WIDER WORLD GROUP A
READING
A day in the life of a trainee astronaut
Read the artide and decide if the sentences
below are True or False. Put a cross (Xin the
contact place in the table.
It can take up to two years to train to be an
astronaut. After training, some ztronauts was for
ten years before they make their first nig into
space. So what's life like 23 a trainee astrona!
TRUE FALSE
1 Astronauts have ten years of
training before they go into space
2 Astronauts practise in real space
"We all learn how to use and zice care of the
complex equipment we use, so we have many
classes. These happen in a classroom, in machines
that are a bit like real space head in the
swimming pool. The swimming pool is very
similar to being in space bease you wag much
3 Working in a swimming pool is a
bike writing in space
Alastonauts tave to leam
cycing
6 Trainee astronauts have to me
in many different places.
"We also have to have language classes. My first
language is Japanese, but I have to learn English
and Russian too, so I can tak to the ground crew. I
have to be very fit so l exercise for about tree
hours a day. Many of my colleagues go running
together, but I prefer cycling on my own
'There are trening centra in Germany, Bas
Izean and the USA znesenime at all of
1)Where do you go to school?
I usually go to school walking down the street.
(Обычно Я хожу в школу пешком по улице)
2)What do you do every day at 7?
I usually sleep in this time.
(Обычно я сплю в это время)
3) How many children do you have?
I don’t have children. Because, I am too young for this.
(У меня нет детей. Потому что, Я ещё слишком молод/молода)
4) Who does she meet on Saturdays?
Her mum usually meets her on Saturdays.
(Её мать обычно встречает её по субботам)
5) Why do they eat so much chocolate?
Because, they very like chocolate.
(Потому что, им очень нравится шоколад)
6) When do you go for run?
I am sorry. I don’t like running.
прощения. Мне не нравится бегать)
Jess Brewer was a pupil at her local school (1) from 1980 (2) to
1993. (3) Before her last year at school she learnt how to use computers, and this knowledge was very useful for
her later. (4)
After
leaving school, she went to university and studied mathematics. She was
responsible for producing a student magazine (5) since
she was there. She stayed at
university (6) for four years and then decided to travel (7) while
looking for a job.
She has been working as a computer programmer (8) before she came back from her travels,
but she wants to go away again. She knows that she has to stay with the computer company
(9)
until
she has enough money to go and do what she wants.
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