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Mark each statement as either true (T) or false (F) according to theBog'liq Reading1A
Mark each statement as either true (T) or false (F) according to the
reading.
1. ____ The space race involved many countries from all over the world.
2. ____ An American was the first man in space.
3. ____ The final goal of the space race was to land on the moon.
4. ____ The space race is still continuing today.
B
Choose the best answer.
1. What country was considered to be the leader in the beginning of the space race?
a. The Soviet Union because of their advanced N-1 rockets
b. The US because they landed on the moon
c. The Soviet Union because it sent up the first satellite and the first man in
space
d. The US because they orbited the Earth in 1962
2. What was probably the main reason why the Soviet Union lost the space race?
a. Their N-1 rockets were not as good as the American rockets.
b. Their space program was a secret, so it couldn’t improve quickly.
c. Their robotic moon probe crashed, wasting a lot of money.
d. They lost hope when some important and skilled people in the space
program died.
3. According to the reading, what is probably true?
a. The Soviet Union never replaced Sergei Korolev.
b. It took the Soviet Union many years before sending someone to the moon.
c. The US never had any space accidents.
d. The US succeeded in its first space mission.
C
For the next two questions, look for the answers in the passage and
write them on the lines provided.
1. Why did the space race occur?
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2. Why did the Soviets begin to abandon the idea of going to the moon in 1968?
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