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1. 1 5 10 Science ▶Word Check ☞ Write the meanings of the words. ▶Phrase Check ☞ Choose the correct word or phrase for each blank. making, is dissolved, weightless, because, nearly, without, natural

2. 1 5 10 Science ▶Reading ComprehensionⅠ Space Meals When in weightless conditions, cosmonauts and astronauts generally eat moist and sticky food products. Some of them are buckwheat porridge, boiled eggs, pudding and ragout. They eat these foods because they stay on forks and spoons without floating away. Products that cause crumbs, like bread, are not a good choice. It is because crumbs can scatter around the spaceship. Salt and pepper can only be used if salt is dissolved in water and pepper is mixed in vegetable oil. The price of food rations on board the International Space Station (ISS) has increased by nearly 50 percent over the past year. ”Last year, the cosmonaut’s daily food in space cost about 11,000 rubles ($US360). But today, the cost is reaching 15,000 rubles or ($US490),” Viktor Dobrovolsky, director of the food institute that supplies space cosmonauts said. The increase is caused by price rise on natural products used in making the rations and rising costs of testing and analysis, he said. ☞ Choose the best answer based on the article.

3. 1 5 10 Science ▶Reading ComprehensionⅡ Space Meals When in weightless conditions, cosmonauts and astronauts generally eat moist and sticky food products. Some of them are buckwheat porridge, boiled eggs, pudding and ragout. They eat these foods because they stay on forks and spoons without floating away. Products that cause crumbs, like bread, are not a good choice. It is because crumbs can scatter around the spaceship. Salt and pepper can only be used if salt is dissolved in water and pepper is mixed in vegetable oil. The price of food rations on board the International Space Station (ISS) has increased by nearly 50 percent over the past year. ”Last year, the cosmonaut’s daily food in space cost about 11,000 rubles ($US360). But today, the cost is reaching 15,000 rubles or ($US490),” Viktor Dobrovolsky, director of the food institute that supplies space cosmonauts said. The increase is caused by price rise on natural products used in making the rations and rising costs of testing and analysis, he said. ☞ Write True(T) or False(F). ▶ Structure ☞ Choose the one that is NOT grammatically correct. Then rewrite it. 28. Sugar is dissolvingin the soy sauce and salt is mixed in vegetable oil. (a) (b) (c) (d) 29. The oil price has neardoubled from a year ago. (a) (b) (c) (d) 30. I bought this book without payit yesterday. (a) (b) (c) (d)

4. 1 5 10 Science ▶Word Check ☞ Write the meanings of the words. ▶Phrase Check ☞ Choose the correct word or phrase for each blank. making, is dissolved, weightless, because, nearly, without, natural

5. 1 5 10 Science ▶Reading ComprehensionⅠ Space Meals When in weightless conditions, cosmonauts and astronauts generally eat moist and sticky food products. Some of them are buckwheat porridge, boiled eggs, pudding and ragout. They eat these foods because they stay on forks and spoons without floating away. Products that cause crumbs, like bread, are not a good choice. It is because crumbs can scatter around the spaceship. Salt and pepper can only be used if salt is dissolved in water and pepper is mixed in vegetable oil. The price of food rations on board the International Space Station (ISS) has increased by nearly 50 percent over the past year. ”Last year, the cosmonaut’s daily food in space cost about 11,000 rubles ($US360). But today, the cost is reaching 15,000 rubles or ($US490),” Viktor Dobrovolsky, director of the food institute that supplies space cosmonauts said. The increase is caused by price rise on natural products used in making the rations and rising costs of testing and analysis, he said. ☞ Choose the best answer based on the article.

6. 1 5 10 Science ▶Reading ComprehensionⅡ Space Meals When in weightless conditions, cosmonauts and astronauts generally eat moist and sticky food products. Some of them are buckwheat porridge, boiled eggs, pudding and ragout. They eat these foods because they stay on forks and spoons without floating away. Products that cause crumbs, like bread, are not a good choice. It is because crumbs can scatter around the spaceship. Salt and pepper can only be used if salt is dissolved in water and pepper is mixed in vegetable oil. The price of food rations on board the International Space Station (ISS) has increased by nearly 50 percent over the past year. ”Last year, the cosmonaut’s daily food in space cost about 11,000 rubles ($US360). But today, the cost is reaching 15,000 rubles or ($US490),” Viktor Dobrovolsky, director of the food institute that supplies space cosmonauts said. The increase is caused by price rise on natural products used in making the rations and rising costs of testing and analysis, he said. ☞ Write True(T) or False(F). ▶ Structure ☞ Choose the one that is NOT grammatically correct. Then rewrite it. 28. Sugar is dissolvingin the soy sauce and salt is mixed in vegetable oil. (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) is dissolving → is dissolved 29. The oil price has neardoubled from a year ago. (a) (b) (c) (d) (b) near → nearly 30. I bought this book without payit yesterday. (a) (b) (c) (d) (c) pay → paying