People have always wondered about the moon. Thousands of years ago, people studied the moon and used it to keep track of time. Later, people invented instruments such as telescopes so that they could see the moon more clearly and learn about it.
With advances in technology, people were able to learn more about the moon. In the mid-1900s, scientists sent up rockets that could explore the moon’s surface. Later, astronauts actually went to the moon. They sent lots of information about the moon back to the earth. As a result of all this moon exploration, the moon is no longer as great a mystery as it once was.
Fill in the blanks according to the passage. Only one word for each blank.
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Long, long ago people were very i _______ in the moon. They watched at the moon for_s______ a long time that they got to know more and more about it and they even invented a machine _c______ a telescope. They could see the moon more clearly with it. In the middle of the t_______ century people could set up rockets to the moon. In this way, people for the first time __l______ on the moon and took some information back to the earth. So scientists know much more about the moon now.