Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.

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that died when the meteor was created fell on Earth before the first In its last instant, the meteor fell on the Moon. It was impeded by and volitized upon striking the blades. Portions of the turbine also idling at eight thousand RPM, it became unstable. The shaft tried to tie itself into a knot, and the blades, damaged and undamaged were spit through the casing. The turbine again reached a stable state, that is, stopped. Permanently stopped. When he was flush, he would prospect for a couple of weeks. Once he followed a stampede to Yellow Crater, where he thought for a while that he had a fortune in chromium. The chromite petered out in a month and a half, and he was lucky to break even. sixteen days. When he saw the wrecked turbine, he knew that he wouldn't THE END the reactor—might conceivably last just as long. But his oxygen was too reserve—plus one is five—plus sixteen days normal supply equals "Batteries must be dead," he told himself. "Why isn't the generator working, man?" he asked. He thought this one out carefully. The generator was not turned by the main turbine, but by a small reciprocating engine. The steam, however, came from the same boiler. And the boiler, of course, had emptied itself of this, he reinspected the steam system, and found about three gallons temperature, and the condenser demonstrated its efficiency by quickly freezing the water in the tank. Evans sealed the turbine from the rest of the steam system by closing the shut-off valves. If there was any water in the boiler, it would the condenser, and with a little luck, melt the ice in there. Then, if water that he had poured into the boiler quickly turned into steam, and the steam turned the generator briefly. used. It was one day's supply if used wastefully. It was ostentatious the boiler pressure began to fail, but the steam had melted some of the inner office open. He felt a little guilty about this, because he had ordered that all doors in the survey building should remain closed except when someone was passing through them. This was to allow the air-conditioning system to function properly, and to prevent air loss in case of the highly improbable meteor damage. McIlroy thought that on the whole, he was disobeying his own orders no more flagrantly than anyone else in the cheerful contempt, but it was also true his mildest requests were complied with eagerly and smoothly. Everyone in the survey except McIlroy realized this, and even he accepted this without thinking about it. He had fallen into the habit of suggesting mildly anything that he wanted done, and writing orders he didn't particularly care to have obeyed. For example, because of an order of his stating that there would be no alcoholic beverages within the survey building, the entire survey was assured of a constant supply of home-made, but passably good liquor. over the assets of the Survey Credit Association all morning." "I'll certainly be glad to get them off my hands," McIlroy said. "I hope "That's par for a nonprofit organization," said McIlroy. "But we're amateurs, and we're turning this operation over to professionals. I'm sure it will be to everyone's satisfaction." "I know this seems like a silly question. What day is this?" nine banks of mirrors would not respond to the electric controls, and one bank moved so jerkily that it could not be focused, and it threatened to tear several of the mirrors loose. don't work." "Meteor shower," Cowalczk answered, "and that's not half of it. Walker too small for Radar to pick up, and not enough for Seismo to get a "Sounds pretty bad." "Could have been worse," said Cowalczk. they wouldn't go through a suit." "You mean only one hit our gear," Lehman said. "How many missed?" that didn't contain a crater at least ten inches across, there was not a square inch without its half-inch crater. Nearly all of these had been potassium nitrate that anyone has ever seen. Man, it's a full inch "I swear, Mac," said Jones, "another season like this, and I'm going back to mining." have to fight the union and the Lunar Trade Commission." McIlroy had heard all of this before. "How's that?" he asked politely. "You may think it's myself running the ship," Jones started on his tirade, "but it's not. The union it is that says who I can hire. The union it is that says how much I must pay, and how large a crew I need. And then the Commission ..." The word seemed to give Jones an unpleasant it is that says what I'll sell it for. If I had my way, I'd charge only profit I could make by cutting rates the other way." "Near cost it is now at a dollar forty. But what sense is there in charging the same rate to go either way when it takes about a seventh of and not worth mining here the low-grade ores of uranium and vanadium, they need these things on Earth, but they can't get them as long as it isn't worth the carrying of them. And then, of course, there's the water profit." "He's out prospecting again. I don't expect to see him until sun-down." "I'll likely see him then. I won't be loaded for another week and a half. Can't you get in touch with him by radio?" "He isn't carrying one. Most of the prospectors don't. They claim that a radio that won't carry beyond the horizon isn't any good, and one that " [Health, McIlroy, man.] " [Great Health, man.] Part of his reasoning proved correct. That is, he found that by one with its droplet of water. The average was about one per cent of the minutes left. The air purifying apparatus in the suit was not as it wasted oxygen. By using the suit so much, Evans had already shortened his life by several days. He "How come we have to blow the boilers now?" asked Lehman. "Because I say so," Cowalczk shouted, surprised at his outburst and ashamed of it. "Boiler scale," he continued, much calmer. "We've got to clean out the boilers once a year to make sure the tubes in the reactor was about half full, the water began to run nearly clear. An electric fragment of boiler scale held the valve open. "Keep trying," Cowalczk ordered. "Lehman, get a Geiger counter and come with me, we've got to fix this thing." Lehman and Cowalczk, who were already suited up started across to the it'll probably blow at seven." ruptured. A stream of mud gushed out and boiled dry on the face of the "Scale stuck in the valve," Cowalczk answered. "Are the reactors off?" "Geiger's off scale," Lehman said. "We're probably O.K. in these suits for an hour," Cowalczk answered. "Is "O.K., but keep working that switch." "Yeah. There's still enough heat in these reactors to do some damage. power in it to crush the scale." "Water's stopped. Give us some pressure, we'll see if it holds." Cowalczk and Lehman opened the valve again. Water spurted out, and dwindled as they closed the valve. "Think we weren't worried?" Lehman asked. "And it's not over." How come we can operate now?" "Oh, God, I suppose this means water rationing again." "You're probably right, at least until the next rocket lands in a couple of weeks." PROSPECTOR FEARED LOST ON MOON IPP Williamson Town, Moon, Sept. 21st. Scientific survey director presumed that he was merely temporarily delayed. oxygen runs out.

<question>:
What is the worst consequence of the Geiger being off scale?

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A The moon and Earth will enter a war fought over natural elements
B Evans will die before he is discovered by a rescue team
C Authorities will be forced to make more strict limitations when it comes to water
D The entire Survey will be fired and forced to compete over prospecting jobs

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C