The night-walkers of Uganda

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Fill the gaps in the sentences using these key words from the text.
1. ______________________ is a force that slows down a moving object.
2. An ______________________ is a medical condition in which a blood vessel in your body becomes blocked by
a mass of blood.
3. ______________________ is the height of a place or thing above sea level.
4. A ______________________ is a set of clothes that allows people to move and breathe in space.
5. A ______________________ is someone whose job is to perform dangerous actions in a film.
6. A ______________________ is a hard hat that you wear to protect your head.
7. ______________________ is the part of a parachute jump where the parachutist falls very quickly before the
parachute opens.
8. A ______________________ is the part of a hot-air balloon that people travel in.
9. A ______________________ is a soldier trained to jump out of an aeroplane wearing a parachute.
10. ______________________ are the things a person owns.
The man who will free-fall to Earth
Level 1
Elementary
Key words
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Find the information
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Look in the text and find the following information as quickly as possible.
How old is Michel Fournier?
How long will it take him fall back down to Earth?
How long has he been preparing for this jump?
How many world records will he break if he succeeds?
What is the speed of sound?
What altitude did Joe Kittinger jump from?
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helmet 
spacesuit embolism 
paratrooper gondola 
stuntman belongings 
free-fall 
altitude