What’s the distance did the spacecraft make the free fall?

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问题 What’s the distance did the spacecraft make the free fall?
If one rocket scientist’s observations are right, the fuzzy dots on a grainy black-and-white photo from Mars show the wreckage of a NASA probe which vanished in 1999 Just before it was supposed to land on the red planet. After it disappeared, the Mars Polar Lander Mission was declared a 165, 000, 000 dollar failure.(25)A NASA team concluded an engine probably shut off early, causing the spacecraft to free fall about 130 feet, causing almost certain destruction on the Martian surface.
    " Landing on Mars is very hard. And it’s the part of your landing where things get really hard and, you know, it doesn’t take much. "
    (26)Some experts think the spots in this photo show the Polar Lander’s wreckage is pretty much intact 6 years after the accident. NASA’s calling the scientist’s new analysis intriguing.

选项 A、130 meters.
B、130 kilometers.
C、130 feet.
D、113 feet.

答案C

解析 本题考查对新闻细节的捕捉。由句(25)可知,宇航局的人认为可能是太空船的一个引擎突然熄火,使得太空船从130英尺高的空中落下,在火星表面坠毁。因此c为正确答案。
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