1. SPEAKING Work in pairs. Discuss and match the three famous women with their great achievements.
Answer:
Amelia Mary Earhart - The first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
Ann Davison - The first woman who sailed solo across the Atlantic Ocean
Sally Ride - The first US woman in space
2. USE OF ENGLISH Read the text and circle the correct words. Then listen and check.
Answer:
1 on 2 few 3 set
4 rough 5 ashore
3. Which of the following words can replace the ones in bold in the second part of the text?
left alone sad event courage very bad
Answer:
tragedy - sad event
departed - left
bravery - courage
severe - very bad
solo - alone
4. Rearrange the following events of Ann Davison's life in the order they happened.
Answer:
4 - 2 - 5 - 1 - 6 - 7 - 3
5. Read the whole text again. Are the sentences True or False? Write T or F.
Answer:
1 T 2 T 3 F
4 T 5 T 6 F
6. SPEAKING Work in groups. Talk about Sally Ride, using the following prompts.
Answer:
Sally Ride was born on May 26, 1951. She graduated from Stanford University in 1973. She obtained a doctorate in Physics in 1978. She was one of six women who began spaceflight training in 1978. She was a Challenger who experienced first flight into space in 1983 and traveled into space the 2nd time in 1984. Sally died in 2012 from cancer.