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Part 3
Read the text and complete each gap with a word from the list at the bottom of the page.
Galileo Galilei
Often referred to as the 'father of modern physics', Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy, in
1564, the son of a mathematician and musician.
He attended university in Pisa but had to leave due to a __________ of funds, and later
taught sciences at the University of Padua. It was ______________ his time there that Galileo
did a large number of _________, the most famous involving dropping balls of different sizes
from ___________ heights to determine the law of acceleration of falling bodies. Indeed, he is
credited with several important scientific ___________, and is still considered a great genius.
Unfortunately, however, he died in prison in 1642, whist _________ a life sentence for
publishing works suggesting that the earth moved _________ the sun - something that went
against accepted thinking at the time.
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Part 4
Read the passage quickly. Choose a heading for each numbered paragraph (1-7) from the list
below. There is one more heading than you need.
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Life of Mars
Is space the future for mankind?
The difficulties of living in space
A successful outcome
A distant new world
Imitating life in space
A long journey in space
Only an experiment