E X E R C I S E 2: Choose the correct answer according to the passage.
1. The birds from which penguins are descended
A) initially had to fight a number of enemies in Antarctica
B) had flippers to enable them to swim easily
C) were as capable of flight as any normal bird
D) fled to Antarctica to escape from their enemies
E) were the first birds to lose the ability to fly
2. Penguins are especially well-suited to water because they
A) live in Antarctica, which is surrounded by water
B) have flippers, instead of wings, and streamlined bodies
C) have long feathers to protect them from the icy polar water
D) are simply no longer very good at flying
E) spend so much of their time living on the land
3. When penguins desire to get out of the water,
A) they swim very fast in order to get above the surface
B) they move their wings and fly onto the nearest iceberg
C) their feet help them gain enough speed to leap above the waves
D) their streamlined bodies enable them to do so quite easily
E) they are capable of jumping nearly six feet high to do it
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