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Pictorial<br />
Moonbase One<br />
Moonbase One was damaged. A meteorite from deep space had smashed <strong>through</strong><br />
one of the two radio dishes on top of the habitation dome. The radio dish now<br />
looked like a broken plate; not functioning well, but well enough to send a dist<strong>res</strong>s<br />
call for help; and help had been dispatched. Astronaut Murphy stood on the edge<br />
of a ledge of a <strong>low</strong> plateau beside Moonbase. From there, he could see a gash in<br />
the ground beyond the dome where the meteorite had come to <strong>res</strong>t. ‘Damaged<br />
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dish and another crater in the moon,’ Murphy thought, ‘but we were lucky’. His eyes<br />
turned to Moonbase itself. To Murphy, Moonbase’s dome (the ‘Hab’, they called<br />
it) always seemed a half-buried helmet. ‘Here live giants’, he mused fancifully. To<br />
his right, he could see the base’s three storage cylinders, each painted a different<br />
primary colour. They held gases needed in the Hab. From his lookout, Murphy had<br />
a good view of the arrival of the supply rocketship. Its six landing legs made it look<br />
like a one-eyed octopus, hanging in nothingness. Moon dust bil<strong>low</strong>ed under it,<br />
blasted away by the flaming exhaust.<br />
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COMPREHENSION THROUGH CLOZE <strong>Book</strong> 4 978-1-922426-73-4 R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricpublications.com.au
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