Answer:
1) D.Following your interests can lead you on a path to great discoveries.
2) C. “but a life-filled, liquid atmosphere— / where she can be… a pioneer!” ( Lines 9-10)
3) B. to show that the ocean is just as unexplored as space, but is more interesting to Sylvia Earle
4) C. “where / no human / had gone before.” ( Lines 16-18)
Explanation:
The writer wants to explore an entirely different place that has not been explored before. She feels that going to a place where no man has been before will make her a pioneer in that area. She does not want to visit the stratosphere or the space but the depth of the ocean, an achievement that will qualify her to be a great discoverer.
Though the space is as unknown as the ocean, she takes more pleasure/interest in exploring the ocean, "... a life-filled, liquid atmosphere—
where she can be… a pioneer!"
