LESSON 2.

PRONUNCIATION – SPACE CONQUEST 2023 SUMMER COURSE

LESSON 2. PRONUNCIATION AND READING 10. A. essential B. initiate C. mention D. tinker
Exercise 1. 11. A. goat B. germ C. ginger D. village
12. A. cheat B. chat C. chaos D. chop
13. A. conserve B. condition C. constant D. control
14. A. clear B. mean C. each D. sneaky
15. A. mutual B. temperature C. continue D. manufacture
16. A. again B. allow C. action D. abundant
17. A. occasion B. television C. usual D. procession
18. A. ocean B. eccentric C. cell D. accent
19. A. environment B. nose C. money D. extinction
20. A. where B. who C. what D. why

Exercise 3. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced

differently from that of the others’
1. A. proofs B. books C. points D. days
2. A. asks B. breathes C. breaths D. hopes
3. A. sees B. sports C. pools D. trains
4. A. tombs B. lamps C. brakes D. invites
5. A. books B. floors C. combs D. drums
6. A. cats B. tapes C. rides D. cooks
7. A. walks B. begins C. helps D. cuts
8. A. shoots B. grounds C. concentrates D. forests
9. A. helps B. laughs C. cooks D. finds
Exercise 2. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced 10. A. hours B. fathers C. dreams D. thinks
differently from that of the others’ 11. A. beds B. doors C. plays D. students
12. A. arms B. suits C. chairs D. boards
1. A. chance B. economic C. century D. electricity
13. A. boxes B. classes C. potatoes D. finishes
2. A. head B. bread C. heat D. measure 14. A. relieves B. invents C. buys D. deals
3. A. special B. chemical C. appreciate D. electrician 15. A. dreams B. heals C. kills D. tasks
4. A. environment B. terrific C. mature D. sitting 16. A. resources B. stages C. preserves D. focuses
5. A. language B. geography C. changeable D. luggage 17. A. carriages B. whistles C. assures D. costumes
6. A. machine B. chemistry C. school D. character 18. A. offers B. mounts C. pollens D. swords
19. A. miles B. words C. accidents D. names
7. A. through B. about C. mountain D. foundation
20. A. sports B. households C. minds D. plays
8. A. month B. without C. geothermal D. theory 21. A. failed B. reached C. absorbed D. solved
9. A. function B. funny C. bank D. monkey
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22. A. invited B. attended C. celebrated D. displayed 12. A. seemed B. needed C. rained D. cried
23. A. removed B. washed C. hoped D. missed 13. A. started B. rained C. cried D. seemed
24. A. looked B. laughed C. moved D. stepped 14. A. face B. save C. take D. land
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25. A. wanted B. parked C. stopped D. watched
15. A. occurred B. pointed C. cycled D. played
26. A. laughed B. passed C. suggested D. placed 16. A. wrap B. take C. blame D. wave
27. A. believed B. prepared C. involved D. liked 17. A. shouted B. shared C. signed D. stayed
28. A. lifted B. lasted C. happened D. decided 18. A. feast B. earth C. peace D. heat
29. A. collected B. changed C. formed D. viewed 2023
30. A. walked B. entertained C. reached D. looked 19. A. sport B. post C. cold D. home
31. A. watched B. stopped C. pushed D. improved 20. A. chicken B. chairman C. chorus D. children
21. A. chicken B. children C. chemist D. chairman
32. A. admired B. looked C. missed D. hoped
22. A. south B. count C. group D. ground
33. A. proved B. changed C. pointed D. played
34. A. helped B. laughed C. cooked D. intended READING AND VOCABULARY
35. A. smoked B. followed C. titled D. implied
36. A. coughed B. phoned C. booked D. stopped
37. A. talked B. looked C. naked D. worked
38. A. developed B. ignored C. laughed D. washed
39. A. phoned B. stated C. mended D. old-aged SPACE CONQUEST
40. A. clapped B. attracted C. lifted D. needed A. GETTING STARTED. Ask and answer the questions
1. Who is the first human to fly into space?
TRÍCH ĐỀ THI CÁC NĂM 2. Who is the first human to set foot on the moon?
2020 3. Who is the first woman to fly into space?
1. A. clouds B. costs C. pains D. farms 4. Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space?
2. A. lake B. game C. shape D. flat 5. What is the name of the first space station?
3. A. mails B. wraps C. paints D. packs
4. A. push B. cut C. hunt D. run B. VOCABULARY
5. A. lick B. bride C. prize D. slice 1. conquest (n) /ˈkɒŋ.kwest/
6. A. brings B. trains C. talks D. clears conquer (v) /ˈkɒŋ.kər/: defeat, master
7. A. fold B. score C. close D. phone 2. lift off (v) lift-off (n):
8. A. warms B. reads C. starts D. rings 3. orbit (n, v) /ˈɔː.bɪt/
2021 4. approximately (av) /əˈprɒk.sɪ.mət.li/: nearly, ~
9. A. clap B. take C. face D. save 5. cosmonaut (n) /ˈkɒz.mə.nɔːt/
10. A. wanted B. cried C. seemed D. rained astronaut (n) /ˈæs.trə.nɔːt
11. A. face B. back C. take D. sale 6. weigh (v)
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weight (n) Task 1. Match the paragraph with the correct heading
weightless (a)
weightlessness (n) /ˈweɪt.ləs.nəs/
7. enormous (a) /ɪˈnɔː.məs/: big, huge, large
8. react (v) (to) /riˈækt/: respond, reply
9. psychological tension (n) /ˌsaɪ.kəlˈɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/
10. venture (n) /ˈven.tʃər/: risky project

