English word family reading and filling gap test 01

English Word Family - Reading and Filling Gap Test 01

Questions
1.

JOURNEY INTO SPACE
Pioneer 10 left Earth in 1972 and began to cross the unexplored asteroid belt four
months later. Some people said it would be (1) __________ (POSSIBLE) to find a
way through the dust and (2) __________ (COUNT) millions of rocks that lie beyond
the inner planets; but despite its very (3) __________ (BASE) technology, Pioneer
made a (4) __________ (SUCCESS) crossing and went on to carry out its first
mission: to study Jupiter.
It continued past the (5) __________ (OUT) planets until 1983, crossing the paths of
Saturn, Uranus and Pluto before finally entering the vast (6) __________ (KNOW)
area outside our solar system. There it will maintain course on its (7) __________
(END) journey, passing close to Proxima Centauri in 70,000 years' time. Eventually,
(8) __________ (SCIENCE) believe, in the safe vacuum of deep space, it may even
(9) __________ (LIVE) the Earth, which in five billion years will (10) __________
(APPEAR) as the Sun grows ever bigger and swallows up our tiny planet.

Question (1) __________

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2.

JOURNEY INTO SPACE
Pioneer 10 left Earth in 1972 and began to cross the unexplored asteroid belt four
months later. Some people said it would be (1) __________ (POSSIBLE) to find a
way through the dust and (2) __________ (COUNT) millions of rocks that lie beyond
the inner planets; but despite its very (3) __________ (BASE) technology, Pioneer
made a (4) __________ (SUCCESS) crossing and went on to carry out its first

mission: to study Jupiter.
It continued past the (5) __________ (OUT) planets until 1983, crossing the paths of
Saturn, Uranus and Pluto before finally entering the vast (6) __________ (KNOW)
area outside our solar system. There it will maintain course on its (7) __________
(END) journey, passing close to Proxima Centauri in 70,000 years' time. Eventually,
(8) __________ (SCIENCE) believe, in the safe vacuum of deep space, it may even
(9) __________ (LIVE) the Earth, which in five billion years will (10) __________
(APPEAR) as the Sun grows ever bigger and swallows up our tiny planet.

Question (2) __________

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3.

JOURNEY INTO SPACE
Pioneer 10 left Earth in 1972 and began to cross the unexplored asteroid belt four
months later. Some people said it would be (1) __________ (POSSIBLE) to find a
way through the dust and (2) __________ (COUNT) millions of rocks that lie beyond
the inner planets; but despite its very (3) __________ (BASE) technology, Pioneer
made a (4) __________ (SUCCESS) crossing and went on to carry out its first
mission: to study Jupiter.
It continued past the (5) __________ (OUT) planets until 1983, crossing the paths of
Saturn, Uranus and Pluto before finally entering the vast (6) __________ (KNOW)
area outside our solar system. There it will maintain course on its (7) __________
(END) journey, passing close to Proxima Centauri in 70,000 years' time. Eventually,

(8) __________ (SCIENCE) believe, in the safe vacuum of deep space, it may even
(9) __________ (LIVE) the Earth, which in five billion years will (10) __________
(APPEAR) as the Sun grows ever bigger and swallows up our tiny planet.

Question (3) __________

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4.

JOURNEY INTO SPACE
Pioneer 10 left Earth in 1972 and began to cross the unexplored asteroid belt four
months later. Some people said it would be (1) __________ (POSSIBLE) to find a
way through the dust and (2) __________ (COUNT) millions of rocks that lie beyond
the inner planets; but despite its very (3) __________ (BASE) technology, Pioneer
made a (4) __________ (SUCCESS) crossing and went on to carry out its first
mission: to study Jupiter.
It continued past the (5) __________ (OUT) planets until 1983, crossing the paths of
Saturn, Uranus and Pluto before finally entering the vast (6) __________ (KNOW)
area outside our solar system. There it will maintain course on its (7) __________
(END) journey, passing close to Proxima Centauri in 70,000 years' time. Eventually,
(8) __________ (SCIENCE) believe, in the safe vacuum of deep space, it may even
(9) __________ (LIVE) the Earth, which in five billion years will (10) __________
(APPEAR) as the Sun grows ever bigger and swallows up our tiny planet.

Question (4) __________

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5.

JOURNEY INTO SPACE
Pioneer 10 left Earth in 1972 and began to cross the unexplored asteroid belt four
months later. Some people said it would be (1) __________ (POSSIBLE) to find a
way through the dust and (2) __________ (COUNT) millions of rocks that lie beyond
the inner planets; but despite its very (3) __________ (BASE) technology, Pioneer
made a (4) __________ (SUCCESS) crossing and went on to carry out its first
mission: to study Jupiter.
It continued past the (5) __________ (OUT) planets until 1983, crossing the paths of
Saturn, Uranus and Pluto before finally entering the vast (6) __________ (KNOW)
area outside our solar system. There it will maintain course on its (7) __________
(END) journey, passing close to Proxima Centauri in 70,000 years' time. Eventually,
(8) __________ (SCIENCE) believe, in the safe vacuum of deep space, it may even
(9) __________ (LIVE) the Earth, which in five billion years will (10) __________
(APPEAR) as the Sun grows ever bigger and swallows up our tiny planet.

