Read the passage. Choose A, B or C to answer each question. First explorations into the planetsHuman’s dream of stepping into the outer space has been long ago and Jules Verne - a famous fiction writer of the 19th century was the first to describe such journeys. However, it was not until 14 September 1959 when the first artificial object - Lunar 2 - reached the moon. It was a journey of around 36 hours. Then on 3 February 1966 Luna 9 - an unmanned space mission - achieved a soft landing on the moon and transmitted photographic data to Earth. Lunar 10 - a robotic spacecraft mission entered lunar orbit on April 3, 1966. On 20 July 1969, the first manned landing on the moon was made by Neil Armstrong. After his journey, a series of journeys to other planets were made. The first flyby - the flight of a spacecraft near a planet to record data - of Venus was made by Mariner 2 in 1962. Other flybies include that in 1965 for Mars by Mariner 4, 1973 for Jupiter by Pioneer 10, 1974 for Mercury by Mariner 10, 1979 for Saturn by Pioneer 11, 1986 for Uranus by Voyager 2, 1989 for Neptune by Voyager 2. Question 19. Jules Verne was the first ______.A.to describe space journeysB.to dream of flying into spaceC.to enter the moonQuestion 20. Lunar 2 was the first artificial object to ______.A.land on the moonB.orbit the moonC.reach the moonQuestion 21. Lunar 9 ______.A.was launched eight years after Lunar 2B.was launched with a humanC.could send photographic data to EarthQuestion 22. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true of Lunar 10?A.It was launched in the same year with Lunar 9.B.It landed on the moon.C.It was launched with a robot.Question 23. A flyby is a flight of a spacecraft ______.A.near Venus, Mars and Mercury to take picturesB.made in 1962, 1974 and 1898C.made near a planet to gain data of the planet
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Read the passage. Choose A, B or C to answer each question. First explorations into the planetsHuman’s dream of stepping into the outer space has been long ago and Jules Verne - a famous fiction writer of the 19th century was the first to describe such journeys. However, it was not until 14 September 1959 when the first artificial object - Lunar 2 - reached the moon. It was a journey of around 36 hours. Then on 3 February 1966 Luna 9 - an unmanned space mission - achieved a soft landing on the moon and transmitted photographic data to Earth. Lunar 10 - a robotic spacecraft mission entered lunar orbit on April 3, 1966. On 20 July 1969, the first manned landing on the moon was made by Neil Armstrong. After his journey, a series of journeys to other planets were made. The first flyby - the flight of a spacecraft near a planet to record data - of Venus was made by Mariner 2 in 1962. Other flybies include that in 1965 for Mars by Mariner 4, 1973 for Jupiter by Pioneer 10, 1974 for Mercury by Mariner 10, 1979 for Saturn by Pioneer 11, 1986 for Uranus by Voyager 2, 1989 for Neptune by Voyager 2. Question 19. Jules Verne was the first ______.A.to describe space journeysB.to dream of flying into spaceC.to enter the moonQuestion 20. Lunar 2 was the first artificial object to ______.A.land on the moonB.orbit the moonC.reach the moonQuestion 21. Lunar 9 ______.A.was launched eight years after Lunar 2B.was launched with a humanC.could send photographic data to EarthQuestion 22. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true of Lunar 10?A.It was launched in the same year with Lunar 9.B.It landed on the moon.C.It was launched with a robot.Question 23. A flyby is a flight of a spacecraft ______.A.near Venus, Mars and Mercury to take picturesB.made in 1962, 1974 and 1898C.made near a planet to gain data of the planet
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Question 19. Answer: A.to describe space journeys
Question 20. Answer: C.reach the moon
Question 21. Answer: C.could send photographic data to Earth
Question 22. Answer: B.It landed on the moon.
Question 23. Answer: C.made near a planet to gain data of the planet
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