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Practice Listening: Multiple Choice, Single Answer ID: #36182 Short James Webb Telescope

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The James Webb Space Telescope, Named after the NASA administrator, who oversaw the Apollo moon landings, this space behemoth is the largest, most powerful and most complex space telescope ever built. It has been hailed as the successor of Hubble, which itself was instrumental in expanding our understanding of the universe over the last few decades. It has undergone major redesigns, cost $9.7 billion to build, and has taken 25 years to fully develop, construct and test. There were moments in its decades-long construction where it was very nearly cancelled completely. And yet with the aid of scientists from several nations around the world, it has overcome hurdle after hurdle.

Which one of the statements about James Webb telescope is right?

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The telescope is intended to work with the Hubble Space telescope to explore space. The name James Webb is from the engineer who was responsible for the Apollo project. More than 10 billion dollars were spent to build the James Webb telescope. It took nearly 30 years to complete the telescope, during which it was nearly cancelled.

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Which one of the statements about James Webb telescope is right?

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Option 1: "The telescope is intended to work with the Hubble Space telescope to explore space."

Option 2: "The name James Webb is from the engineer who was responsible for the Apollo project."

Option 3: "More than 10 billion dollars were spent to build the James Webb telescope."

Option 4: "It took nearly 30 years to complete the telescope, during which it was nearly cancelled."