2019英语六级选词填空练习题(3)
Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage．
At the height of Detroit's boom in the mid 20th century, this plant manufactured Packard automobiles, employing about 40,000 people． The promise of good pay and plenty of work at similar (36)_______ around the city attracted people like Tennessee native George McGregor in the 1960s．
Today, he's president of the United Auto Workers Local 22 in Detroit． "When I first came here, in the automobile factory, they were begging people to come． The hour (37)
_______ was something like $3．25 an hour," he recalled． But the auto industry stopped begging when(38) _______ for American cars slowed and interest in foreign automobiles increased．
The Packard brand became (39)_______, and the hum of its once mighty factory is silent． Crumbling buildings are part of one of the largest vacant industrial complexes in the world． They (40) _______Detroit's boom-to-bust story． "There were about a dozen auto factories, and you know very large (41)_______ , and over time those have been shut down to now there's only one left," Scorsone said．
Economist Eric Scorsone, at Michigan State University, said although General Motors (42)_______ the most prominent set of buildings in downtown Detroit, the auto industry plays a much smaller role in the city's economy． "In fact, health care is the biggest employer now in the city," he said．
There were about 300,000 auto factory jobs in Detroit in the 1950s, when the (43) _______ was around
1．8million． Today, there are fewer than 27,000 jobs in plants operated by Chrysler and GM, and the overall population is just above 700,000． "We got three casinos and two auto factories," McGregor explained． "We went from (44)_______ ． to gaming for jobs．" McGregor's UAW Local 22 Detroit (45)_______． workers at the GM Hamtramck plant still in operation here．
A． inquire
B． people
C． demand
D． make
E． boasts
F． represents
G． employees
H． symbolize
I． plants
J． manufacturing
K． extinct
L． population
M． employers
N． standard
O． rate
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大学英语四级阅读：选词填空技巧汇总 选词填空的考察形式 一篇280词左右的文章，文章中挖出10个空，并统一给出A-O 15个备选答案。选词填空区别于完形填空，有更大的解题难度，原因在于： 1. 完形填空每题都是四选一，选词填空第一题要十五选一，就算用到排除法，最后一题也要六选一，而且在十五个选项中还有五个根本不会用到，难度加大； 2. 完形填空每题的四个选项都是统一的词性，只需要辨析词义、搭配就基本可以作答，而选词填空的十五个选项有多个词性，解题时需要同时判断词性和词义，难度加大； 3. 完形填空每题的四个选项往往都是统一时态，统一形式，而在选词填空中会涉及选项的动词时态、第三人称单数形式、被动主动语态，名词的单复数等的辨析，难度加大。 针对选词填空的解题方法分为三步 1. 预览选项，了解词义并把选项分为四大类词性：名词n，动词v，形容词a，副词ad，在每个选项后作词性的简要标记； 2. 精读全文开头，把握文章主题，并以三个空或一个段落为一个单位，利用前后文判 断每空的词性； 3. 把对应词性的选项逐一带回原文，含义通顺，时态、主谓搭配一致的为正确选项。 四级考试的常用后缀在判断选项词性时可以有一定帮助作用。在根据前后文判断每空的词性时，一些经常考察的形式如下： 名词：通常来说，冠词(如a，an，the)、形容词、介词后面搭配名词，即"a/an/the/adj./prep. + n。"， 举例说明：Education soon became a _____. 冠词a后面加可数名词的单数形式，正确答案是nightmare，这句话的意思是"教育很快成了一种噩梦。" As the trade winds lessen in _____, the ocean temperatures rise causing the Peru current flowing in from the east to warm up by as much as 5 degrees. (06-6) 介词in后面加名词，正确答案是strength，这句话的意思是"当信风强度减弱的时候，海洋温度上升，导致从东部流入的秘鲁洋流上升了5摄氏度之多。"较难的一个例子：Husbands and children now do some of these jobs, a ____ that has changed the target market for many products. (06-12) 这里可以用两种判断方法来判断横线处所填词的词性。第一种方法，用句子结构来判断，前面一句话，husbands and children now do some of these jobs，这是一个完整的句子，主语husbands and children，谓语动词do，宾语some of these jobs；后面的that 引导的是一个同位语从句，它所修饰的中心词就是a后面需要填的词，而定语从句的中心词是名词，所以横线处应填一个名词。第二种方法，根据刚才所说的"a + 名词"的语法规则来判断，横线处应该填一个名词，而且是一个可数名词的单数形式。正确答案是situation。这句话的意思是"丈夫和孩子现在也做一些这样的工作了，这种情况就改变了许多产品的目标市场。" 动词：动词的考点很多，我们来看其中三种： 1. 主语后缺谓语动词。举例说明：He ____ from his teachers, came home in tears and thought about dropping out. 在这句话里，主语是he，本来后面应该有一个动词作谓语，但是这里没有动词，而是在横线后面出现了一个介词短语from his teachers，这样这句话就缺少谓语动词，所以横线上应该填一个动词。正确答案是hid，这句话的意思是"他不愿见老师，
