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History

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People in Space Spooky Halloween History The Ancient Greeks

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Social Media

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Technology in the Future

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The Teams We Don’t See

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Practice Makes Perfect

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The World Cup

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Winning Isn’t Everything

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Camping Fun

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Many people dream of going into space. Some people want to go to the Moon. Others dream of traveling to faraway planets. You have to be very hard-working to be an astronaut. Yuri Gagarin was the first person in space. He’s from Russia. He went into space on April 12th, 1961. The first person on the Moon was Neil Armstrong. His rocket landed on the Moon on July 20th, 1969. He’s from the United States of America.

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Twelve astronauts have walked on the Moon. There are six American flags on the Moon. Four other countries have sent a rocket to the Moon, but there were no people in those rockets. These countries are Russia, India, China, and Japan. Astronauts are very healthy. They have to exercise every day and they have to study very hard. If you want to be an astronaut, you have to work very hard, exercise, and study every day.

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1. What does the passage mainly talk about? a. Neil Armstrong’s dream b. Astronauts and space travel c. The flags on the Moon

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2. Yuri Gagarin is from . a. the USA b. Russia

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c. Japan . c. on the Moon

flags on the Moon now. b. five c. four

5. To be an astronaut, you have to be very a. tall b. fast

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6. What can be inferred from the passage? a. Only the astronauts from five countries walked on the Moon. b. Only the astronauts from the USA walked on the Moon. c. Only the astronauts from the USA and Russia walked on the Moon.

Word Link

Match the word with its meaning.

2. April

the thing that moves around the sun or a star b. a person who travels in space

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c. to do sports to make the body strong

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d. the thing an astronaut flies in

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f. the seventh month in the year g. strong and not sick h. the place where the stars are

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i. doing a lot of work with a lot of time

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j. the fourth month in the year

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21st Century Kids

Think and discuss. Do you know what astronauts need to live in space? In groups, write and draw your ideas below. Then, share with the class.

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