Opción B - I. Comprehension · Inglés PAU Andalucía Extraordinaria Suplente 2019

OPTION B: LANDING ON THE MOON

1 When spaceflight Apollo 11 landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969, NASA told mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz

2 Aldrin to take a nap. But Armstrong answered, ‘I’ve spent years preparing for this moment. After traveling 400,000 km, I’ve landed on

3 the Moon with some difficulty, and now you’re asking me to sleep?’ The US wanted the whole of America to be watching when

4 Armstrong took the epic step. Hence the request that he should do it at a time when most Americans were likely to be in front of their

5 TV sets. But both astronauts refused to sleep and took photos of the lunar landscape. Six hours later, NASA gave them permission to

6 leave the Eagle space capsule.

7 Carlos González was the communications controller for the legendary Apollo 11 spaceflight, working at a monitoring station in

8 Madrid alongside Spanish engineer José Manuel Grandela. They had access to the astronauts’ vital signs, and González recalls that

9 Armstrong’s pulse rate increased while he was having trouble leaving the capsule. When he finally managed to get out, Armstrong

10 uttered the immortal line: ‘One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.’

11 The mission was an important milestone for the US in its space race with the USSR, but just over three years later the project was

12 put on hold. It has been over 45 years since a human last set foot on the Moon. Although the trips were far from easy, the Moon

13 landings between 1969 and 1972 helped generate many inventions in the realms of engineering, computing, materials and fuel, which

14 today benefit all of humankind.

I * COMPREHENSION (4 points)

CHOOSE AND WRITE THE CORRECT OPTION (A, B, C or D). (0.5 points each)

1.

NASA told the astronauts to go to sleep right after landing because...

2.

Carlos González and José Manuel Grandela...

ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT, OR USE YOUR OWN WORDS. (0.5 points each)

3.

Armstrong didn’t want to rest because he was too excited to wait.

TRUE

FALSE

4.

Armstrong experienced some difficulties when getting out of the capsule.

TRUE

FALSE

5.

According to the text, humans have not walked on the Moon for the past 45 years.

TRUE

FALSE

6.

Moon landings have not been helpful for humanity.

TRUE

FALSE

7. FIND IN THE TEXT: (0.5 points)

7.1.

7.2.

8. FIND IN THE TEXT: (0.5 points)

8.1.

8.2.