单选题 Why had nearly a million people come to watch the launch of Apollo 11 ?

【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[参考译文] 为什么有近百万民众前来观看阿波罗 11号的发射?
[试题分析] 本题为细节题。
[详细解答] 根据原文第一段最后两句“In 6.5 hours NASA would launch three astronauts in mankind's first attempt to land on the moon。It was an event no one wanted to miss.”(6.5小时后,NASA会将三位宇航员送上太空,开始人类登月的首次尝试。没有人愿意错过这一事件。)因此C为正确选项。