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Test 006

Reading Practice: Life on the Space Station

Reading Text

The International Space Station travels high above our planet Earth. Astronauts from different countries live and work there together. Inside the space station, there is no gravity, so everything floats in the air. Astronauts must attach their food, laptops, and water bags to tables with special tape. Every day, they do scientific experiments and exercise for two hours on special running machines. This daily exercise keeps their muscles and bones strong. Astronauts sleep inside small sleeping bags attached to the cabin wall so they do not float around. Through the station window, they can see our blue planet and sixteen sunrises every single day. Life in space is exciting and very unusual.

Comprehension Test

Question 1. Where does the International Space Station travel?

✗ IncorrectThe space station is in space, not in the ocean.

✓ CorrectThe text states: "travels high above our planet Earth."

✗ IncorrectThe station orbits high above the Earth.

✗ IncorrectIt is in space above the atmosphere, not on a mountain.

Question 2. Who lives and works on the station?

✗ IncorrectIt is not a hotel; astronauts work there.

✓ CorrectThe text states: "Astronauts from different countries live and work there together."

✗ IncorrectMultiple astronauts from different countries live there.

✗ IncorrectHuman astronauts live and work on the station.

Question 3. Why does everything float in the air inside the station?

✗ IncorrectThere is no strong wind inside the station.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "there is no gravity, so everything floats in the air."

✗ IncorrectTemperature does not cause floating.

✗ IncorrectFloating happens because there is no gravity.

Question 4. How do astronauts keep food and laptops on tables?

✗ IncorrectStones would also float without gravity.

✓ CorrectThe text says: "attach their food, laptops, and water bags to tables with special tape."

✗ IncorrectThey use tape, not nails.

✗ IncorrectIf not attached, items float away in the cabin.

Question 5. How many hours do astronauts exercise each day?

✗ IncorrectTen minutes is too short. They exercise two hours.

✓ CorrectThe text states: "exercise for two hours on special running machines."

✗ IncorrectFive hours is not mentioned.

✗ IncorrectExercise is required every day in space.

Question 6. Why is daily exercise important for astronauts?

✗ IncorrectAstronauts need normal sleep.

✓ CorrectThe text states: "This daily exercise keeps their muscles and bones strong."

✗ IncorrectThere are no sports competitions in the space station.

✗ IncorrectExercise is for their physical health and muscles.

Question 7. How do astronauts sleep on the station?

✗ IncorrectBeds are not used in zero gravity.

✓ CorrectThe text states they sleep "inside small sleeping bags attached to the cabin wall."

✗ IncorrectThere is no "up" or "down" floor to lie on without floating.

✗ IncorrectAstronauts sleep inside the pressurized cabin.

Question 8. Why are sleeping bags attached to the wall?

✓ CorrectThe text explains: "attached to the cabin wall so they do not float around."

✗ IncorrectKeeping walls warm is not the reason.

✗ IncorrectThere is no wet floor in the station.

✗ IncorrectSaving battery is not related to sleeping bags.

Question 9. How many sunrises can astronauts see every day?

✗ IncorrectOn Earth we see one, but in orbit they see sixteen.

✓ CorrectThe text states: "sixteen sunrises every single day."

✗ IncorrectA hundred is not in the text.

✗ IncorrectThey see the sun rise 16 times per day.

Question 10. What color is our planet when seen from the station window?

✓ CorrectThe text describes: "they can see our blue planet."

✗ IncorrectMars is known as the red planet; Earth looks blue.

✗ IncorrectPurple is not the color of Earth from space.

✗ IncorrectThe text specifically calls it "our blue planet."
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