Set-1 Read the following passage and answer the questions below.
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The development of the space shuttle has dramatically reduced the cost of sending
loads into space. The shuttle takesoff from Earth like a rocket, and lands again like an
aircraft. It can transport not only its own crew, but also passengers, and has a huge
cargo-hold which is capable of carrying large satellites or a laboratory
Before the space shuttle was created, it was necessary to plan trips into space several
years in advance. However, for the rest of the century, it should be possible to make
space fights every week or so. Any scientist or engineer needing travel into orbit can
take the next flight, stay as long as necessary, and then return as his or her
convenience.
It is difficult to image the immerse opportunities created by the shuttle. One of the
great advantages of having a reusable space vehicle is that it can take one load after
another into orbit. Very large space stations could not be launched in their complete
form directly from earth, but they could be built in space. The space shuttle is likely to
be used as a general 'workhouse' for the rest of the century, and the building of such
stations in orbit should become common place.
One these huge orbiting space stations are completed, they are likely to become the
platforms from which hundreds of robot space ships could be launched cheaply and
easily to explore the solar system and to start miming operation on the moon. The
technology needed for this is already developed by space technologies. It is likely that
governments will be increasingly willing to start extensive programmes of the space
engineering, exploration and research.
Questions:
a. What is the space shuttle and how does it work?
b. How has the shuttle made space travel easy?
What are the main advantages of reusable space shuttle?
d. How can the space platforms be used?
e. For what purpose are the space stations likely to be used by the governments?

Excerpt from 100% - the story of a patriot upton sinclair 10 so peter walked along, with his belt drawn tight, and his restless blue eyes wandering here and there, looking for a place to get a meal. there were jobs to be had, but they were hard jobs, and peter wanted an easy one. there are people in this world who live by their muscles, and others who live by their wits; peter belonged to the latter class; and had missed many a meal rather than descend in the social scale. 11 peter looked into the faces of everyone he passed, searching for a possible opening. some returned his glance, but never for more than a second, for they saw an insignificant looking man, undersized, undernourished, and with one shoulder higher than the other, a weak chin and mouth, crooked teeth, and a brown moustache too feeble to hold itself up at the corners. peters' straw hat had many straws missing, his second-hand brown suit was become third-hand, and his shoes were turning over at the sides. in a city where everybody was "hustling," everybody, as they phrased it, "on the make," why should anyone take a second glance at peter gudge? why should anyone care about the restless soul hidden inside him, or dream that peter was, in his own obscure way, a sort of genius? no one did care; no one did dream. 12 it was about two o'clock of an afternoon in july, and the sun beat down upon the streets of american city. there were crowds upon the streets, and peter noticed that everywhere were flags and bunting. once or twice he heard the strains of distant music, and wondered what was "up." peter had not been reading the newspapers; all his attention bad been taken up by the quarrels of the smithers faction and the lunk faction in the first apostolic church, otherwise known as the holy rollers, and great events that had been happening in the world outside were of no concern to him. peter knew vaguely that on the other side of the world half a dozen mighty nations were locked together in a grip of death; the whole earth was shaken with their struggles, and peter had felt a bit of the trembling now and then. but peter did not know that his own country had anything to do with this european quarrel, and did not know that certain great interests throughout the country had set themselves to rouse the public to action. based on the author's characterization of peter in paragraphs 10, 11, and 12, which word best describes him? a) industrious b) loyal c) patriotic d) poor