Some exciting photos of space have recently appeared on the internet – all taken by teenagers!
Using a cheap camera and a simple balloon, some school students got a larger (1)------------of amazing photos from 15 miles (2)------------the Earth. The teacher said, “(3)---------carried out an experiment to explore what different (4)------------on the Earth look like from space - and prove that you don’t have to use expensive equipment as the textbooks say.” Seventeen –year- old student Miguel reported ,”We’d spend long (5)-------working on the experiment after school, but then had to put it (6)--------due to the weather. Then we were worried that the balloon (7)----------rise higher than 10,000 meters ,which wasn’t (8)-----------------high
enough for our experiment. But in the end it wasn’t a problem. And (9)-----------the balloon had traveled so far, it was still working when it returned ! So we’ve learned that in (10)---------- life,
experiments don’t always have to follow the textbooks.”
1.A.amount B.sum C.number D.total
2.A.among B.above C.about D.along
3.A.It B.There C.These D.They
4.A.positions B.distances C.areas D.backgrounds
5.A.times B.hours C.ages D.days
6.A.off B.down C.out D.up
7.A.shouldn’t B.needn’t C.mustn’t D.wouldn’t
8.A.quite B.so C.rather D.very
9.A.unless B.although C.because D.if
10.A.true B.actual C.normal D.real