TERM 2

Summative assessment for the unit “Space and Earth”

Reading

Task 1. Read the text and mark sentences True or False.

Space Tourism

Astronauts are not the only people travelling to space anymore. Everyone can buy a ticket and spend their holiday in space, as long as they have the money! Make your reservations now. The space tourism industry is officially open for business, and tickets cost at least $20 million for a one-week stay in space. Despite reluctance from NASA, Russia made American businessman Dennis Tito the world’s first space tourist. Tito flew into space aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket that arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on April30, 2001. The second space tourist, South African businessman Mark Shuttle worth, took off aboard the Russian Soyuz on April 25, 2002, also bound for the ISS. Greg Olsen, an American businessman, became tourist number three to the ISS on October 1, 2005.On September 18, 2006, A nousheh Ansari, a telecommunications entrepreneur, became the first female space tourist and the fourth space tourist overall. Space tourism will be one of the most lucrative industries in the 21st century. There are already several space tourism companies planning to build suborbital vehicles and orbital cities within the next two decades. These companies have invested millions, believing that the space tourism industry is on the verge of taking off.

The following statements are wrong. Correct them according to the information in the text.

1. A ticket to space costs a maximum of $20 million.

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2. The first space tourist was Russian.

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3. Anousheh Ansari was the first woman to travel to space three years after the first space tourist.

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4. Space tourism is already one of the most lucrative industries.

5. Orbital cities have already been built in space.

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Writing

Task 2. Choose the right form of reflexive pronoun. Ours, hers, mine, hers, herself

1. This is your room and that is her room. This is your room and that is___________. 2. Shall we watch the match at their house or our house? Shall we watch the match at their house or _______________? 3. That's George's car and this is my car. That's George's car and this is_________. 4. Her birthday is on the 12th and his birthday is on the 13th. Her birthday is on the 12th and___________is on the 13^th 5. Is the party at our place or their place? Is the party at our place or ___________