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TEST YOURSELF F

I. Listening (2.5 points)

Listen to the passage about Man in Space and decide whether the
statements are true (T) or false (F).
TF

1. The first artificial satellite was launched on
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4 October, 1957.
2. Many other heavier sputniks and rockets have been
launched by the former Soviet Union and other
countries since that time.
3. The first manned spaceship was launched on
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20 April, 1961.
4. Yuri Gagarin, the Soviet pilot, took mankind’s first step
into space.
5. This historical event has proved that step by step
man can conquer outer space.

II. Reading (2.5 points)

Read the passage and answer the questions.
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In the 19 and 20 centuries many very important discoveries were
made in medicine. For example, in 1895 a German doctor named
Roentgen developed the X-ray machine. The English scientist Sir
Alexander Flemming discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic, in
1928. Antibiotics are drugs that fight diseases in the body. Flemming
discovered penicillin growing in mold on an old piece of bread!
Other great improvements have been made in the technology of
medicine. Doctors can save people’s lives by giving them a new heart
or a new kidney. Hospitals have large computers and machines that
help sick people live better lives. Medicine today is very modern, but
it is also very traditional in some parts of the world. In China and other
Asian countries, doctors use acupuncture, a very old method of treating
sickness and pain. Acupuncture uses needles to help the human body
fight pain and disease. Doctors have used this method for thousands of
years, and some still use it today.

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