WHAT IS THE AUTHOR’S MAIN PURPOSE IN WRITING THIS ARTICLE

32. What is the author’s main purpose in writing this article?  Answers: A. To show support for NASA’s research on Mars. B. To give information about NASA’s effort to study possible life on Mars. 21 22 23 24 25 26 C. To persuade government agencies to do more research on Mars. D. To give information about the difficulty of growing plants on Mars. Part 2. Read the following passage and select the best answer to each of the questions  Answers: from 27 to 32. (1.5 pts) 27 28 29 30 31 32 Life on Mars Called the “Red Planet”, Mars is roughly half the size of Earth, and one of our closest neighboring planets. Though Mars is the most Earth-like of any other planet, the two are still worlds apart.