The atomic age began on July 16, 1945, near Alamogordo, New Mexico. A team of American scientists and _______________ stood inside a bunker and watched the cloud
said
reporters
_______________ atomic explosion erupt out of the _______________ in a blinding flash of first
three
felt
explosion
fear
desert
light and _______________ into a mushroom-shaped cloud. said
mission
form
That _______________ test was part of the effort to _______________ an end to World first
new
mother
see
special
bring
War II _______________ developing a powerful bomb that would _______________ the by
on
energy
carry
itself
use
enormous energy contained in the _______________ atom. Those who witnessed that first last
tiny
earth
_______________ felt both the fear and hope the _______________ energy held for mankind. explosion
mission
carry
new
special
bomb
After watching the _______________, one of the scientists present said, bunker
test
into
“_______________am sure that on Doomsday, in the _______________ millisecond, the last We
I
Bombers
first
said
last
man on earth _______________ see what we have just seen.” _______________ William will
be
mission
And
But
Mushroom
Lawrence, a writer for the New York Times, _______________ that he felt as thought he prepared
reporters
said
_______________ been present at the dawn of _______________, when the Lord said, “Let arrived
had
group
creation
energy
powerful
there _______________ light.” am
be
just
Three weeks after the test _______________ in New Mexico, a group of B-29 explosion
energy
just
_______________prepared to take off on a _______________ from the huge American air base bunker
bombers
watched
mission
base
was
_______________ the island of Tinian, in the Pacific Ocean. _______________ of those planes by
on
mankind
Tiny
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Creation
One 1
was to carry the _______________ new atomic bomb that had just _______________ from the first
special
plane
prepared
little
arrived
United States. The pilot _______________ the B-29 that was designated to _______________ on
team
of
use
drop
take
the bomb had named the plane _______________ his mother, Enola Gay. Even the after
of
witnessed
_______________ itself had a name. It was called Little Boy. test
after
bomb
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The atomic age began on July 16, 1945, near Alamogordo, New Mexico. A team of American scientists and 1______________ stood inside a bunker and watched the cloud 2
said
reporters
______________ atomic explosion erupt out of the 3______________ in a blinding flash of first
three
felt
explosion
fear
desert
light and 4______________ into a mushroom-shaped cloud. said
mission
form
That 5______________ test was part of the effort to 6______________ an end to World first
new
mother
see
special
bring
War II 7______________ developing a powerful bomb that would 8______________ the by
on
energy
carry
itself
use
enormous energy contained in the 9______________ atom. Those who witnessed that first last 10
tiny
earth
_____________ felt both the fear and hope the 11_____________ energy held for mankind.
explosion
mission
carry
new
special
bomb
After watching the 12_____________, one of the scientists present said, bunker
test
into
“13_____________ am sure that on Doomsday, in the 14_____________ millisecond, the last We
I
Bombers
first
man on earth 15_____________ see what we have just seen.” will
be
mission
said 16
last
_____________ William
And
But
Mushroom
Lawrence, a writer for the New York Times, 17_____________ that he felt as thought he prepared 18
reporters
said
_____________ been present at the dawn of 19_____________, when the Lord said, “Let
arrived
had
group
creation
energy
powerful
there 20_____________ light.” am
be
just
Three weeks after the test 21_____________ in New Mexico, a group of B-29 explosion 22
just
_____________ prepared to take off on a 23_____________ from the huge American air base
bunker 24
energy
bombers
watched
mission
base
_____________ the island of Tinian, in the Pacific Ocean.
by
on
mankind
was 25
_____________ of those planes
Tiny
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Creation
One 3
was to carry the 26_____________ new atomic bomb that had just 27_____________ from the first
special
plane
prepared
little
arrived
United States. The pilot 28_____________ the B-29 that was designated to 29_____________ on
team
of
use
drop
take
the bomb had named the plane 30_____________ his mother, Enola Gay. Even the after 31
of
witnessed
_____________ itself had a name. It was called Little Boy.
test
after
bomb
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