C. READING 1
1. At 9.07 a.m. Moscow time on 12th April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin lifted off
into space aboard the Vostok 1. Approximately 12 minutes later, the first
human being was in orbit around the Earth at a speed of more than 17,000 Task 2. Choose the best answer
miles per hour. His flight lasted 108 minutes. 1. How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space?
2. The 27-year-old Soviet cosmonaut became the first person to eat and A. 25 B. 26 C. 27 D. 28
drink in weightlessness. From his window in space, Gagarin was able to 2. How long was he in space?
view the earth in a way that no human beings had done before. The first A. 9 minutes B. 12 minutes C. 170 minutes D. 108 minutes
words spoken from space were: "I see the Earth. It’s so beautiful!" 3. The word “precisely” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _____
3. Before Gagarin’s historic flight, there were still enormous uncertainties. A. approximately B. relatively C. previously D. exactly
No one knew precisely what would happen to a human being in space. How 4. Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight?
would the body react to the extreme changes in temperature? How would A. Because of a car crash.
the mind deal with the psychological tension? If there was a technical B. Because of a tragic accident.
failure, Gagarin might never get back to the Earth. C. Because there were so many other astronauts.
4. The success of Gagarin’s flight attracted worldwide attention and made D. Because he was not young enough.
him a hero. In a telegram to Moscow, U.S. President John F. Kennedy 5. What does “this defeat” in paragraph 4 refer to?
wrote: "The people of the United States share with the people of the Soviet A. the flight B. the space
Union their satisfaction for the safe flight of the astronaut in man's first C. the telegram D. the worldwide attention
venture into space. We congratulate you and the Soviet scientists and 6. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
engineers who made this feat possible. ..." A. Gagarin could view the earth in a way that no one had done before.
5. Gagarin could have made another space flight if a tragic accident had not B. Before Gagarin’s historic flight, there were some few questions
occurred. He died in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March related to the problems that could happen to humans in space.
1968. After his death, his hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin, and C. A plane crash in 1968 made Gagarin’s desire of revisiting space
the Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia, was given the name of impossible.
this national hero. D. After his death, his hometown and the Cosmonaut Training Centre at
Star City, Russia were named after him.
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Task 3. Fill in each of the blanks with a correct preposition a. achieves b. achieved c. achievers d. achievements
1. Yuri Gagarin lifted ______ into space aboard the Vostok 1 ________ 10. From his window in space, Gagarin had a view of the Earth that no
9.07 a.m. Moscow time ______ 12th April, 1961. human beings had done before.
2. He was ______ orbit around the Earth ______ a speed of more than a. description b. vision c. recognition d. attention
17,000 miles per hour.
3. No one knew precisely what would happen ______ a human being D. READING 2. Fill in each of the blanks with a suitable word
______ space. stepped program worked astronaut from
4. How would the mind deal ______ the psychological tension? shuttle moon surface appointed on
5. How would the body react ______ the extreme changes in temperature?
6. We congratulate you ______ your successful flight. Neil Armstrong is an American (1) __________. He is known as the first
7. The American people shared ______ the Soviet people their satisfaction man to walk on the (2) _________. Armstrong was born (3) ______
for the safe flight. August 5th, 1930 in Wapokoneta in Ohio. From 1949 to 1952, he
8. After his death, his hometown was named ______ him. (4)________ as a pilot in the United States Navy. In 1962, he joined the
NASA astronaut (5) _________. On July 20th 1969, Neil Armstrong
Task 4. Choose the best answer became the first human to step on the moon’s (6) _________. Armstrong
1. Our recent _____ in medicine is the development of laser in treating
received his M.S from the University of Southern California in 1970. He
cancer.
a. achievements b. achievement c. achievers d. achieved resigned (7) ______ NASA a year later and from 1971 to 1979, he taught
2. Before Gagarin’s _____ flight, there were still enormous uncertainties. at the University of Cincinnati. In 1986, Armstrong was (8) _________
a. historical b. historic c. history d. historian vice chairman of the committee that investigated the space (9) ________
3. Although his flight lasted only 108 minutes, its _____ made him a Challenger disaster. Armstrong is also well-known for what he said as he
national hero. (10) ________ onto the surface of the moon: “That’s one small step for
a. succeed b. successful c. successive d. success man, one giant leap for mankind.”
4. Although we didn’t win, we were able to take some _____ from our
performance.
a. satisfying b. satisfied c. satisfaction d. satisfactory
5. _____ 60,000 people filled the stadium.
a. Approximately b. Approximate c. Approximant d. Approximation
6. Laughter can be a great release of _____.
a. tense b. tension c. tenseness d. tensing
7. His flight was in ______ around the Earth at the speed of more than
17,000 miles per hour.
a. orbit b. travel c. circuit d. revolve
8. Yuri Gagarin is the first human to fly ______ space.
a. in b. to c. into d. around
9. Man has witnessed a great many significant ______ of science and
technology in the past few decades.

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