Dates: October 1-3
Magazine Lesson: Born to Fly
Activity Focus: Multiple Choice, Vocabulary Practice, Talk About It!
Born to Fly
Part 1: Multiple Choice.
1. What did most girls in the 1950s grow
up to be?
(A) teachers or nurses
(B) nurses or astronauts
(C) teachers or moms
(D) astronauts or moms
2. How old was Neil Armstrong when he
got his pilot’s license?
(A) 12
(B) 14
(C) 16
(D) 18
3. Sally Ride was the first ________
woman to go into space.
(A) educated
(B) astronaut
(C) Russian
(D) American
4. Where did Taylor Wang not grow up?
(A) Shanghai
(B) Beijing
(C) Taipei
(D) Kaohsiung
5. Taylor Wang was the first ________
Chinese person to go into space.
(A) curious
(B) American
(C) educated
(D) ethnic
6. At age 39, Neil Armstrong became the
first human to land a ________ on the
moon and to walk there.
(A) spacecraft
(B) shuttle
(C) Challenger shuttle
(D) spare machine
8. What did Taylor Wang do instead of
take over the family’s company in Hong
Kong?
(A) move to America
(B) get married
(C) study math
(D) learn English
9. Which vocabulary word best describes
Neil Armstrong as a child?
(A) specialist
(B) fanatic
(C) mechanical
(D) candidate
10. What was Sally Ride’s job on the
Challenger?
(A) miion specialist
(B) physicist
(C) astronaut trainer
(D) mechanical engineering
11. How many astronauts went into space
with Taylor Wang?
(A) 50
(B) 44
(C) 3
(D) 6
12. Finish Neil Armstrong’s quote: That’s
one small step for man, one giant
________.
(A) step for woman
(B) leap for mankind
(C) step for mankind
(D) leap for woman
7. In which sport was Sally Ride nationally
ranked?
(A) basketball
(B) softball
(C) tennis
(D) swimming
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Part 2: Vocabulary Practice. Choose the best vocabulary word for each sentence.
1. Jamie wants to be a science teacher, so she studied (mechanical, physics) in college.
2. Do you have any (spare, license) change? I need fifty cents.
3. Toby is a computer game (candidate, fanatic). He plays computer games all day long!
4. My mom is a reading (specialist, fanatic). She teaches young children how to read.
5. Leo has a strong (curiosity, fanatic) about Japanese culture. He even knows how to speak
Japanese!
6. When the Smith family went camping last month, they explored some unfamiliar (curiosity,
territory) and got lost.
7. In America, students can get their driver’s (license, specialist) when they are 16 years old.
8. Roy drives a car to work, but I like to take public (transportation, spacecrafts).
9. Which (fanatic, candidate) are you going to vote for in the next election?
10. I don’t know how to fix my computer. I don’t have any (mechanical, physics) skills.
Part 3: Talk About It!
1.
Would you want to be an astronaut? Why or why not?
2.
Are you a fanatic in anything? Explain.
3.
Do you have any licenses? If not, when do you hope to get your driver’s license?
4.
Have you ever taken a physics class?
5.
Give an example of someone who is a specialist in something.
6.
Have you ever visited unfamiliar territory? Explain.
7.
Do you know anyone with good mechanical skills? Explain.
8.
How much spare change do you have with you today?
9.
What kinds of transportation do you take on a daily basis?
10. What is something you have a strong curiosity about?
11. Give an example of something that is out of this world.
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