Fill in lesson 1

An English worksheet

(Teacher: Mrs. Orit Freidenreich)

Name:_______________________ Class:______________________

Date: ________________________ Score: _____________________

A. Read the following text and then complete the summary below by filling in one word in each space according to the information given in the text.

Paying for pets:

Should one give away puppies and kittens free of charge to supposedly good homes, or should one insist that the recipient pay something? This question often comes up with animal lovers, and people have very different opinions. Some claim that people never really appreciate anything they don’t pay for, while others feel it is somehow immoral to demand payment for a puppy or a kitten.

Summary: (10 x 2=20 pts)

The question _____________ one should _______________ a puppy or a __________ often comes up with people who _____________ animals. On the ____________ hand, some people think it _______ immoral to ask for ___________ when giving an animal. One the other ____________, who really __________________ something he didn’t _____________ to pay for?

B. Circle the most suitable word/words to complete the sentence: (10 x 2 = 20 pts)

Choosing your seat on a plane:

Famous people who spend half heir (lives/life/living) on airplanes have to step (into/out of/from) their seat ready to perform (at/on/for) their best. So, they soon become experts at avoiding the discomforts of flying and at (selection /to select/selecting) the right seat (of/on/in) board.

Here are some of their tips:

1. If you have a tendency to (be/do/have) sick, select a seat in the middle of the aircraft, near the forward part of the wing. That’s where the ride is (too smooth/smoother than/the smoothest).
2. Choose an aisle seat, which will allow you to get up and wander around, and that’s also (well for/good for/bad for) blood circulation. An aisle seat may also allow you (much/less/more) leg room as you can extend your outer leg into the aisle.(Therefore/However/Otherwise), you might have to travel with your toes sandwiched between the bottom of the seat in from and the briefcase you placed under it.

C. Fill in each of the blank spaces with ONE word only: (15 x 3 = 45 pts)

Weightlessness – an astronaut’s description:

I found that weightlessness made the spaceship Columbia seem to ______________ completely different than it __________________ been on the ground. Corners and tunnels were good places: you could squeeze yourself in and you _______________ not need a belt to hold you _________________ place. In weightless conditions, you have to be wedged in or tied down, or your body will _________________ aimlessly, banging into other people or equipment. __________________ first, this floating around is great fun, ________________ after a while it becomes annoying, and you want to ______________ in one place. Soon it was ______________ to go to bed and it was my turn to sleep under the couch and not on it _____________ that I wouldn’t float off it. Astronauts sleep __________________ a very thin floating net bag attached to the bottom of the couch. _______________ was a strange sensation to float in the total darkness with no pressure anywhere on my body. I felt that I was lying on my back, not my stomach, but I really wasn’t _____________either. I was no more lying that standing or falling. The only thing I could say, really, was that I _____________ stretched out, with my body in a straight line from head to __________________.

D. Fill in the missing questions: (5 X 5 = 25 pts)

Read the interview with Anna Fisher, a woman astronaut, and fill in the reporter’s questions: