Question

Compare the details that were included in both texts.
The codebreakers at Bletchley Park helped shorten World War II. (Included in text 1).
The British were committed to maintaining secrecy around codebreaking. (Included in both texts).
The Bombe was responsible for decoding the German Enigma code. (Included Text 2).
The British secretly used a country estate for codebreaking. (Included in both texts).
Which statement would the author of Text 1 likely agree with?
A. Nobody knows the identities of the codebreakers at Bletchley Park.
B. The Bletchley Park codebreakers should receive credit for their achievements,
C. Codebreaking at Bletchley Park was done mostly by machines, not people.

Answer 1

B. The author of Text 1 would most likely agree that the Bletchley Park codebreakers should receive credit for their achievements — Text 1 explicitly says the codebreakers helped shorten WWII. The other choices are contradicted or not supported by Text 1: secrecy being maintained (both texts) doesn’t imply that “nobody knows” the identities, and the claim that decoding was done mostly by machines is presented in Text 2 (the Bombe), not Text 1.