Question

PLEASE HELP!! Which three of these statements best describes the attitude of humans on Earth as they are described in paragraph one of this excerpt. ( No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligence 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.)

Choose one answer from each group.
Type A, B, or C for Blank 1.
A. They think they know everything.
B. They are unwilling to help others.
C. They are scientifically advanced.
Type F, G, or H for Blank 2.
F. They are interested in exploring space.
G. They have a keen knowledge of extraterrestrial beings.
H. They are unaware of other beings.
Type I, J, or K for Blank 3.
I. They believe in charity.
J. They are curious to learn more.
K They often think about the benefits of exploration.

Answer 1

I think black 1 would be A
Blank 2 would be H
Blank 33 would be J but possibly K
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I hope this helps my dudette
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Zane

Answer 2

The three statements which best describe the attitude of humans on Earth as they are described in paragraph one of the excerpt are the following ones:

Blank 1:

A. They think they know everything.

"With infinite complacency, men went to and from over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter."

The author states men busied themselves with their little affairs with complacency, that is, self-satisfied and unaware of any potential danger coming from an unknown place. Plus, it is said that men used to believe that their empire was the only and most important one.

Blank 2:

H. They are unaware of other beings.

"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."

Humans did not take the possibility of life on other planets seriously, since they did not view it as something plausible.

Blank 3:

K They often think about the benefits of exploration.

"At most terrestrial men fancied there might be other men upon Mars, perhaps inferior to themselves and ready to welcome a missionary enterprise."

Even though men did not believe there could be life on other planets, they still supposed (not seriously, though) that the imaginary beings who inhabited Mars would be ready to welcome a missionary enterprise. In other words, men kept the benefits of exploration in mind even when it came to things whose very existence was not entirely valid in their opinion.