Read the excerpt from The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles.
<em>[T]he Germans committed some blunders in the way they sent their secret radio messages, giving the British help in their task. The first mistake of German intelligence was the error of arrogance, believing that the British were not up to the challenge of deciphering their messages. Another mistake they made was sending duplicates and even triplicates of some of their messages, with each one using a different cipher key.</em>
Question: Which word best describes the tone of the passage?
Options:
- Critical
- Apologetic
- Objective
- Discouraged
Answer: The correct answer is: <u>Critical.</u>
Explanation: A critical tone is used to express an analysis of merits and faults of something or someone. The passage talks about The German's secret radio messages against the British. It expresses adverse and disapproving comments towards the Germans, by mentioning that The German intelligence was arrogant and that they committed terrible mistakes in the way they sent their secret radio messages.
Hurricanes form over warm waters of the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. At a fast rate, it can take up to two days for a hurricane to form. Hurricanes are large Storms that can have winds from up to 74 miles per hour. With this much power it can tear apart buildings, homes, and anything else in the presence of it. There is also flooding, which adds another problem for the people witnessing the storm, they may even need to evacuate where they were taking shelter. Allot of people just leave until the hurricane has passed, but few stay, board up their windows, stay inside usually in a basement or closet (its best to stay away from windows or doors), and if flooding occurs they should turn off the electricity breaker.
"A Wedding Gift" is best considered a tragedy. Due to the sadness of it being placed around from a court case in the 1840s.
