Week 9 · English Practice Paper

Reading Passage

Read the passage below, then answer the questions that follow.

An Extract from The First Moon Landing

On 20th July 1969, two astronauts called Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed a spacecraft called Eagle on the Moon. Neil climbed carefully down the ladder and became the first person ever to step onto the Moon's surface. He said the ground felt soft and dusty under his boots.

Buzz joined him a little while later, and together they collected rocks and dust to bring back to Earth. They also planted a flag in the ground. Back on Earth, millions of people watched the landing on their television sets, cheering and clapping. After about two and a half hours outside, the astronauts climbed back into Eagle to rest before the long journey home.