E X E R C I S E 2: Choose the correct answer according to the passage.
1. The passage seeks to show
A) how brave engineers are when faced with dangerous situations
B) how many liters of water are required to extinguish the average hotel fire
C) that mathematicians are not as practical as other professionals
D) that mathematicians, engineers, and physicists react in the same way in emergencies
E) that mathematics is of no use in practical situations
2. We can conclude from the passage that
A) engineers move from the practical to the theoretical
B) this incident happened before the invention of fire extinguishers
C) mathematicians are more intelligent than engineers or physicists
D) physics forms the basis of some other disciplines
E) engineering is the most practical of the disciplines mentioned
3. The author of the passage illustrates that the mathematician
A) died in the fire which the story refers to
B) was contented just to know that the fire could be extinguished
C) was much cleverer than the engineer or the physicist
D) wasn't woken up by the fire in the hotel he was staying in
E) measured the amount of water required more accurately than the physicist
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