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1. Neil Armstrong was an American astronaut and the 1st person to walk on the Moon. He was born in Ohio in 1930. He was born in 1930 and from a very young age he was fascinated by planes and the by flying. As a young boy he spent much of his time making model airplanes. As a teenager he took flying lessons and by the age of 16 he gained his pilot's license. He studied aerospace engineering at the university. And in his professional career he continued his life-long interest in and passion for flight. He was a pilot in the Navy, an aeronautical research scientist and a test pilot flying many different types of aircraft including high-speed jet planes. Following this, he became an astronaut and flew several space machines. Neil Armstrong is most known for the astonishing events that place in July 1969. On July the 16 the space rocket Apollo 11 blasted off from Earth and with three astronauts on board Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. Four days later they arrived at the Moon. Part of the rocket, the landing craft known as "the Eagle", went down onto the surface of the Moon with two of the astronauts on board, Armstrong and Aldrin. Michael Collins stayed on board Apollo 11 and continued to orbit the Moon. At 10.56 Armstrong became the first human being to set foot on the Moon. The world watched in wonder. It is thought that approximately 600 million people witnessed this moment either on television or on the radio, an astonishing one fifth of the world's population at the time. 20 minutes later Buzz Aldrin followed Armstrong onto the surface of the Moon. They spent just over 21 hours there and during that time they conducted experiments, took photographs of the terrain and collected 22 kilograms of lunar rock and soil to take back to Earth. They spoke to the then American president Richard Nixon by radio telephone and also placed a flag on the Moon surface which read "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot on the Moon, July 1969, AD. We came in peace for all mankind". Having successfully completed their mission, the three astronauts returned to Earth and splashed down into the Pacific Ocean on July the 24th. They were treated like heroes and toured not only America but the world telling people about their experiences. Neil Armstrong died in August 2012 at the age of 82. On his death tributes flooded in from all over the world. The American president Barack Obama said, "Neil Armstrong was a hero not just of his time, but of all time." Friends and colleagues hailed him as an inspiration to an entire generation. He was also held up as an example to young people around the world showing them that with hard work it is possible to make dreams come true. A statement from Neil Armstrong's family read "Next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the Moon smiling down on you, think of Neil and give him a wink."

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1.What was Neil Armstrong's main passion throughout his life?

2. How many astronauts were there on the Apollo 11 space flight?

3. How do you know that people were affected by Neil Armstrong's death?

4. Have you ever thought of becoming an astronaut? What would you like about the job? What would you dislike?

5. What other space missions do you know about?

6. What can be achieved by exploring space?

7. Would the money spent on exploring space be better used to solve the problems that we have on Earth?

2. Дополните предложения грамматической конструкцией didn’t need to/didn’t have to или needn’t have и подходящей формой глагола в скобках.

1) You really shouldn’t poke your nose into her affairs; you ___________(tell) her about her husband’s betrayal.

2)I really like your cooking but you ___________(serve) me so many dishes. I’m full up and can’t have any more bites.

3)We had everything we needed so we ___________(go) shopping.

4)You cannot use your notes during the test. You ___________(bring) them.

5)She ___________(finish) her work so I’m sure she has already gone home. (finish)

6)My sister is an edgy fellow but she really ___________(cancel) our order after an hour of waiting.

7)‘I don’t know why she prepared so many dishes for dinner.’ ‘She ___________(cook) for all of us.’

8)I ___________ (go) to work today but I went as I knew they were really busy on this new contract.