I. People are predicting that space tourism could be a industry by 2020. Thousands of (3.1)__________ passengers a year could be flown as far as zero gravity and back, for the most thrilling (3.2)__________ of their life. Tickets are on sale now at a (3.3)___________ $ 200,000, from the well-known billionaire Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Galactic company has recently (3.4)_________ anther important stage in the successful testing of its six-passenger spacecraft. In the meantime, a growing (3.5)________ of other business people are joining this new space race, (3.6)________ for the first time that there might actually be some money to be made. Virgin Galactic has already (3.7)____________ around $45m in deposits for reservations from over 330 people wanting to travel into sub-orbital space. Why are they so (3.8)__________ to do this? One common reason given is that people want to feel the (3.9)__________ of zero gravity, and many also say that they would like to (3.10)_________ the curve of the earth from above. Sir Richard’s spacecraft, the VSS Enterprise, is the most advanced space tourism project in development and is in (3.11)__________ fact the best funded. It will reach a height of 50,000 feet attached to a mothership, and then be (3.12)___________ into space. 3.1 a) earning b) paying c) costing d) charging 3.2 a) lift b) sail c) flight d) drive 3.3 a) pure b) mere c) bare d) pale 3.4 a) passed b) left c) moved d) flown 3.5 a) amount b) sum c) figure d) number 3.6 a) advised b) influenced c) convinced d) impressed 3.7 a) taken b) kept c) borne d) held 3.8 a) irresponsible b) impatient c) irritated d) impossible 3.9 a) causes b) events c) issues d) effects 3.10 a) view b) look c) gaze d) watch 3.11 a) actual b) real c) true d) certain 3.12 a) fetched b) brought c) launched d) carried