Canadian Astronaut - Test 2

B2 First · Word Formation · Cambridge B2 First 4, Cambridge University Press

For questions 1–8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning.

OUT

LAND

SEE

BOY

APPLY

RIGOUR

FLY

COMMAND

Chris Hadfield was the first (0) ___ astronaut from Canada to travel in (17) ___ space. He says that his inspiration for wanting to be an astronaut came when, at the age of just nine, he and his family watched the first moon (18) ___ in July, 1969 at their home in Ontario. Chris never lost (19) ___ of this ambition throughout his (20) ___ . Then, at the age of 18, he went on to study mechanical engineering and later aviation studies. In 1992, after serving as a test pilot for several years, he was chosen from over 5,000 (21) ___ who wanted to join the Canadian space programme. He then had to undergo a training programme which was extremely (22) ___ both physically and mentally. He was selected for his first space (23) ___ in 1995 on the US space shuttle Atlantis. He served on several different types of space mission, and was appointed to the role of (24) ___ of the International Space Station mission in 2013.

Canadian astronaut

PROFESS

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