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English as a Second Language — Progress test 2, part 1 —  Journey into space

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1) When the first man landed on the moon, twelve-year-old Claudie Haigneré was on holiday on a French campsite. The first French woman in space recalls that day: "My father, who was always _____________
  1. curious
  2. surprised
  3. interested
  4. fastinated
 2) about the world, _____________ us that something really extraordinary was about to happen.
  1. said
  2. told
  3. explained
  4. suggested
 3) It was a beautiful evening, so we sat under the stars and watched TV. To see the moon so _____________ away in the sky and then to see a man climb down a ladder
  1. far
  2. long
  3. remote
  4. outside
 4) onto the _____________ of it was just incredible."
  1. top
  2. side
  3. level
  4. surface
 5) After the moon landing, Haigneré read and watched whatever she could about space. _____________ there herself seemed unimaginable.
  1. making
  2. finding
  3. reaching
  4. traveling
 6) However, much later she heard that France's space center was _____________ for astronauts.
  1. asking
  2. looking
  3. offering
  4. requesting
 7) It was an opportunity that Haigneré couldn't _____________. Of 1,000 candidates, seven were chosen: six men and Haigneré.
  1. miss
  2. lose
  3. wait
  4. avoid
 8) Haigneré eventually went into space twice. What was it like being completely _____________ from life on Earth?
  1. put off
  2. cut off
  3. set out
  4. got away
 9) "I usually had no time to sit and watch the earth turn. However, once I decided to _____________ some time to enjoy the spectacle; it was extraordinary."
  1. do
  2. get
  3. take
  4. spend

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