| It happened in the late fall of 1939
when, after a Nazi submarine had penetrated the British sea defense around the
Firth of Forth and damaged a British cruiser, Reston and a colleague contrived
to get the news past British censorship. They cabled a series of seemingly
harmless sentences to The Times’s editors in New York, having first sent a
message instructing the editors to regard only the last word of each sentence.
Thus they were able to convey enough words to spell out the story. The fact that
the news of the submarine attack was printed in New York before it had appeared
in the British press sparked a big controversy that led to an investigation by
Scotland Yard and British Military Intelligence. But it took the investigators
eight weeks to decipher The Times’s reporters’ code, an embarrassingly slow bit
of detective work, and when it was finally solv A. just prior to the outbreak of the Second World War B. bofore Britain entered the Second World War C. before the United States entered the Second World War D. while the United States was in the Second World War [单项选择]The fall in demand for coffee could cause a ______in the market, forcing some producers to cut prices.
A. dole B. sonar C. melee D. glut [单项选择]What happened after the man asked if he could smoke
A. Alison offended him by asking him not to. B. He went ahead without waiting for an answer. C. He began to smoke but then put the cigarette out. D. He took out his cigarettes but did to light on [单项选择]After we moved into the new house, we bought a lot of ______.
A. pieces of furniture B. furniture C. furnitures D. furniture pieces [单项选择]I could hardly （ ） him now. He has changed a lot.
A. remember B. recognize C. remind D. realize [单项选择]Without proper lessons, you could ______ a lot of bad habits when playing the piano.
A. keep up B. pick up C. draw up D. catch up [单项选择]After the bombing, there was a lot of ______ everywhere.
A. debris B. junk C. rubbish D. trash 我来回答: 提交
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