Question (5) __________

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6.

JOURNEY INTO SPACE
Pioneer 10 left Earth in 1972 and began to cross the unexplored asteroid belt four
months later. Some people said it would be (1) __________ (POSSIBLE) to find a
way through the dust and (2) __________ (COUNT) millions of rocks that lie beyond
the inner planets; but despite its very (3) __________ (BASE) technology, Pioneer
made a (4) __________ (SUCCESS) crossing and went on to carry out its first

mission: to study Jupiter.
It continued past the (5) __________ (OUT) planets until 1983, crossing the paths of
Saturn, Uranus and Pluto before finally entering the vast (6) __________ (KNOW)
area outside our solar system. There it will maintain course on its (7) __________
(END) journey, passing close to Proxima Centauri in 70,000 years' time. Eventually,
(8) __________ (SCIENCE) believe, in the safe vacuum of deep space, it may even
(9) __________ (LIVE) the Earth, which in five billion years will (10) __________
(APPEAR) as the Sun grows ever bigger and swallows up our tiny planet.

Question (6) __________

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7.

JOURNEY INTO SPACE
Pioneer 10 left Earth in 1972 and began to cross the unexplored asteroid belt four
months later. Some people said it would be (1) __________ (POSSIBLE) to find a
way through the dust and (2) __________ (COUNT) millions of rocks that lie beyond
the inner planets; but despite its very (3) __________ (BASE) technology, Pioneer
made a (4) __________ (SUCCESS) crossing and went on to carry out its first
mission: to study Jupiter.
It continued past the (5) __________ (OUT) planets until 1983, crossing the paths of
Saturn, Uranus and Pluto before finally entering the vast (6) __________ (KNOW)
area outside our solar system. There it will maintain course on its (7) __________
(END) journey, passing close to Proxima Centauri in 70,000 years' time. Eventually,

(8) __________ (SCIENCE) believe, in the safe vacuum of deep space, it may even
(9) __________ (LIVE) the Earth, which in five billion years will (10) __________
(APPEAR) as the Sun grows ever bigger and swallows up our tiny planet.

Question (7) __________

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8.

JOURNEY INTO SPACE
Pioneer 10 left Earth in 1972 and began to cross the unexplored asteroid belt four
months later. Some people said it would be (1) __________ (POSSIBLE) to find a
way through the dust and (2) __________ (COUNT) millions of rocks that lie beyond
the inner planets; but despite its very (3) __________ (BASE) technology, Pioneer
made a (4) __________ (SUCCESS) crossing and went on to carry out its first
mission: to study Jupiter.
It continued past the (5) __________ (OUT) planets until 1983, crossing the paths of
Saturn, Uranus and Pluto before finally entering the vast (6) __________ (KNOW)
area outside our solar system. There it will maintain course on its (7) __________
(END) journey, passing close to Proxima Centauri in 70,000 years' time. Eventually,
(8) __________ (SCIENCE) believe, in the safe vacuum of deep space, it may even
(9) __________ (LIVE) the Earth, which in five billion years will (10) __________
(APPEAR) as the Sun grows ever bigger and swallows up our tiny planet.

Question (8) __________

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9.

JOURNEY INTO SPACE
Pioneer 10 left Earth in 1972 and began to cross the unexplored asteroid belt four
months later. Some people said it would be (1) __________ (POSSIBLE) to find a
way through the dust and (2) __________ (COUNT) millions of rocks that lie beyond
the inner planets; but despite its very (3) __________ (BASE) technology, Pioneer
made a (4) __________ (SUCCESS) crossing and went on to carry out its first
mission: to study Jupiter.
It continued past the (5) __________ (OUT) planets until 1983, crossing the paths of
Saturn, Uranus and Pluto before finally entering the vast (6) __________ (KNOW)
area outside our solar system. There it will maintain course on its (7) __________
(END) journey, passing close to Proxima Centauri in 70,000 years' time. Eventually,
(8) __________ (SCIENCE) believe, in the safe vacuum of deep space, it may even
(9) __________ (LIVE) the Earth, which in five billion years will (10) __________
(APPEAR) as the Sun grows ever bigger and swallows up our tiny planet.

Question (9) __________

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10. JOURNEY INTO SPACE
Pioneer 10 left Earth in 1972 and began to cross the unexplored asteroid belt four
months later. Some people said it would be (1) __________ (POSSIBLE) to find a
way through the dust and (2) __________ (COUNT) millions of rocks that lie beyond
the inner planets; but despite its very (3) __________ (BASE) technology, Pioneer
made a (4) __________ (SUCCESS) crossing and went on to carry out its first
mission: to study Jupiter.
It continued past the (5) __________ (OUT) planets until 1983, crossing the paths of

Saturn, Uranus and Pluto before finally entering the vast (6) __________ (KNOW)
area outside our solar system. There it will maintain course on its (7) __________
(END) journey, passing close to Proxima Centauri in 70,000 years' time. Eventually,
(8) __________ (SCIENCE) believe, in the safe vacuum of deep space, it may even
(9) __________ (LIVE) the Earth, which in five billion years will (10) __________
(APPEAR) as the Sun grows ever bigger and swallows up our tiny planet.

Question (10) __________

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