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2. 
What is the name of NASA’s probe that sent back images of Mars in November, 2018?
3. 
Where did China’s Chang’e 4 probe make a historic touchdown in January, 2019?
4. 
Number the planets below 1–8 (with number 1 as the planet closest to the Sun and number 8 the 
furthest away from the Sun).
Earth 
Venus 
Mars 
Mercury 
Saturn 
Uranus 
Neptune 
Jupiter
Key words 
Write the key words next to the definitions. Then, find them in your article to read them in context.
Group A
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2
Is space exploration a waste of money?
abstruse cumulative disgraceful endurance infinity
junk misguided nihilistic obscenely vastness
1. 
increasing gradually as a result of more and more additions 
2. 
extremely, especially in a way that makes you angry 
3. 
hard to understand and very complicated 
4. 
the belief that nothing in life has any importance or value 
5. 
the fact that something is extremely large 
6. 
something that has no end or limits 
7. 
the ability to continue doing something physically difficult or continue dealing with an unpleasant 
situation for a long time 
8. 
old, broken or useless things 
9. 
extremely bad or shocking, especially used to describe something that you do not approve
of 
10. 
of an action that is based on judgments or opinions that are wrong 

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