9, 000 metres above Dover

[Timka]

Test No. incompl/advan-33 "Flying across the Channel", question 4

Felix Baumgartner recently basejumped out of a plane 9,000 metres ......... Dover, a port on the south coast of England.

(a) up
(b) above
(c) higher
(d) at

Test No. incompl/advan-33 "Flying across the Channel", answer 4

Felix Baumgartner recently basejumped out of a plane 9,000 metres above Dover, a port on the south coast of England.

Correct answer: (b) above

Your answer was: incorrect
Felix Baumgartner recently basejumped out of a plane 9,000 metres higher Dover, a port on the south coast of England.
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can you explain this sentence clearly?why it choose above not higher..because higher that is the high you are in plane

Timka

[Alan]

This is the comparative form of the adjective high so how can higher Dover possibly make sense?
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[Amiranow]

about preposition up , is it the meaning of made it up "I did something just as I want". Why it is always used in past.

[MrPedantic]

Hello Amiranow,

"To make it up" is often used in the past; but present uses also occur, e.g.

1. Are you making all this up? = Are you inventing all this?

Best wishes,

MrP

[Carlsoak]

Felix Baumgartner recently basejumped out of a plane 9,000 metres ......... Dover, a port on the south coast of England.

(a) up
(b) above
(c) higher
(d) at

Test No. incompl/advan-33 "Flying across the Channel", answer 4

Felix Baumgartner recently basejumped out of a plane 9,000 metres above Dover, a port on the south coast of England.

Correct answer: (b) above

Your answer was: incorrect
Felix Baumgartner recently basejumped out of a plane 9,000 metres higher Dover, a port on the south coast of England.

i appeal revision : i marked " above" / your answer says: (b) above = correct
and added additionally the following illustration : "your answer was incorrrect .. ..F.B ----"higher ....

Who put you up to it?

its not the first time that the answer key is more confusing than helpful or do you have any technical problems ????????

[Torsten]

Hi Carl, I'm sure your screen looks exactly like mine below:



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[Kimdung9210]

I do not know this sentence means

[Kimdung9210]

hi sir,
I do not know this sentence means?

[Lzhd1028]

what does this sentence mean?