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Complete the sentence with the correct word. I dream of travelling in a ..... and exploring other planets.

Complete the sentence with the correct word. ..... has made significant progress in medicine in recent years.

Complete the sentence with the correct word. Everyone needs a ..... to look up to, someone to admire.

Complete the sentence with the correct word. The ..... of the news was interrupted by a sudden storm.

Choose the correct answer. "You’ll get wet without an umbrella," Dad said. Dad said I ………………….. wet without an umbrella.

Choose the correct answer. "At one o’clock, I was having lunch," said Molly. Molly said she ………………….. lunch at one o’clock.

Choose the correct answer. "He can juggle five balls!" said Angie. Angie said he ………………….. five balls.

Choose the correct answer. "You must give me your essays," Mrs Vine said. Mrs Vine said we ………………….. give her our essays.

Read the text and decide if the statements are T (true), F (false), or NS (not stated). It was at 10 am on 12th April, 1961 when Radio Moscow interrupted scheduled broadcasting to announce something truly historic and magnificent. “Here is our special news,” it stated. “The first cosmic spaceship named Vostok 1 with a man on board has orbited around the Earth from the Soviet Union. He is an airman, Yuri Gagarin.” An hour earlier the spacecraft Vostok 1, with Yuri Gagarin as its only crew, was fired from a launch pad in Baikonur in Kazakhstan. It orbited the Earth once at a speed of 27,000 kilometres per hour for a total duration of 108 minutes. The ship’s flight path took it up to space and over the Pacific Ocean, South America, across the equator, and the South Atlantic before re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere. The news quickly spread, and the world was astonished. The Soviet Union was the first to get the man into space and Yuri Gagarin had become that man. He opened up a new page in the history of mankind in its conquest of space. Yuri Gagarin became a national hero and an international icon. Today, in Moscow there is a 25-metre tall sculpture of a silver metallic rocket ship and a three-meter tall statue of Yuri Gagarin. The space hero has not been forgotten and on the 50th anniversary of his voyage into space world cosmonauts honoured the hero when the Russian, American, and Italian crew of the International Space Station sent a special video message to wish the people of the world a “Happy Yuri’s Night”. 1. Yuri Gagarin made the announcement about his flight on Radio Moscow. 2. Yuri was the only person in the spacecraft. 3. Vostok 1 took longer to orbit the Earth than expected. 4. There is a statue of Yuri Gagarin in Moscow. 5. Yuri Gagarin's flight was celebrated on the 50th anniversary by the crew of the International Space Station.

Read the text and choose the best title. It was at 10 am on 12th April, 1961 when Radio Moscow interrupted scheduled broadcasting to announce something truly historic and magnificent. “Here is our special news,” it stated. “The first cosmic spaceship named Vostok 1 with a man on board has orbited around the Earth from the Soviet Union. He is an airman, Yuri Gagarin.” An hour earlier the spacecraft Vostok 1, with Yuri Gagarin as its only crew, was fired from a launch pad in Baikonur in Kazakhstan. It orbited the Earth once at a speed of 27,000 kilometres per hour for a total duration of 108 minutes. The ship’s flight path took it up to space and over the Pacific Ocean, South America, across the equator, and the South Atlantic before re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere. The news quickly spread, and the world was astonished. The Soviet Union was the first to get the man into space and Yuri Gagarin had become that man. He opened up a new page in the history of mankind in its conquest of space. Yuri Gagarin became a national hero and an international icon. Today, in Moscow there is a 25-metre tall sculpture of a silver metallic rocket ship and a three-meter tall statue of Yuri Gagarin. The space hero has not been forgotten and on the 50th anniversary of his voyage into space world cosmonauts honoured the hero when the Russian, American, and Italian crew of the International Space Station sent a special video message to wish the people of the world a “Happy Yuri’s Night”.