Question

Will someone please help me with an English question?

Here's the paragraph:

No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter. No one gave a thought to the older worlds of space as sources of human danger, or thought of them only to dismiss the idea of life upon them as impossible or improbable. It is curious to recall some of the mental habits of those departed days. At most terrestrial men fancied there might be other men upon Mars, perhaps inferior to themselves and ready to welcome a missionary enterprise. Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us.

WHICH THREE OF THESE STATEMENTS BEST DESCRIBE THE INHABITANTS OF MARS AS THEY ARE DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS EXCERPT. CHOOSE ONE ANSWER FROM EACH GROUP. TYPE THE LETTER ONLY FOR EACH ANSWER IN THE CORRECT BLANK.

Type C, D, or E for Blank 1.

They are filled with compassion and culture.
They plan to invade the Earth.
They do not care about other planets.


Type F, G, or H for Blank 2.
They want to study science.
They are disinterested in humans.
They are observant.


Type I, J, or K for Blank 3.
They want what humans have.
They feel sympathy for humans on Earth.
They need to be friends with humans.


Thank you SO much if you help me!

Answer 1

agreed ^^^

D

H

I

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

D

H

I

Step-by-step explanation:

In the paragraph, the author describes the inhabitants of Mars. They are smarter than us and are studying humans. There is no mention of them having compassion, actually, they schemed against us. Their study about us shows their interest in our planet. In the first group, the plan of invading us is the only one you can find in the paragraph.

Following these ideas, for the second group, their study is not in science but humans, and this shows their interest, so 'they are observant' is the line that is describing the inhabitants of mars.

If they drew a plan against us means they don't want to be our friends and they do not feel sympathy for the humans. They are watching with envious eyes, envy wants what the other has, in conclusion, they want what humans have.