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The man who will free-fall to Earth
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Elementary
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The man who will free-fall to Earth
Level 1
Elementary
Comprehension check
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Match the beginnings and endings to make sentences about the text.
Expressions and meanings 
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Match these words and expressions from the text with their meanings.
1. consciousness
2. decompression sickness
3. window of opportunity
4. weightlessness
5. brain damage
6. astronaut
a. a serious medical condition caused by a sudden decrease in pressure around your body
b. physical harm to your brain as a result of illness or an accident
c. when you have no weight because you are outside the Earth’s atmosphere
d. someone who travels and works in space
e. a chance to do something that you only have for a very short time
f. the state of being awake and able to hear, see and think
1. If there is a problem with his spacesuit…
2. If his skin becomes open to the air…
3. If the weather is good…
4. If the weather is bad…
5. If he succeeds…
6. If Fournier breaks the records…
a. … it will not be possible for him to jump.
b. … another man will try to break them again in July.
c. … he will break four world records.
d. … he will suffer brain damage.
e. … he will die.
f. … he will attempt the jump today.
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The man who will free-fall to Earth
Level 1
Elementary
Prepositions
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Fill the gaps in these phrases from the text using prepositions. Then check your answers in the text. 
1. ____________ 40,000 feet there isn’t enough oxygen
2. the speed ____________ sound
3. a window ____________ opportunity
4. ____________ more than 600 mph
5. a problem ____________ his spacesuit
6. he has been preparing for this jump ____________ 20 years
7. for two ____________ three hours
8. Kittinger jumped ____________ 102,800 feet