Cover of the textbook Cutting Edge Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 04 - Listening and vocabulary for the textbook Cutting Edge Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave from Pearson Education

Question

You are going to listen to a radio programme about the Mars 500 mission. Listen and answer the questions below.

Answer

  1. It was a simulated space mission.
  2. Russia, Europe and China
  3. Scientists wanted to study the physical and psychological effects of spending that amount of time on board a space capsule.
  4. They must be able to get on well; work successfully as a team, yet provide leadership; be extremely self-sufficient; stay calm under pressure.