1 . Young Talent Looks To The Stars

Anne Breaks grew up on the edge of a forest in Canada. And she started _________ the stars and learning about the earth from her scientist father at five. At the age of eight, she decided to become a(an) _________ and devote her young life to that goal.

This year, she _________ the ten spokesman for Space Day sponsored by NASA. She hosted and spoke at many events, _________ more awareness of space and interesting future air travel. Astronauts must be _________ fit, so Anne, now 18 and a high school senior, practices taekwondo. She has already earned herself the _________ grade—a black belt. Astronauts don’t all speak the _________ language, so she’s learned German and French and is now studying Russian and Japanese. Astronauts train for zero _________, so she has learned to scuba dive to get used to feeling weightless She takes piano and flute lessons because advanced music skills are prized by astronauts for the _________ required to achieve them.

“A lot of astronauts have told me that __________ is the most important thing,” she said. “So I will keep __________, and when it’s time to apply to be an astronaut, I will. It’ll __________ take about 10 years of applying just to be chosen. __________, I’m going to do it.”

Breaks __________ the Royal Astronomical Society in Canada, and at age 14 earned the __________ mark in one of the exams. That drew the attention of NASA officials, who led her into a new world of __________ exploration.

Breaks said her time as Space Day spokesman started on “a rally __________ day” —February first when the space shuttle Columbia __________ as it returned to earth.

She __________ the dangers of space flight, but that hasn’t put her off the idea. __________, she knows what she wants to do in space: fly to the international space station and take “a really neat spacewalk”.