Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the question. "Science cannot reduce the magic of a sunset to arithmetic, nor can it express friendship with a formula" observed the…
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Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the question.
"Science cannot reduce the magic of a sunset to arithmetic, nor can it express friendship with a formula" observed the eminent medical researcher, Dr. Lous Orr. He added, "also beyond science's mastery of nature are love and laughter, pain and loneliness and insights into truth and beauty". This distancing of science from the human condition perhaps explains why most foreign tourists visiting Britain flock predictably to see the hallowed homes of playwrights, writers and poets, but choose to ignore the habitations where its eminent scientists lived and worked.
"Science cannot reduce the magic of a sunset to arithmetic, nor can it express friendship with a formula" observed the eminent medical researcher, Dr. Lous Orr. He added, "also beyond science's mastery of nature are love and laughter, pain and loneliness and insights into truth and beauty". This distancing of science from the human condition perhaps explains why most foreign tourists visiting Britain flock predictably to see the hallowed homes of playwrights, writers and poets, but choose to ignore the habitations where its eminent scientists lived and worked.
The verb flock refers to
- Tourists visiting the homes of scientists in Britain
- Local people
- Large number of foreign tourists visiting homes of playwrights, writers, poets
- Indian tourists
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C - Large number of foreign tourists visiting homes of playwrights, writers, poets
'Flock' describes the large number of foreign tourists who crowd to the homes of playwrights, writers and poets. The passage says these same tourists ignore the homes where scientists lived and worked, and it does not speak of local people or Indian tourists.
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