English 11,Unit 15: P1 Reading

Match ONE name with a suitable
picture.
PHAM TUAN

GAGARIN
BUZZ ALDRIN

NEIL
ARMSTRONG


NEIL
ARMSTRONG

PHAM TUAN

GAGARIN

BUZZ ALDRIN


Unit 15 Space conquest
Period 1: Reading


Before you read
Work with a partner. Ask and answer
the following questions.
1. Who is the first human to fly into
the space?

2. Can you name the first humans to
set foot on the moon?
3. Who is the first Vietnamese to fly
into space?


1. The first human to fly into space
is Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin.


Neil Armstrong

Buzz Aldrin

2. The first humans to set foot on
the moon are Neil Armstrong and
Buzz Aldrin.


Pham Tuan
Pham Tuan and Gorbotko

3. The first Vietnamese to fly into
space is Pham Tuan.


While you read
New words:
-

Lift - off
orbit (n)
cosmonaut (n)
certainty (n)

uncertainty (n)

precisely (adv)
deal with
psychological (adj)

psychological tension

telegram (n)
astronaut (n)
venture (n)
honour (n)


Task 1. Match the headings
to the paragraphs
1. Paragraph 1
2. Paragraph 2
3. Paragraph 3
4. Paragraph 4
5. Paragraph 5
2-D
1-B

A. The tragic accident

B. The lift-off
C. Congratulations
D. A view on earth
E. Uncertainties
3-E
4-C
5-A


Task 2. Read the passage again and answer the questions.
1. How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?
A. When he was 25
B. When he was 26
C.
C. When he was 27
2. How long was he in space?
A. 108 minutes
B. 105 minutes
C. 100 minutes
3. What question were raised before Gagarin’s space flight?
A. What would happen to a human being in space?
B. How would the body react to the extreme changes in temperature?
C. A, B and “ How would the mind deal with the psychological tension?”
4. What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth?
A.
A. It was more than 17,000 miles per hour
B. It was 17,000 miles per hour
C. It was about 17,000 miles per hour
5. What couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight?
A. Because of a car crash

B.
B. Because of a tragic accident
C. Because there were a lot of astronauts
6. What was done after Gagarin’s death to honor this national hero?
A. After his death, his hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin.
B. After his death, the Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City,
Russia, was given the name Gagarin to honour this national hero.
B. Both A and B
c.


AFTER YOU READ

Complete the summary of the reading passage by putting
the words/phrases in the box into the blanks.
Impossible
Gravity
in space

named after
success
cosmonaut

lasted
view

On 12th April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin, a Russian
cosmonaut became the first human being (2)_______.
(1)______
in space

lasted
Although his flight (3) _____ only 108 minutes, its (4)
______ made him a national hero. He also became the
success
first person to eat and drink in zero (5)______, and he
view
wasgravity (6)____The Earth in a way that no one had
able to
done before. Unfortunately, a plane crash in March 1968
made Gagarin’s desire of revisiting space (7) _________.
impossible
After his death, his hometown and the Cosmonaut
Training Centre at Star City, Russia were (8)
named after
___________him.