NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Learning Task 3. Read the excerpts then choose the most important information to include
your synthesis
Reading Source #1: "en"
The female Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was outed - but only pseudonymously -
by Navy Seal Matt Bissonnette, who took part in the raid in which Osama bin Laden was killed -
thanks to the intelligence she provided. According to Bissonnette's book, she spent five years
researching Bin Laden's whereabouts. Little is known of her. Except Bissonnette says she is feisty
- and that when she sow Bin Laden's bullet-riddled body, she wept.
A. The spy's name is Jen and she worked for the CIA.
B. Jen provided CIA intelligence that later was used to raid and kill Osama Bin Laden.
C. Jen is feisty and cried over Osama Bin Laden
Reading Source 82: Christine Granville (bom KrystynaSkarbek)
"In the 1940s, most people seemed to think all female agenis were beautiful and used
their charm and beauty," says Clare Mulley, author of "The Spy Who Loved," a biography of
Granville. This was not true for all, but "Granville's charm and beauty were really important." She
was fast-thinking. brove, devoted, and instinctive; once biting her tongue to feign the
symptoms of tuberculosis and elude the Gestapo. She was awarded the George Medal.
A. She was fast-thinking, brave, devoted, and instinctive: once biting her tongue to
feign the symptoms of tuberculosis and elude the Gestapo. She was awarded the
George Medal.
B. This was not true for all, but "Granville's charm and beauty were really important."
C. In the 1940s, most people seemed to think all female agents were beautiful and
used their charm and beauty," says Clare Mulley, author of "The Spy Who Loved," a
biography of Granville.
Reading Source #3: VioletteSzabó
Proof that women have long been spies and mothers. A secret agent for the British
Special Operations Executive (SOE). Szabó took part in two intelligence gathering missions in
1944, in Rouen and Limoges, barely iwo years after her daughter was born. One biography
claims that she bought a dress for her baby in Paris, France when the first mission was
completed. She was captured during her second mission and executed at Ravensbrück
concentration comp.
A. A secret agent for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE), Szabó took part in
two inteligence-gathering missions in 1944, barely two years after her daughter was
born.
B. She was captured during her second mission and executed at Ravensbrück
concentration camp.
C. One biography claims that she bought a dress for her baby in Paris, France, when the
first mission was completed.
ning Toth Asin what you already knew about female spies and what you just learned​