THE ITALIAN NAVIGATOR LANDS

The chain reaction took place precisely as Enrico Fermi had surmised. After twen
ty-eight minutes he curtailed the experiment, giving the signal to replace the c
ontrol rod. The normally reserved scientists, unable to repress their excitement
, let out a tremendous cheer and gathered around Fermi to shake his hand. Althou
gh it was time to celebrate, some of the men remarked soberly that "the world wo
uld never be the same again." On December 2, 1942, the news of Fermi's achieveme
nt was relayed in a cryptic telephone message:
"The Italian Navigator has reached the New World:
"And how did he find the natives?"
"Very friendly."
The Atomic Age was inchoatebut truly here!
surmise curtail
6. surmise
7. curtail
8. repress
9. cryptic
10. inchoate

repress cryptic inchoate

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

puzzling
guess
to put down
to cut short
in an early stage

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to keep the pot boiling to see that interest doesn't die down.
Dickens kept the pot boiling by ending each chapter on a note of uncertainty and
suspense.

6. b

7. d

8. c

9. a

10. e