Question

1) Yuri Gagarin was the first person to travel into space. The Russian scientists were ready to send up
man into far space and they chose Major Yuri Gagarin to be the first pilot.
2) He had to go through a long and difficult period of training since he would have to carry out many
scientific experiments during his journey and had also to know as much as possible about the rocket
in which he was to fly. He would be taking great risks, for it was impossible to tell just what the
effects of travelling in space would be. if anything went wrong with the rocket, Gagarin would be
certain to lose his life. However Gagarin was ready for any risks and quickly learned all that he
needed to know. On April 12th, 1961 his spaceship the vostok, was ready and the great adventure
began.
3) Flying a spaceship is not the same as flying an ordinary aircraft, instead of sitting at the centrals the
pilot lies flat upon a couch and the take of is mainly automatic, though the pilot must always be
ready in case anything goes wrong fortunately all went well, the vastok was launched by its powerful
motors and before long it was more than 100 miles up, travelling at a speed of 5 miles a seconds or
18000 mph- faster than any man had travelled before. Gagarin did not feel any sensation of speed
but he could look through the porthole of his pressurised cabin and see the earth far below, looking
like a vast globe instead of a flat plain. He could make out coastlines, rivers, forests and clouds, he
passed over Siberia. Them on to South America and this over Africa.
4) Gagarin was busy all the time making scientists measurement. Also as the vastok was equipped with
radio, he was able to give the scientists on the ground a running commentary on everything he saw
before long the spaceship passed into the earth's shadow. When it came out of the shadow again the
horizon Glowed a brilliant orange colour. In space the sky looked black even when in the sunlight as
Gagarin had expected it to look. It is only from the earth that the sky looks blue, it is not really blue.
5) When Gagarin had been in space for rather an hour, he had nearly completed a journey right round
the earth and it was time to prepare for the landing. This was perhaps the most dangerous part of the
whole trip, if he came into the air too quickly, his ship would rub against the air particles, and the
friction would make the ship so hot that it would burn up. The speed of the vostok had to be checked
gradually. Again all went well. The outer hull of the ship did become hot, but not too hot. The
vostok steadily dropped closer and closer to the ground until, when not far from the ground
Gagarin's cabin was separated from the rest of the rocket, a huge parachute opened and the cabin
with Gagarin in it. Floated gently down to a safe landing two women working in the fields saw him
and came running up. As they drew near. Gagarin opened the door of his cabin and climbed through
his journey over. He had been up for 108 minutes, during which time he had flown right the world.
On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following questions by choosing the best of
the given choices.
(3 Marks)
(A) How did Gagarin prepare for the space flight?
i) By getting physically fit
ii) By collecting enough money
iii) By going through difficult training
iv) By studying science
(B) What is the biggest difference between flying a spaceship and flying an aircraft?
i) The pilot has to be on his back
ii) The spacecraft is much faster
iii) Flying the spacecraft is more difficult
iv) Flying the spacecraft is more dangerous
(C) What all did Gagarin experience or do while sitting in the spaceship “costok"?
i) He experienced sensation of speed
ii) He made out coastlines, rivers, forests and clouds
iii) Both (i) and (ii)
iv) He could not look through the porthole of his cabin
(D) Which was the most dangerous part of the trip?
i) The time of take-off​

Answer 1

Answer: On April 12, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space. During the flight, the 27-year-old test pilot and industrial technician also became the first man to orbit the planet, a feat accomplished by his space capsule in 89 minutes.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

(1). by going through difficult training