Space Exploration & Humans Should Stay Home

Fill in the blank: One ___ official in the presidential ___ voiced concern about the expense of the Mars mission.

• beneficial/ plague

• prominent/ administration

• dubious/ advancement

• erupt/ advancement

Fill in the blank: The crowd will ___ in cheers when the astronauts land.

• plague

• prominent

• dubious

• erupt

Fill in the blank: Although problems continue to ___ the project, the results will be ___.

• plague/ beneficial

• Prominent/ administration

• advancement/ prominent

• Dubious/ erupted

Fill in the blank: Some officials claim that the technology will lead to an ___ for society, but most are ___ about such claims.

• erupted/ beneficial

• Erupted/ plague

• Advancement/ dubious

• prominent/ beneficial

[Space Exploration Should be more Science than Fiction] The author opens the text with questions most likely to -

• introduce the topics that she will cover in the selection

• suggest that her essay will attempt to answer the questions

• note that science fiction fuels our interest in science

• remind readers that there is much we still don't know

[Space Exploration Should be more Science than Fiction] In paragraph 2, the author brings up the example of the International Space Station to make the point that space exploration-

• has come a long way since the 1960s

• encourages cooperation among scientists

• has led to a permanent human outpost

• requires a great deal of human investment

[Space Exploration Should be more Science than Fiction] The author mostly supports her ideas with -

• expert opinions

• interesting anecdotes

• scientific evidence

• references to other texts

[Humans Should Stay Home and Let Robots Take to the Stars] The author included the section Space Travel is Expensive to-

• offer an opposing argument for sending robots

• support the claim that space travel should be reduced

• convince readers that space travel could be cheaper

• suggest that space travel requires international cooperation

[Humans Should Stay Home and Let Robots Take to the Stars] The author refers to a Massachusetts Institute of Technology study in paragraph 8 to support the idea that -

• humans are not suited to live on Mars

• the mars curiosity rover has had great success

• agriculture on Mars would be possible

• a colony on Mars would require a lot of food

[Humans Should Stay Home and Let Robots Take to the Stars] In paragraph 10, the author offers the counterargument that -

• robotic missions are as exciting as any human missions

• the future of space travel is dependent on scientific data

• data for space travel is often out of date or not trustworthy

• robotic missions are at least as efficient as human missions