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]

[quote]incompl/advan-33 "Flying across the Channel", question 4

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]

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