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D. The sentence which best states the controlling idea of this passage is "The wire taps were never a secret, but they helped the United States gain military intelligence.
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The following excerpts from the passage reaffirm this controlling idea :
1. "On balance, however, some valuable information was gathered from the tapped conversations. The U.S. learned, for example, a great deal about the Soviet and Eastern European order of battle, or its military organization. Others feel that the intelligence was valuable to check against similar information obtained from other sources."
2."The evidence suggests that the CIA gained two invaluable and untainted kinds of knowledge from the taps. The agency learned a basic blueprint of the Soviet and East German security systems, and it never picked up a glimmer of warning that Moscow intended to go to war.”
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Powerfully built and hailing from a socially solid old family, Tom is an arrogant, hypocritical bully. His social attitudes are laced with racism and sexism, and he never even considers trying to live up to the moral standard he demands from those around him.
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B
Explanation:
A, C, and D are all sentences that could be cut in two to make them easier to read.
A : Daylight Saving Time is the best part of the year. There is more daylight in the evening that makes me feel good.
C : Are we supposed to spring forward or fall forward? I can never remember how the time change works.
D : We should get rid of Daylight Saving Time because it is a bother. And lost sleep causes car accidents.
