Question

1. Read the text and complete it with the right word

in 1957, the soviet union sent Sputnik 1 into space and thus also ________ the race between the Soviet Union and the United States To be the ________ power in space exploration. The Soviets ________ to be winning the race to begin with: they launched more satelites. ________ the late 1950 and in 1961 put the first man into space, Yiri Gagtarin. In response, the United States increased __________ funding for space exploration, and in 1969 ______ landed the US spaceship Apollo 11 on the moon, with astronaut Neil Armstrong :_______ the first man to walk the moon. By the 1970s the United States unquestionably _______ the space race, but the costs of funding space travel were so huge that the Unite States and the Soviert Union realized there would be advantages to collaborating. As a result, in 1975 astronauts from both countries travelled into space together. _______ one astronaut said that the mission showed that the Soviet Union and the United States could work successfully together

in 2009, a Russian space chief announced that Russia was planning a nuclear spaceship to be sent to Mars. In 2010, US presiden Barack Obama told an audience that by the mid-2030s the United States would send humans to mars. The race for Mars has _______ begun!

1. a. begin b. originated c.started d. ran
2. a. leading b. frustrating c. knowing d. losing
3. a. appeared b. looked. c. disappeared d.seemed
4. a. on b. by c. around d. in
5. a. his b.its c.your d.yours
6. a. constantly b.actually c. normally d. successfully
7. a. transforming b. carrying c. becoming d. turning
8. a. earned b. got c. tried d. won.
9. a. before b.instead c. afterwards d. so
10. a. just b. still c. yet d. even

Answer 1

Respuesta:

started, leading, seemed, in, its, successfully, becoming, won, afterwards, just