Question 10 • CMS 2025-2026 English I CREDIT RECOVERY
Read the excerpt from The Dark Game . As a result of the cut cables, Germany lost its most secure long-distance communications system. The Germans now had to rely on radio transmissions from their powerful wireless station at Nauen, a few miles from Berlin. Which was exactly what the British military knew they would have to do. And once the Germans began sending wireless messages, MI8, the British code breakers, began plucking them from the air. Of course, all German correspondence was sent in a complicated cipher system, so that was when the hard work began for the code breakers of MI8. Which piece of textual evidence best supports the inference that the Germans could not lay new cables in the waters of the English Channel?
Answer
A
The Germans now had to rely on radio transmissions from their powerful wireless station at Nauen, a few miles from Berlin.
B
Which was exactly what the British military knew they would have to do.
C
And once the Germans began sending wireless messages, MI8, the British code breakers, began plucking them from the air.
D
Of course, all German correspondence was sent in a complicated cipher system, so that was when the hard work began for the code breakers of MI8.
Explanation
The excerpt says the Germans lost their secure long-distance communications system after the cables were cut. It then explains that they had to rely on radio transmissions from Nauen instead, which supports the inference that they could not simply lay new cables across the English Channel. Choice A is the evidence that directly shows they were forced to use another method of communication.
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