Answer :
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.”
Answer:
A
Explanation:
personal narrative that is writing prompt
Chronologically
Usually in informational writings about the past they are written in chronological order leading up to the end so you know the order of how it occured. Sorry if I'm wrong
1. He agreed to abdicate and retire in favor of the next in line for the throne
2. My sister always treated me like I was a blight on the family name.
3. He was blithe about the risks to his health.
4. He led an ephemeral electronic existence.
5. Their fervid attacks on image worship led
to their expulsion.
6. I refuse to use the fetid public bathroom
that looks and smells as though it has not been cleaned in months.
7. A small Colombian flag was neatly tucked in his open mouth.
8. He had much taste and love for music, and considerable gifts as an orator of a florid type.
9. She picked the flower up and poked it over her left ear.
10. People who are nice and gullible are always taken advantage of.
11. irascible doctor who is offended by his presence beats him to within an inch of his life.
12. He feared the ignominy of being exposed as a spy.
13. She kept on lamenting and crying, continued the woman.
14. He shows a monastic dedication to his job.
15. The shares were sold for well below their nominal value.
16. Because she is a chef, she notices every nuance of flavor in the meal.
17. The beginnings of his doctrine of cellular pathology date from the earliest period in his career.
18. It is a defence against sedition and socialism.
19. This argument is rather specious than sound.
20. They were once looked down upon as the tawdry poor relations of the fashion industry.
