IELTS Listening Sample Questions # Asteroid Mission

Asteroid Mission

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Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS

  1. If you go through something examining it carefully and trying to understand it, why is it given to you?
  2. When was the last time an asteroid hit the Earth?
  3. What is the name of the mission on which the European scientist and engineers are working on?
  4. Where are the scientist hoping to land?
  5. What is the length of the asteroid the scientist are hoping to land?
  6. What are the scientist hoping to bring back to the Earth?
  7. What will the scientist use to make a hole in the asteroid?
  8. In which movies were the schemes to push asteroid so that it hits Earth made?
  9. According to scientist, when will the asteroids hit the Earth?

asteroid mission

ANSWER
  1. for analysis
  2. 64 million years ago
  3. Marco Polo
  4. asteroid
  5. less than one kilometer
  6. dust and rubble
  7. special drill
  8. Armageddon and Deep Impact
  9. March 16th 2880

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