Unit 15: P1 Reading

GAGARIN PHAM TUAN BUZZ ALDRIN NEIL ARMSTRONG... NEIL ARMSTRONG PHAM TUAN... Unit 15 Space conquestPeriod 1: Reading... The first human to fly into space is Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin.?.

Match ONE name with a suitable picture.

GAGARIN

PHAM TUAN

BUZZ ALDRIN

NEIL

ARMSTRONG

NEIL ARMSTRONG

PHAM TUAN

Unit 15 Space conquest

Period 1: Reading

Before you read

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.

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

Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin

Pham Tuan

Pham Tuan and Gorbotko

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

New words:

uncertainty (n)

psychological tension

While you read

1 Paragraph 1 A The tragic accident

4-C

Task 1 Match the headings

to the paragraphs

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 When he was 27

2 How long was he in space?

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 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 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,

C.

B.

A.

C.

A.

AFTER YOU READ

Complete the summary of the reading passage by putting

the words/phrases in the box into the blanks.

became the first human being (2) _ Although his flight (3) _ only 108 minutes, its (4)

made him a national hero He also became the first

person to eat and drink in zero (5) , and he was

able to (6) The Earth in a way that no one had done before Unfortunately, a plane crash in March 1968 made Gagarin’s desire of revisiting space (7) _ After his death, his hometown and the Cosmonaut Training

cosmonaut

success

impossible