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1.How does President Kenne...
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1.How does President Kennedy frame the history of progress in this speech?
A He condenses the past 50,000 years of human history to showcase the rapidity of recent technological progress.
B He condenses the past 50,000 years of human history to highlight Americaâs major part in recent progress and industrialization.
C He compares the shortness of known human history to the lengthiness of pre-history, effectively showing us that the future is a wide expanse to be found in space.
D He compares the shortness of known human history to the lengthiness of pre-history, effectively showing us that progress as we know it has just started.
2.Part A: Which statement expresses the central idea of the text?
A Scientistsâ goal in exploring space is to find planets that can support human life
.B Cassini and SOFIA have provided everything scientists need to know about space
.C Scientists are uncovering new information and making new advances in space.
D Growing cabbage and lettuce in space means that astronauts can harvest almost any vegetable.
3.PART B: Which TWO details from the text best support the answer to Part A?
AâThis was an exciting discovery! But perhaps what was even more exciting was that three of the seven planets could be habitable.â ( Paragraph 1)
BâBefore you get too excited and start packing your bags, weâre talking habitable in the sense that these planets are rocky and have the potential for containing liquid water.â ( Paragraph 2)
CâThe Cassini spacecraft, which was sent into outer space almost 20 years ago, is going to complete its final data-collecting mission by September 2017.â ( Paragraph 4)
DâWhat happens when Cassini has completed its mission? It wonât come back to Earth. Instead, itâll destroy itself and dissolve into Saturnâs atmosphere.â ( Paragraph 5)
EâIt also contains a big planet that keeps the debris from reaching its outer zone, like Neptune does in our solar system.â ( Paragraph 6)
FâRecently, NASA astronaut Jack Fischer harvested a crop of Chinese cabbage. The crew ate some of it and packaged up the rest for further research and testing on Earth.â ( Paragraph 7)
4.Which of the following describes the authorâs main purpose in the text?
A to show how little scientists truly know about space
B to describe some of the recent discoveries and advances made in space
C to emphasize the importance of finding another planet that can support life
D to prove that scientists are close to sending astronauts on long missions in space
5.How does the section âFarming in spaceâ contribute to the development of ideas in the text? (Paragraphs 7-9)
A It questions whether the food grown in space is safe for people to eat
.B It emphasizes how scientists are still very limited in what they can grow in space.
C It highlights the recent progress scientists have made in growing food in space.
D It reveals that this is the first time scientists have been able to grow food in space.
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