn’t she
9.Не will call when he….in the office.
C. is
10. Jane will leave before we….
A. come
11. When Ann …., get in touch with her.
D. comes back
12. Charlie didn’t know what Ann….doing.
C. was
13. His parents were worried because they
….from him for a long time.
D. hadn’t heard
14. I asked him to tell me where….
D. my book was
15. My friend wanted….him as soon as I came
home.
C. me to call.
16. His money …in his pocket.
A. is
17. The news of the election results….surprising.
A. is
18…books belong to me….book belongs to Kate
C. These,That
19. It’s not your mistake, it’s…..
D. theirs
20. Don’t listen to Jane. You need to think for….., Jane. It’s …..life.
C. yourself, your
21. There is…milk in the fridge.
B. some
22. She never talks to….
A. anyone
23. I’m looking for my hat. I can’t find it …..
A. Anywhere
24. The film is….than that one
D. much more interesting
25. John works twice as ….as you.
A. hard
26. I talked to Bob for a long time….., he listened carefully to every word.
A. and
27. You will not do it….you try harder.
A. unless
28….. bad weather they had a wonderful holiday
B. Despite
29. The sky was cloudy. …., we went to the beach.
B. Nevertheless
30. Neither Ann….Pete could answer my question.
A. nor
31. Did you enjoy….tennis yesterday?
D. playing
32. I’m not ….. in politics.
D. interested
33. We went to …. south of ….. Russia last year.
C. the, -
34. Kerry ….work harder if she wants to pass the exam
C. should
35. You …go to bed so late-I’m not surprised you’re tired.
B. shouldn’t
36 Do you have to….play the guitar to be in the group?
D. be able to
37. It was raining yesterday, so we …. cancel the picnic.
A. had to
38. It was nice to hear …. you.
B. from
VOCABULARY
39. Don’t …your time doing the lottery. You’ll never win.
A. waste
40. After a long discussion, the professor….his presentation.
C. summed up
41. When Roger inherited some money he decided to…….his own business.
B. set up
42. The bank ….took place at 1 o’clock in the afternoon.
A. robbery
43. The student was ….for possession of drugs.
B. arrested
44. That fish …..horrible. I’d better open the window.
B. smells