NASA's Mars detectot,Opportunity,succeeded in finding signs that water once existed on the plan

NASA's Mars detectot,Opportunity,succeeded in finding signs that water once existed on the planet.It is now believed that the planet ________ life.

A.should once support

B.should once have supported

C.could once support

D.could once have supported

答案及解析: B

解析:

考查情态动词的用法,根据前句信息,那个星球上曾经有水存在的迹象已经被成功找到了,后句的语气应该很肯定的,谈论的是过去的事情,选的情态动词后要出现完成形式,所以在B和D里选,根据语气判断是比较肯定的,所以选择B,意思是,现在人们相信那星球上应该是存在过生命的。