The International Space Station - Practice Exam

C2 Proficiency · Multiple Choice Cloze · Expert Proficiency Resource Book, Pearson Education

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning.

Understanding

Assuming

Allowing

Supposing

bare

single

naked

normal

space

range

room

scope

expand

spread

reach

stretch

known

regarded

referred

called

make

put

hold

stand

hitches

catches

hindrances

checks

outside

behind

beyond

without

If you look to the heavens between sunset and moonrise in London, the brightest object you're likely to see will be a white spark racing the wrong (0) ___ across the sky from west to east. (1) ___ it's not cloudy, the International Space Station (ISS), humanity's toehold on the edge of the vast reaches of the cosmos, is easier to spot with the (2) ___ eye than Venus. Unlike the cramped Apollo capsules, the ISS is like an artificial island in space; its 14 modules have more elbow (3) ___ than a typical family house. Together with its 20 solar panels, it could (4) ___ the length of a football pitch. Since the year 2000, nearly two hundred astronauts and mission specialists from 15 countries have (5) ___ the ISS home. Its success is encouraging since it emerged as a compromise when the USA, Russia, Europe and Japan found they could not afford separate space stations, and supporters love to (6) ___ it up as an example of international co-operation. But it has not been without its technical (7) ___ , the final components only being put into place in 2008, eight years (8) ___ schedule.

The International Space Station

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