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

<passage>:
Maitland felt his face become hot. "Men can go anywhere, if they want Despite his sudden irrational anger toward her, Maitland tried to stick There was a thump. Maitland stirred, came half awake, and opened his Something moved in the darkness on the other side of the room. Maitland two are the best children we could possibly produce...." there's still the adventure of the thing. Surely, somewhere, there must be men who still feel that.... Ingrid, doesn't it fire something in your blood, the idea of going to Mars—just to go there and see what's there and walk under a new sky and a smaller Sun? Aren't you interested Shock contracted Maitland's diaphragm and spread through his body. ?" She smiled. "In a room downstairs there is the head of a lion. Swarts the door slid aside and disappeared. Maitland glanced in at Maitland stared at her, his face blank. His mind had just manufactured in vain that the atomic bomb offered a means of finally destroying the infidel.... Maitland looked up at the girl, who was regarding him silently with He stood trembling, acutely conscious that he was afraid and helpless, the man's was hung around his neck, and the woman was still drying her bobbed black hair. Scandinavian.... As they came closer, he saw that both of them had dark uniform suntans and showed striking muscular development, like persons who had trained The fellow looked about forty-five. The first details Maitland noticed were the forehead, which was quite broad, and the calm, clear eyes. The dark hair, white at the temples, was combed back, still damp from This man was intelligent, Maitland decided, and extremely sure of himself. Somehow, the face didn't go with the rest of him. The man had the head of a thinker, the body of a trained athlete—an unusual combination. we want your childish secrets about rocket motors." Maitland's heart "Are you crazy?" Maitland asked quietly. "Do you realize that at this "What's the idea?" Maitland asked. "What is all this?" Maitland stood there for a moment, deliberately relaxing his tensed Maitland shook his head stubbornly. "You seem to know everything about me," Maitland said defiantly, ?" Something eager leaped in Maitland's breast at the abrupt question, and didn't I? Maitland, I brought you here because you're a man who wants ." In the evening a girl brought Maitland his meal. As the door slid aside, he automatically stood up, and they stared at each other for several seconds. She had the high cheekbones and almond eyes of an Oriental, skin that glowed like gold in the evening light, yet thick coiled braids of blonde hair that glittered like polished brass. Shorts and a sleeveless blouse of some thick, reddish, metallic-looking fabric clung to her body, and over that she was wearing a light, ankle-length cloak of what seemed to be white wool. She was looking at him with palpable curiosity and something like expectancy. Maitland sighed and said, "Hello," then glanced down self-consciously at his wrinkled green pajamas. She smiled, put the tray of food on the table, and swept out, her cloak Maitland felt his worry drain away, leaving an almost mystical sense of peace and an undefinable longing. Venus, the most beautiful of the planets. Maitland kept track of them all in their majestic paths through the constellations, but Venus was his favorite. Time and time again he had watched its steady climb higher and higher in the western sky, Venus was a morning star just now.... Just now! He realized the truth in that moment. Later, when that jewel of a planet had set and the stars were out, he lay on the bed, still warm with excitement and relief. He didn't After a while Maitland smiled to himself and went back to bed. He woke in the morning with someone gently shaking his shoulder. He rolled over and looked up at the girl who had brought him his meal the evening before. There was a tray on the table and he sniffed the smell of bacon. The girl smiled at him. She was dressed as before, except that she had discarded the white cloak. As he swung his legs to the floor, she started toward the door, with the word, "Miss!" She turned, and he thought there was something eager in her face. consonant. "Miss," he asked, watching her face intently, "what year is this?" Startlingly, she laughed, a mellow peal of mirth that had nothing forced about it. She turned toward the door again and said over her shoulder, "You will have to ask Swarts about that. I cannot tell you." Swarts came half an hour later, and Maitland began his planned "What year is this?" Maitland asked in a conversational tone. eyes. He attached tiny clamps to Maitland's eyelashes. He inserted button earphones into Maitland's ears— With a deliberate effort, Maitland unclenched his fists and tried to countermove? He closed his eyes, but shortly the muscles around them declared excruciatingly that they couldn't keep that up. Now he was looking at a girl. She.... Maitland gritted his teeth and fought to use his brain then he had it. Within a minute, he was in an ungovernable rage. His muscles tightened There was blood hammering in Maitland's temples. His face felt hot and Maitland's smile became a grin. If you'll cooperate, I'll tell Ching to answer your questions."' "Ching?" "Ingrid Ching is the girl who has been bringing you your meals." Maitland considered a moment, then nodded. Swarts lowered the projector to his eyes again, and this time the engineer did not resist. That evening, he could hardly wait for her to come. Too excited to sit and watch the sunset, he paced interminably about the room, sometimes whistling nervously, snapping his fingers, sitting down and jittering over and over: a minute's thought identified it as that exuberant He forgot about it and went on whistling. He was picturing himself he was seeing visions of Venus and the awesome beauty of Saturn. In his mind, he circled the Moon, and viewed the Earth as a huge bright globe against the constellations.... Finally the door slid aside and she appeared, carrying the usual tray of food. She smiled at him, making dimples in her golden skin and revealing a perfect set of teeth, and put the tray on the table. "I think you are wonderful," she laughed. "You get everything you want, even from Swarts, and I have not been able to get even a little of what I want from him. I want to travel in time, go back to your 20th laughed again, hands on her rounded hips. "I have never seen him so irritated as he was this noon." Maitland urged her into the chair and sat down on the edge of the bed. I think I have just a romantic nature. Far times and places look more exciting...." tongue." He looked at her golden features, such a felicitous blend of Oriental and European characteristics, and hesitantly asked, "Maybe I shouldn't.... This is a little personal, but ... you don't look altogether like the Norwegians of my time." His fear that she would be offended proved to be completely unjustified. She merely laughed and said, "There has been much Maitland wrinkled his brow. "Afrikander?" After several seconds, Maitland swallowed. Something seemed to be the She nodded apprehensively. "I have never heard of it being done." He sank down on the bed and put his face in his hands. After a while he looked up and said bitterly, "You're looking at a man who would give obvious to me that whenever men were able to reach the planets, they'd do it." Her pitying eyes were on his face. He hitched himself around so that he

<question>:
Why did Maitland get excited about being held hostage?

<options>:
A He had defeated Swarts' tests
B He thought he could travel to Mars
C He enjoyed living in the small room
D He thought Ingrid was pretty

<answer>:

B