Question

Read the text and fill in the time line you can see below with the years important in the epoch of the Moon Conquest, and say what stands behind each of these points in time.
1964 _____? _____? _______? now.(dupa textul acesta)
The Earth's nearest
neighbour, the Moon, was the
most studied object in the night
sky long before the first rocket
was launched — a talisman for
lovers, an emblem for dreamers,
and a familiar friend to
astronomers.
The United States got its
first taste of moon dust in 1964
when its unmanned spacecraft crashed onto the lunar
surface.
On January 27, 1967, astronauts Virgil Grissom,
Edward White and Roger Chafee entered the first
Apollo capsule for a pre-flight test. All three were killed
when a fire swept through the Apollo command module.
The missions designated Apollo 4, 5, 6 ,7, 8, 9 and
10 were unmanned test flights flown in Earth orbit to
test the techniques and technology that would go to the
Moon.
On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 reached the Moon with
two astronauts on board. Neil Armstrong took the first
steps on the Moon proclaiming: “One small step for a
man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Apollo 12, 14, 15, 16, 17 landed on the Moon
between 1969 and 1972 with
astronauts on board. The Apollo
13 landing was cut short because
the service module suffered
an explosion. The mission was
designated a failure, having
succeeded in only one of its
objectives — the safe return of
the astronauts. When the Apollo
17 crew left the lunar surface,
they knew that they were the last people to walk on the
Moon — a cash-strapped U.S. government planned no
more Apollo missions. More than a quarter of century
later they are still the last.
After Apollo, scientists reported stunning details
about the Moon. It is 4.5 billion years old; about the
same age as the Earth. It is made of ancient rocky
stuff that has been melted, erupted and crushed by
meteorites. The average surface temperature on the
Moon is –100
F (–23,30
C). The percent of the Earth’s
gravity on the Moon is 16%. Flight time to the Moon
is 4 days. There is no water on the Moon, no magnetic
field, no atmosphere — the 3 indispensable conditions
for the existence of life. But recently, water has been
found on the reverse side of the Moon.

Answer 1

Give extensive answers: 1) Why would the audience expect the actors to know their parts by cessful play? 3) Why do you think the actor always insisted that the letter which was handed to him by the gaoler should be written out in full? 4) What kind of copy of the letter did the prisoner get one day? 5) Why did the actor squint his eyes when he started reading the letter, which in fact, was a blank sheet of paper? 6) Why was it necessary for the gaoler to bring a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter on the stage? 7) What do you think followed next?

good luck with homework