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1. The first person (line 6) refers to ______?

• 1. Sputnik

• 2. Laika

• 3. Explorer

• 4. Neil Armstrong

• 5. Apollo

2. From the article, it can be inferred that ___

• 1. Russians launched the satellite before the Americans.

• 2. the satellite is very expensive.

• 3. Russians spend a lot of budget on this project.

• 4. science is not important for satellite.

• 5. people stop exploring the space

3. According to the article, the East German government _____

• 1. climbed on to the wall of Berlin.

• 2. crossed the wall of the city of Berlin.

• 3. allowed its citizens to visit the west.

• 4. knocked the wall down.

• 5. separated the two parts of the city.

4. According to the article, the fall of the Berlin wall is remembered as _______

• 1. the city of Berlin.

• 2. the people knocked the wall down.

• 3. the beginning of the War between the East and the West.

• 4. a symbol of the end of the Cold War between the East and the West.

• 5. the wall that separated the two parts.

5. The best headline for this article is “___”.

• 1. The Space Race

• 2. The Fall of the Berlin Wall

• 3. The European Union

• 4. The Communications Revolution

• 5. Big Changes

6. It can be concluded that if it had not had Telstar, we would have _______

• 1. been using telephone.

• 2. been using mail for communication.

• 3. been using the wireless Internet.

• 4. been using TV.

• 5. been using the high-speed Internet.

7. The article is mainly about ______.

• 1. the important events that changed the world

• 2. the advantages of electricity

• 3. the pros and cons of the inventions

• 4. the inventors who invented the inventions

• 5. how the inventions were invented

8. The Russians world’s first artificial satellite is ___ .

• 1. Sputnik I

• 2. Explorer I

• 3. Telstar

• 4. Apollo 11

• 5. Laika