ONLY A FEW FILMSSHOWAT THE GRAY THEATER ARE SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN....

22. Only a few filmsshowat the Gray Theater are suitable for children.A B C DRead the passage carefully , then choose the correct answer.The Space RaceIn 1957, Russia launched a small metal ball, Sputnik, into space. As it circled the Earth, it did nothingbut send a simple radio message back to Earth. That message, however, was enough to frighten the Americansbadly. The Russians were winning the space race. But what was thespace race? Very simply, it was a race tosee which country could get into space first. Both Russia and the United States wanted to win very much.With Sputnik, Russia won the first part of the race, but the next stage, putting a man into space, was far moreimportant to both countries.The American program to put a man into space was the Mercury program. The Americans chose AlanShepard, a Navy test pilot, to be their first astronaut.Theycalled his mission Mercury Freedom 7. Shepardwent through months of training for his mission.Meanwhile, the engineers and scientists tested every part of his spaceship to make sure it was safe.Finally, in 1961, after the Americans safely sent a monkey into space, they were ready to send Shepard. In thelast week of February, Shepard’s Redstone rocket was on the launch pad, but a last minute problem meantthat they could not launch. Theyrescheduledthe launch for May 5. Then on April 12, the Americansreceived terrible news. Yuri Gagarin, a Russian, was in space. The Russians had beaten the Americans again.