English 11 - Test 81
Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase. On 12 April 1961, Gagarin became the first human …(1)…into space.His call sign in this flight was Kedr.During his flight, Gagarin famously whistled the tune" The Motherland Hears, The Motherland Knows".The first two …(2)…of the song are :" The Motherland hears, the Motherland knows/Where her son flies in the sky".This patriotic song was written by Shostakovich in 1951, with words by Dolmatovsky.There are speculations in the media that from orbit Gagarin made the comment, "I dont see any God up here." There are, however, no such words in the full verbatim record of Gagarins …(3)… with the Earth during the spaceflight.In a 2006 interview a close friend of Gagarin, Petrov , stated that Gagarin never said such words, and that the phrase originated from Khrushchevs speech at the plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU,…(4)… the antireligious propaganda was discussed . In a certain context Khrushchev said , " Gagarin flew into space , but didnt see any God there". As Gagarin was a great peoples favorite at the …(5)…, Khrushchecs words were soon attributed to Gagarin for them to be more effective.
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