UNIT 15: SPACE CONQUEST

PRONUNCIATION
I. Circle the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from those of the other three.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
A. persuade
A. window
A. off
A. close
A. durian
B. linguistic
B. flow
B. of
B. both
B. during
C. consume
C. know
C. safe
C. dozen
C. dull
D. language
D. now
D. knife
D. so
D. cucumber

II. Circle the word whose stress is on the first syllable.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
A. agency
A. brochure
A. approach
A. biscuit
A. citizen
B. astronaut
B. browser
B. access
B. channel
B. collision
C. adventure
C. chimney
C. ballet
C. census
C. delicious
D. canister
D. clinic
D. attain
D. buffet
D. deposit

VOCABULARY
11. The first rocket engine was ____________ in China.
A. invented B. planted
C. built D. grown
12. Yuri Gagarin was the first ___________ in space.
A. woman B. men
C. man D. women
13. In a ____________ in Japan, people of all ages wanted to travel into space.
A. discovery B. election
C. interview D. survey
14. There would be a hotel on the Moon in the _____________ future.
A. far B. near
C. last D. fast
15. Space tourists will orbit the Earth by the next generation of space ____________.
A. shuttles B. cars
C. trains D. buses
16. Two Japanese businessmen were able to pay a large amount of money to join a Russian space _____________ in 2001.
A. journey B. visit
C. trip D. excursion
17. The first market research on the ____________ for space tourism was conducted in Japan in 1993.
A. suggesting B. wish
C. need D. demand
18. At present, it costs about $8 million to buy a __________ into space.
A. fee B. ticket
C. card D. book
19. A space exploration is a space travel to ____________ the nature of the universe beyond the Earth.
A. see B. find
C. watch D. discover
20. Two dozen people have flown around the Moon or walked on its ____________.
A. surface B. soil
C. water D. river
GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
Choose the best word or phrase to complete each sentence.
21. ___________ I help you?
A. Should B. Mustn’t
C. Be able to D. Can
22. The thieves escaped but the police ___________ arrest them later that evening.
A. could B. can
C. were able to D. should
23. Sharon and I ________ get special seats but we __________ hear a thing.
A. were able to/ couldn’t B. were able to / can’t
B. was able to / wouldn’t D. were able to/ shouldn’t
24. They said we ________ do whatever we wanted.
A. can B. will
C. could D. may
25. When I was a kid, I ___________ swim at all. I only learnt when I was twenty.
A. could B. was able to
C. couldn’t D. must
26. Why didn’t you ask me for money? I ____________ you some.
A. should have lent B. could have lent
B. will have lent D. must have lent
27. “Can I try a shirt on as well?”
“You ________________, sir, yes”
A. could B. should