Bài tập Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Unit 10 Spacetravel

GRADE 9 - Unit 10: SPACETRAVEL

LANGUAGE FOCUS

Topic: Spacetravel

Phonetics: Continuing or finishingtones

Grammar:

- Review: Past simple and pastperfect

- Defining relativeclause

Vocabulary:

- Astronomy and spacetravel

Skills:

- Reading about two famous astronauts’ spacetravel

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- Talking about space travel history and discussing the skills needed to becomean astronaut.

- Listening about space toursimservices

- Writing a short paragraph using advertisinglanguage

PRACTICE

I. Choose the word in each line that has different stresspattern.

1. A. universe B. satellite C. experience D. meteorite 2. A. spacewalk B. trainee C. object D. private

3. A. impressive B. commercial C. profession D. altitude

4. A. parabolic B. astronomy C. experiment D. collaborate

5. A. descend B. explore C. surface D. approach II. Match the words in the left column with the definitions in the right column.

WORDS DEFINITIONS

1. telescope

2. spacecraft

3. satellite

4. meteorite

5. planet

6. cosmonaut

7. universe

8. rocket

9. galaxy

10.astronomer

A. A piece of rock or metal that has fallen to the earth’s surface from outerspace. B. A large cylinder-shaped object that moves very fast by forcing out burning gas, used for space travel or as a weapon. C. A person who travels into space fromRussia. D. A scientist who studies the universe and objects existing naturally inspace. E. A system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitationalattraction. F. A large round object in space that moves around a star (such as the sun) and receive light fromit. G. An optical instrument designed to make distant objects appearnearer. H. An artificial body placed in orbit round the earth or another planet in order to collect information or for communication. I. The whole of space and everything in it, includingthe

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earth, the planets and the stars. J. A manned or unmanned vehicle designed to orbit the earth or travel to celestial objects for the purpose of research, exploration, etc.

III. Complete the sentences with the words from the box. Use each word onceonly.

1. The……………ofApollo11wastolandtwomenonthelunarsurfaceand

return them safely to Earth. 2. Was Viet Nam’s first telecom satellite Vinasat-1 put into ……………on April 18th,2008? 3. Sally Ride became the first American woman ……………to fly in space in 1983 when she was 32 yearsold. 4. In ……………, astronauts can move things that weigh hundreds of pounds with just the tips of theirfingers. 5. Quang is interested in …………… . He can spend hours studying the sun, moon, stars andplanets. 6. The tail of a ……………can extend over 84 million miles, nearly the distance between the earth and thesun. 7. The ……………of Apollo 13 was delayed from March 12thto April 11th, 1970 to give the new prime crew more time totrain. 8. People ……………in space because there is no gravity to pull them towards anything. 9. This ……………was worn by astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first human to set foot on theMoon. 10.The mission not only taught NASA about Venus, but also how to ……………a spacecraft far fromEarth. IV. Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple tense or past perfecttense. 1. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin (collect)…………..some moon dust samples before they (return)…………..toEarth. 2. By the time Yang Liwei (become)…………..the first person sent into space by the Chinese space program in 2003, NASA already (send)…………..over 100 people.

launch

spacesuit

float

orbit

comet

operate

astronomy

mission

astronaut

microgravity

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