Giải bài tập tiếng Anh 9 - Pearson [Unit 10: Space travel]

A. PHONETICS
l. ↗, ↗, ↗, ↗, ↗, ↗, ↗, ↘
2. ↗, ↗, ↘
3. ↗, ↗, ↗, ↘
4. ↗, ↗, ↘
5.  ↗, ↘, ↗, ↗, ↗, ↘
B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

I/
1. came back down to earth     2. out of this world             3. the sky’s the limit
4. once in a blue moon           5. living on another planet    6. over the moon
7. reach for the stars               8. everything under the sun
 
II/ 1. crew                2. mission             3. satellite         4. mission control
     5. astronauts      6. atmosphere      7. Station     8. orbit
 
III/ 1. D    2. G    3. A    4. F    5. C    6. E    7. B
 
IV/
l. As            2. in     3. training     4. advantage        5. launched
6.  lasted     7. orbit    8. flight      9. achievement/success     10. Control
 
V/ 1. Mercury               2. Mercury          3. Jupiter        4. Venus
     5. Neptune              6. Saturn            7. Venus         8. Uranus
 
VI/
1. published - orbited    2. had used - invented    3. published - laid - described
4. had worked - invented - launched       5. became - had been sent
6. became - had been sent    7. had launched - put    8. launched - had done
 
VII/  1. had worked      2. went        3. became    4. had orbited      5. flew
          6. had        7. didn’t orbit       8. landed      9. had collected   10. Came
 
VIII/
1.  had been crying     2. had met     3. had been waiting     4. had never seen 5.  had been raining   6. hadn't decided
 
IX/ 1. Would you tell me the reasons why astronauts go on spacewalks?
 
2. Fuglesang said he was greatly impressed by the Earth’s beauty which was quite strange to him.
 
3. The Galactic Suite is a £1.5 billion project which was funded by a US company.
 
4. In the Galactic Suite, you stay in one of its amazing microgravity rooms where you can see the spectacular view s of the Earth.
 
5. During Apollo 14's lunar mission, Alan Shepard hit two golf balls which flew “miles and miles”
 
6. Sharman’s mission to the Mir Space Station lasted 8 days when she conducted a number of experiments.
 
7. The speech which was made by U.S. President Richard Nixon in 1972 announced that NASA was developing a reusable launch vehicle - the space shuttle.
 
8. John Glenn became one of the test pilots who try out new aircraft.
 
C. READING
I/
Task 1. 1.T     2. F    3. F     4. F     5. T    6. F
 
Task 2.  1. progressively      2. aviation   3. module       4. Orbit
 
II/1. He was born in Saigon in 1950.
2. He wanted to become a pilot.
3. He spent 20 years carrying out research primarily in the fields of Fluid Physics and Applied Acoustics.
4. He worked as a Senior Excutive, and focused on various science projects for NASA.
5. He became the first Vietnamese - American astronaut on NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS -50 in 1992.
6. It brought back a rush of great memories of good friends, and the excitement of the past youth.
 
III/
Task 1. 1. NG    2. NG    3. T    4. F     5. T    6. F
 
Task 2. 
1. It was that the Soviet Union launched a small satellite, called Sputnik
2. They were the United States and the Soviet Union.
3. They are the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, China, India, South Korea, Israel and Brazil.
4. Unmanned probes have been used to explore the distant planets in the solar system.
5. Their pictures were taken in visible light or by radio, infrared, ultraviolet, X-rays and gammar rays.
6. They can be operated in space for many months, or even years.
 
Task 3.
1. Satellites   2. rockets   3. probes    4. asteroids   5. comets   6. space buggies
 
IV/ 1. C    2. D    3. C    4. A    5. C    6. B    7. A    8. C   9. D    10. B
 
V/ 1. D   2. C    3. B    4. C     5. B
 
VI/ 1. C    2. B    3. C    4. B     5. A
 
VII/ 1. C    2. D    3. B    4. D    5. D    6. A   7. C   8. A   9. B   10. C  
 
D. SPEAKING

1. C    2. H    3. B    4. E    5. A    6. G    7. D    8. F
 
E. WRITING
 
I/ 1. B    2. D    3. A    4. E     5. E     6. F    7. C     8. E
 
II/ 1. F    2. I    3.G    4.N     5. D    6. L     7. A    8. O    9. B    10. J
     11. K   12. P     13. M     14. E     15. C   16. H
 
III/ An Ideal Present Games Console
My father bought this as my birthday present last year.
There is a great choice of games.
It can connect with the computer with no problem at all.
Now my brother and I enjoy playing games together.
It is good for the whole family.
 
TEST 1 (Unit 10)
 
I+II/ 1.A   2. D    3. C   4. B   5. D

III/ 6. D    7. A    8. B  9.  D    10. A    11. D    12. C    13. B    14. B   15. C
 
IV/ 16. out of this world     17. the sky’s the limit  18. over the moon 19. once in a blue moon   20. over the moon
 
V/
21. became - had done      22. had launched- did     23. had walked - bacame
24. was launched - had cooperated      25. had orbited - landed
 
VI/  26. D     27. A    28. C    29. B   30. A   31. D   32. C   33. B   34. A  35. B
 
VII/ 36. B    37. D    38. C  39. B   40. C
 
VIII/ 41. E    42. C     43. G   44. A  45. D
 
IX/ Blue jeans Perfect for your holiday
46. These ieans are really well-designed and fashionable.
47. They are made of denim, so they are very comfortable, perfect when you are on holiday.
48. The price is very reasonable, too.
49. I think they were definitely worth the money.
50. These jeans are highly recommended for people of all ages.
 
TEST 2 (Unit 10)
 
I+II/ 1.C    2. D    3. B    4. C    5. D
 
III/ 6. C   7. D   8. B   9. B   10. C 11.C   12. D   13. C   14. A   15. B
 
IV/ 16. business   17. Space   18. spaceship   19. aboard   20. Female
 
V/
21. In 1961. US President John Kennedy made a speech which stated that Americans would land on the moon and be relumed safely to the Earth.
 
22. In 1959, NASA picked the first group of seven astronauts who were called the “Mercury Seven”.
 
23. A spacesuit which is made up of many parts helps astronauts in many ways.

24. In 1989, Helen Sharman went to Star City in Moscow where she spent 18 months of intensive training.
 
25. Spacesuits whose protects eyes from bright sunlight also keep astronauts from getting hurt.
 
VI/ 26. B    27. D    28. A    29. D    30. B    31. C   32. A   33. C   34. D 35. B
 
VII/ 36. D    37. C    38. C    39. A    40. B
 
VIII/ 41. B    42. E     43. A    44. F    45. D
 
IX/ Vacuum cleaner for sale
46. This is very well-designed and fashionable.
47. It gets the whole home really clean very quickly.
48. It is good for difficult places like stairs.
49. My father bought it because it looked nice in the shop, and it works well now too.
50. At only £30. it is very good value for money.