Fill in each blank with the suitable form of the word in capital.
It’s noisy in space!
Inside the International Space Station, it is so noisy that the astronauts cannot hear one another. As a result, United States and Russian engineers have launched a (1)__________ repair programme which they hope will lead to the (2)__________ of the station’s 72-decibel roar: the equivalent of standing beside a busy motorway. ‘It is not a (3)__________ situation,’ said Mike Engle, a (4)__________ for the engineering team. ‘Apart from astronauts losing sleep, there is a danger one of them will (5)__________ a colleague’s instruction and press an incorrect button!’ (6)__________, most of the noise comes from the equipment needed to keep them (7)__________. ‘The coolers are the worst,’ Mr Engle explained. ‘But without them, the station would become (8)__________ hot! When we put together the station we faced a choice. We could either spend extra years (9)__________ that the station would be totally quiet, or we could get on and build the thing. Now it’s assembled, we are doing our best to (10)__________ it down.
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REDUCE
HEALTH
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HEAR
IRONY
LIFE
BEAR
SURE
QUIET