S e c o n d e d I t I o n 1 Reading for the Real World 1

 
at all
 
that decade. 
On July 20, 1969, the American mission Apollo 11 
landed,
and Neil 
Armstrong walked on the moon. The space race was over.
Reading Time
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558 words
29
firmly --- solidly; strongly
29
establish --- to set
32
target date --- future date for completion
38
capsule --- part of the rocket where people work
41
abandon --- to give up; to leave forever
52
land --- to arrive on the ground

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R 
eading Comprehension
92
A
Mark each statement as either true (T) or false (F) according to the 
reading.
 1.
____ The space race involved many countries from all over the world.
 2.
____ An American was the first man in space.
 3.
____ The final goal of the space race was to land on the moon.
 4.
____ The space race is still continuing today.
B
 
Choose the best answer.
 1.
What country was considered to be the leader in the beginning of the space race?
a. The Soviet Union because of their advanced N-1 rockets
b. The US because they landed on the moon
c. The Soviet Union because it sent up the first satellite and the first man in 
space
d. The US because they orbited the Earth in 1962
 2.
What was probably the main reason why the Soviet Union lost the space race?
a. Their N-1 rockets were not as good as the American rockets.
b. Their space program was a secret, so it couldn’t improve quickly.
c. Their robotic moon probe crashed, wasting a lot of money.
d. They lost hope when some important and skilled people in the space 
program died.
 3.
According to the reading, what is probably true?
a. The Soviet Union never replaced Sergei Korolev.
b. It took the Soviet Union many years before sending someone to the moon.
c. The US never had any space accidents.
d. The US succeeded in its first space mission.