【例三】六级2001年6月Passage Two
For centuries, explorers have risked their lives venturing into the unknown for reasons that were to varying degrees economic and nationalistic.
Although their missions blended commercial and political-military imperatives, the explorers involved all accomplished some significant science simply by going where no scientists had gone before.
Today Mars looms as humanitys next great terra incognita. And with doubtful prospects for a short-term financial return, with the cold war a rapidly fading memory and amid a growing emphasis on international cooperation in large space ventures, it is clear that imperatives other than profits or nationalism will have to compel human beings to leave their tracks on the planets reddish surface. Could it be science, which has long played a minor role in exploration, is at least destined to take a leading role?
With Mars the scientific stakes are arguably higher than they have ever been. ..
36. According to the passage, the chief purpose of explorers in going to unknown places in the past was_____ .
A) to display their countrys military might
B) to accomplish some significant science
C) to find new areas for colonization
D) to pursue commercial and state interests
37. At present, a probable inducement for countries to initiate large-scale space ventures is _____ .
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