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

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on Mars it's sandless (shower-wise) near trip to Mars. He was always getting there'll be scientific reports on the I should call them the Martians. trip, but the public doesn't want them they want the human slant easily. When we came upon them (a group of maybe ten, huddling they won't tell me about behind a boulder in ambush), he carefully at a paper cup of scalding coffee. "It'll be just like the The hole went on practically forever, They'll identify but it didn't get dark. Kroger tells me that there are phosphorescent bacteria living in the mold on with you." public going along vicariously. make it a gift to Martian archeologists? There's a Martian guarding the entrance to our cave. I don't know Mars. And I kept a diary. This is what they intend to do with us. Feed us, I hope. So far, they've just They picked the launching left us here, and we're out of rations. we're aimed toward where Mars on all four sides by running water, we're on it. Martians keep coming to the far edge of the water and looking at us and whistling at each other. A little Martian came near busy today), and they seem friendly Martian whistled like crazy and is rather old to take the "rigors of the journey," as he puts it, but the government had a choice between sending a green scientist who could stand the trip or an accomplished man who would probably not survive, enough. the edge of the water and a larger "What the hell," says Pat, "it's better than starving." It is not. I'm hungry . So is everybody down. A Martian threw a stone at of scales. The Martian whistled for some reason or other) table, scratching away with a ballpoint studied them in the uncertain light, then tasted them and grinned. The Martians are made of sugar. know him better. So far, he's still Captain Desmond to me. I haven't said that the Martian metabolism must be like Terran (Earth-type) outside the gyroscopic spin they put on the of their watched them more closely and seen that they have long rubbery tubes for tongues, and that they now and then suck up water from the stream while they're watching us, being careful not to get their lips (all sugar, of course) wet. He guesses that their "blood" must be almost pure water, and that it washes away (from the inside, of course) the sugar they need for their bodies isolated carbon from something (he thought it might be Like plants, on Earth, he said. Except, instead of using special as Earth plants do in photosynthesis shape of the scales like prisms, to isolate the "I don't get it," I said politely, when he'd finished his spiel. "Simple," he said, as though he were addressing me by name. "They have a twofold reason to fear water. One: by complete solvency in that medium, they lose all energy and die. Two: even partial sprinkling alters the shape of the scales, and they are unable to use sunpower steering or something. spoke to him, and it sounded like Flants. That can't be right. Also, I am one of the first five men in the history of the world to see the opposite side of the Moon, with a bluish blurred crescent beyond those teeth of theirs. They must be for biting something more substantial "We'll risk it," said Pat. "It's better to go down fighting than to die of starvation." The Martians we'd land on Mars upside down. He just stared at me. I can't say I was too impressed what they use those in the movies. There's just no awesomeness to it, no sense of depth or immensity. It's as impressive as a and surprised a lot of them chewing gritty hunks of anthracite out piece of velvet with salt sprinkled teeth for. We passed through one of the walls. They came running at these fast players who don't stop and think out their moves. And so on it. stream (the Martians had probably misunderstood and said, "A good chance of liking what on Mars?" about Mars (we know there are Martians, and they're made of sugar). "Why," I said, "can't we just tell With Martian rime, Venusian slime, we may be lucky and get a parade." "Maybe even money," said Kroger, whose mind wasn't always it may prove to be environmentally accurate, but that I should stick to on science. "But they'll ask why we didn't radio the info, sir," said Jones uneasily. I showed it to Kroger. He says but Pat says there's less gravity on Mars, so escape velocity didn't always meant to read and never had the time. So now I know all much new. I brought some books with me on the trip, books that I'd Pride and Prejudice , War and Peace be the one to quit. Kroger is busy in his cramped lab space trying to classify the little moss he was able to gather, and Jones and Pat are up front watching . They didn't take as long as I thought they would, except for Vanity Fair . It must have been a riot when it first came out. I mean, there are two baby Martians loose all those sly digs at the aristocracy, signs he's right. Like the missing charcoal in the air-filtration-and-reclaiming (AFAR) system. And the water gauges are going down. to go. I saw Mars in sideways. turned scarlet, suggested we radio Earth for instructions. We can't. void headed for Earth, with enough days—if the Martians don't take Kroger is thrilled that he is Mars has Martian reproductive processes. learning something, maybe, about When he told Pat, Pat put it to a it was decided that responsibility was pretty well divided. Kroger had only studied them, and Jones had brought them aboard. and I'm very thirsty. Kroger says that at least—when the Martians get bigger—they'll have to show themselves. Pat says what do we do then can't afford the water we need to melt them down. Besides, the melted crystals might says it's the dust. The sand underfoot all little Martians. turn into The Martians means so are the Martians. Kroger says the Martians must be intelligent, otherwise they couldn't have guessed at the carbohydrates present in the bread after try and walk toward where the ship acid. He says this'll produce carbon. I certainly hope so. well. All at once, something gleamed in their hands, and they started those Martians. caught one of the Martians in the featureless because the sand's loose having another Martian still on themselves, spaced considerably farther apart. Earth in sight Martian is still with us. He's where toward the ship. the camp, but a few rifle shots send the oceans. The rocket is tighter when they're startled. Their attitudes aren't menacing, but their appearance is. And Jones says, We all agreed to try it. Not that we thought it had a good chance of working, but none of us had a better "Who knows what's 'menacing' in an alien?" them away. They hop like kangaroos idea. the "captured Martian" leaked out, in the water, and wonders the jeep to follow the aliens' that would do. There are on a Martian. to be an earthquake-type split in solid rock, with the sand sifting to explain to me about salinity osmosis and hydrostatic pressure and crystalline life, but in no time at all seems to extend to our left and falls, a new Martian springs up right as far as we can look. inside of the crevice, but the Sun's from Mars. decided we're in a canal). No sign print to print. And they're barefoot, too, or else they have the damnedest-looking shoes in creation. The constant shower of sand

<question>:
What is the Martians' orientation toward water?

<options>:
A They fear it due to its ability to disintegrate their bodies
B They utilize it to grow an army within their population
C They desire it to fuel their underground Martian ecosystem
D They are both curious and reluctant to understand its potential

<answer>:

A