Greeting from planet Earth ( 7 класс)

desert island (n) – шөлді арал
golden (adj) - алтын
greet (v) - сәлемдесу
human race (n) – адам нәсілі
inhabitant (n) - тұрғындар
launch (v) – іске қосу
messenger (n) - хабаршы

mission (n) - миссия
represent (v) - ұсыну
solar system (n) – күн жүйесі
space exploration (n) – ғарышты игеру
spacecraft (n) – ғарыш кемесі
transmit (v) - беру
whale (n) - кит

Is there anyone out there? From the beginning of time the human race has looked to the stars and asked this question. Today, technology makes space exploration possible and allows us to search for an answer.
In 1977, NASA scientists launched Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. The two spacecraft were on a mission to find out more about space and transmit the information back to Earth. They also carried a message to inhabitants of other planets. This message came in the form of a golden record like a time capsule.

It was difficult to decide what to put on the record. Scientists wanted it to represent all the people, languages and species on our planet. So they included information in writing, pictures and sounds that tell the story of planet Earth.
There are greetings in 55 languages as well as sounds like thunder, whale song and even a mother’s kiss. There are 115 photographs and 90 minutes of music from around the world. Carl Sagan, a scientist on the team, said that it was like a message in a bottle from a desert island and that it would carry something hopeful about life on our planet. Nobody has answered the message yet, but who knows? E.T. might just be waiting to greet our messenger.

1 How many spacecraft did the NASA scientists launch into space in 1977?
A three B two C one
2 Why did the NASA scientists launch the spacecraft?
A They wanted to find new friends in space.
B They wanted to learn more about space.
C They wanted to find new lands to live on.
3 What was the other function of the spacecraft?
A to take a message from planet Earth to life on other planets
B to bring a message from the people of other planets to planet Earth
C to find new planets for people on Earth to move to
4 Why wasn’t it easy for scientists to choose what to put on the record?
A There wasn’t a lot of space on the record.
B They wanted to include information about many things.
C There were too many languages to represent.