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Reading Lesson – Dato’ Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor

Dato’ Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Al Masrie bin Sheikh Mustapha was born on 27 th
July 1972 in Kuala Lumpur. He is a Malaysian orthopaedic surgeon and the first Malaysian
astronaut.
He attended high school at Maktab Rendah Sains Mara in Muar. He earned a
Bachelor Degree in Medicine and Surgery from Kasturba Medical College, an affiliated
college of Manipal University in India. Sheikh Muszaphar is an orthopaedic surgeon at
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. In 1998, he worked at Hospital Seremban, followed by
Kiala Lumpur General Hospital in 1999, and Hospital Selayang from 2000 thorugh 2001.
Sheikh Muszaphar and three other candidates were selected for the Malaysian
Angkasawan spaceflight programme. He completed his initial training at Star City in Russia.
Sheikh Muszaphar and Faiz Khaleed, an army dentist, were selected to undergo an 18 month
training program in Russia. At the end of the program, Sheikh Muszaphar was chosen as the
prime crew member, while Faiz Khaleed served as back up.and then was selected as one of
the prime crew members to fly on the Soyuz TMA-11 mission.
Task 1

Choose no more than 5 words/numbers from the text above for each question.

Profession 1.

Graduated From 2.

Workplace in Malaysia 3.

Name of flight programme 4.

Trained at 5.

6. In 1998, which hospital did Dato’ Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor work?

_____________________

7. After completing his degree at Manipal India, he came back to Malaysia to serve as
______________________________ at University Kebangsaan Malaysia.

8. He completed his training at Star City in __________________________.

Complete the table below with a word from the text.

Meaning Word
9. Finished

10. Chosen