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Exercise 1:

1. NASA engineers at mission control in Houston (D)

2. The capsule splashed down in the sea (E)

3. The launch of Apollo 13 (C)

4. Earth seen from the moon (A)

5. Astronauts who were on board the spacecraft (B)

Exercise 2:

1. Apollo 13 was flying to the moon

2. It didn’t get there because there was a loud explosion

3. NASA engineers, the crew of Apollo 13 and the most experienced astronauts helped the astronauts solve the problem

4. The astronauts spent six days in space

Exercise 3:

1. Reg Turnill found out there was a problem with Apollo 13 when he was getting ready for bed

2. The workers at mission control were not expecting any problems

3. The spacecraft lost most of its fuel very slowly

4. NASA engineers immediately formed a big team to fix the problem

5. The main problem in board was very little oxygen and water

6. Where do you think this text is from? A magazine article

Exercise 4:

1. Small door = Hatch

2. Thought of/produced = running out

3. Understand = figure out

4. Working = came up with

5. Not be worried any more = on duty

6. Getting less and less = breathe a sigh of relief

7. Shout happily = cheer

8. Doing/taking part in = carrying out

Exercise 5:

In 1962, US President JF Kennedy promised to put a man on the moon before 1970. It was seven more years before NASA figured out how to do it. In July 1969, when time was running out, three astronauts carrying out the historic mission on board Apollo 11. American astronaut Neil Armstrong opened the hatch and became the first man to walk on the moon. In Houston, engineers who were on duty at mission control breathe a sigh of relief when they saw Armstrong step on to the moon. All over the world, people were watching on TV and they cheer as they heard Armstrong say his famous words:”That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Armstrong came up with his famous words after landing on the moon.

Exercise 6:

I’m agree with the first: space exploration is very expensive- we should solve problems on earth first such as poverty and starvation.

Exercise 7:

1. Find a solution

2. Fix a problem

3. Follow events

4. Get home

5. Go crazy

6. Raise your hand