Do you know Yuri Gagarin? He was the first1to go into space. He orbited（作轨道运行）the earth for 108 minutes. He was the first man to 2that the earth is round and it is made up of water.
Yuri Gagarin was born in a village3March 9, 1934. When he was a schoolboy, Yuri Gagarin was clever and hard-working. He4liked to play jokes on his classmates. His maths teacher5the army（军队）and became a pilot（飞行员）during the Second World War. The old pilot often told his6some interesting stories about flying. Yuri Gagarin7liked to listen to the stories.
Later, when he was in the technical school（技校）, he8to fly a small plane. He enjoyed flying and he spent9of his free time on it.
In 1960, Yuri Gagarin10one of the 20 astronauts for the space programme of the country. Then he had a chance to orbit the earth. Yuri Gagarin was one of the best astronauts.
