Question

[Th. Vy]

Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentence.

1.   Experiencing microgravity on a                 flight is a part of astronaut training programmes.

      A. orbit                        B. ship                         C. mission                   D. parabolic

2.   As soon as the spacecraft               into space, the crew started to observe the sun.

      A. has travelled           B. had travelled          C. travelled                 D. was travelling

3.   Europe’s biggest ISS project is the Columbus science laboratory                         astronauts can carry out scientific experiments in weightless conditions.

      A. there                       B. which                      C. where                      D. when

4.   A                is an enormous system of stars in outer space.

      A. comet                     B. galaxy                     C. universe                  D. solar system

5.   In July of 1975, the first US-Soviet joint             occurred with the Apollo-Soyuz project.

      A. company                 B. relation                   C. mission                   D. performance

6.   The Astronauts Memorial Foundation honours all American astronauts               have lost their lives on missions or in training.

      A. whom                     B. X                            C. which                      D. who

7.   He’s so brilliant and he can do anything -                        .

      A. out of this world                                        B. the sky’s the limit

      C. it’s over the moon                                      D. once in a blue

8.   I                  down to earth on my first Monday back to school after my holiday in Nha Trang.

      A. come over               B. come back              C. come in                   D. come on

9.   Yuri Gagarin made the first space flight               success attracted worldwide attention.

      A. which                     B. when                       C. whose                     D. where

10. Aircraft flying in                arcs create microgravity for tests and simulations that last 20-25 seconds.

      A. straight                   B. oval                         C. circular                    D. parabolic

11. The launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour                      broadcast live this morning.

      A. hats been                B. was being               C. was                         D. had been

12. Dan: Do you like to drink tea? Ben: I love coffee, but I only drink tea                           in a blue moon.

      A. one                         B. once                        C. first                         D. only

13. To walk on the moon, the astronauts had to carry a suitcase                    contained oxygen.

      A. which                     B. it                             C. having                     D. where

14. Yuri Gagarin became the first person to eat and drink in                         .

      A. weightless              B. gravity                    C. specific gravity       D. microgravity

15. I passed all my exam – I'm           !

      A. out of this world                                        B. the sky’s the limit

      C. over the  moon                                           D. once in a blue moon

16. The mission                        they are talking about plans to send humans to Mars by2030.

      A. where                     B. X                            C. who                        D. when

17. “That’s the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. It’s really                       this world.”

      A. into                         B. out of                      C. over                        D. on

18.   In 2010, Naoko Yamazaki, the second female Japanese astronaut,                     on Discovery space shuttle to the ISS alter she                 her training at the Johnson Space Center.

      A. had flown – completed                              B. flew – had completed

      C. flew – was completing                               D. was flying – was completing

19. Do you want to meet my colleague                       son is training to be an astronaut?

      A. that                         B. whom                     C. whose                     D. X

20. For people                          work hard at this company, the sky’s the limit.

      A. which                     B. who                        C. whom                     D. X

21. Vinasat-1 is Viet Nam’s first telecommunication             , which was launched in 2008.

      A. spacesuit                 B. astronomy               C. microgravity           D. satellite

22. The first                  was done by Alexei Leonov, a Russia cosmonaut on March 18^th, 1965. It was 10 minutes long.

      A. spaceward              B. spacesuit                 C. spacewalk               D. spaceship

23. Pham Tuan said everything                        quite strange although he                    when he was on the ground.

      A. was – had prepared                                    B. had been – prepared

      C. was – prepared                                           D. was – has prepared

24. At night the ISS can easily be seen from the Earth, as it flies at the                                 of 320 kilometres above us.

      A. attitude                   B. height                     C. level                        D. altitude

25. She’s very intelligent and knowledgeable. She can                       everything under the sun.

      A. talk to                     B. talk about               C. talk with                 D. talk of

26. The Milky Way is just a                 in the universe and it contains our Solar System.

      A. galaxy                     B. planet                      C. comet                      D. meteorite

27. Virgin Galactic is the world’s first commercial                .

      A. spaceship                B. exploration             C. space                       D. spaceline

28. If you                     the stars, all of your dreams will come true!

      A. reach at                   B. reach for                 C. reach in                   D. reach for

29. Christer Fuglesang said he enjoyed floating around in the ________ environment.

      A. weightless              B. quiet                       C. homesick                D. heavy

30. Mukai Chiaki, the first female Japanese astronaut,                       15 days aboard the space shuttle Columbia in space before it                          to the Earth on July 23, 1994.

      A. was spending – was returning                    B. spent – was returning

      C. spent – had returned                                  D. had spent – returned