Reading Test 6

Welcome to your FCE use of English part 1 quiz 1

Read the Text and decide which answer best fits each gap.

Space Junk

The space age began well over half a century ago, and ever since then the are just (1) ……………. the Earth’s atmosphere has been filling up with all kinds of man-made objects that have become (2) …………. as’ space junk’. The items up there (3) …………. from old satellites and parts of rockets to hundred of thousands of pieces smaller than one centimetre, all of them travelling at (4) …………. Speed.Over the last five years the number of objects in space is (5) ………… to have risen by 50 per cent, and this has (6) ……………… increased the risk of damage to working satellites or space vehicles with crews on board.

International agreement has therefore now been (7) ……………. On limiting the amount of new space junk. Scientists have also (8) ……………… some interesting suggestions on tidying up space. These include using laser beams, giant nets and even an enormous umbrella-like device to collect tiny bits of junk.

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