小学六年级英语——选词填空专项练习 1.Choose the words and finish the paragraph （选择合适的词填空，使短文的内容完整，每词只能用一次，每条横线1分，共10分。） don’t didn’t went go going was take took sang with by ate I am John. I like on a big trip. I usually a trip on my summer holiday. I often go to Beijing my parents. But last summer holiday, I go to Beijing. I to Xinjiang. I went there ______train. I good food, pictures, and danced. I very happy. 2. Choose the words and finish the paragraph （选择合适的词填空，使短文的内容完整。）（very, comes, warm, rains, rained, rainy ,didn’t ,don’t, wasn’t ,went ,weren’t, were,took, take,too） Spring .The weather is______.It a lot .It is https://www.doczj.com/doc/c49702648.html,st spring, it a little. It warm,it was hot. We plant trees. The trees green. When you out, you should an umbralla，because it was suddenly. 3.Choose the words and finish the paragraph （选择合适的词填空，使短文的内容完整，每词只能用一次，每条横线1分，共10分。） (left, reading, go, comes, goes, take, going, usually, an, doesn’t, with, next) John is my friend. He _______ from Australia. He _______ to school on foot. He _______ like sports. He likes ________ story-books. On Sundays he and I __________ to a bookstore. We often _______ the No. 6 bus there. The bookstore is _______ to a bus stop. His father is _______ accountant. He works in a bank. John is ________ to Hong Kong _________ his father this Friday. 4. Choose the words and finish the paragraph （选择合适的词填空，使短文的内容完整。）（clean cleaner fresher is are warmer hotter raining rains wetter come comes better about and much more） Spring _____coming. The weather gets_______.The trees are green and the flowers______out.It is _______beautiful in spring than in winter.It ________a lot ,so it is ______.After the rain the air is_____and _______.I think spring is______than winter.What______you?Do you like spring. 5. Choose the words and finish the paragraph （选择合适的词填空，使短文的内容完整。）( have, on , with, took, visited, and go, dancing, having, take, went, danced ) It’s sunny today. I am ______ a picnic in the park with my friend. Look! Chen Jie is catching butterflies. Tom and Sarah are singing and ______ under a big tree. Last week we _______ to Dongguan city. We _______ Center Square, climbed Huangqi mountain and________ many pictures. Summer holiday is coming. We don’t _______ to school. I am going to _______ a trip ______ my parents. We are going to Shanghai . We are going there by plane ____ July 12th. We will ________ a good time there.
大学英语六级选词填空练习(3) 导读：本文大学英语六级选词填空练习(3)，仅供参考，如果觉得很不错，欢迎点评和分享。 Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage. Culture is the sum total of all the traditions, customs, beliefs, and ways of life of a given group of human beings. In this （36）, every group has a culture, however savage, undeveloped, or uncivilized it may seem to us. To the professional anthropologist (人类学家), there is no intrinsic （37）of one culture over another, just as to the professional linguist there is no intrinsic hierarchy(等级制度) among languages. People once thought of the languages of backward groups as （38）and undeveloped forms of speech,consisting largely of grunts and groans. While it is possible that language in general began as a series of grunts and groans, it is a fact established by the study of "backward" languages that no spoken tongue answers that description today. Most
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大学英语六级选词填空应试技巧 ——胡一、了解题型 选词填空又称15选10，在仔细阅读部分，是新增题型。试题文章长约200到250个单词，10个空格，备选词汇共15个，每个空格只准选用一个单词，每个词不能重复使用。备选词汇是名词，动词，形容词和副词，虚词不在考核范围内。 二、应试方法及步骤 1、按照词缀准确判断15个单词的词性,将同一词性的备选单词归为一组，如果遇到动词还可以按照时态进行第二次分类,尽量将15个单词的类别分得越细越好。 2、只读试题所在的原句，通过前后词判断空内应填入词性和语法属性，通过上下句判断时态，回到相对应的词性组选择单词，如果遇到动词则需注意时态。 3、本试题并不侧重考察同义词辨析和固定搭配，否则就是完型填空，因此，只要能判断试题所在的句子所需要的词性和语法属性就不难找到正确答案。 4、未必要按顺序作题，因为本来就无须了解文章的意思，只读句子，遇到哪个简单就先做哪个，难的放到后面做，因为备选范围在不断缩小。 5、正确答案应满足语法和词性要求，句意通顺。 设题原则: 设题原则是首句不设空，而且通常情况下此句是总体句，弄清此句有利于理解全 文。一句话中不设两空，设空比较均匀，基本覆盖全文。 选项特点: 10个空格考察的全部是实词， 词性分配的基本比例: 3个名词正确答案+1个名词干扰答案 3个动词正确答案+1个动词干扰答案 3个形容词正确答案+2个形容词干扰答案 1个副词正确答案+1个副词干扰答案。
六年级上册选词填空练习（附答案） 一、清爽凉爽 1、房间经过一番打扫，（）多了。 2、（）的海风迎面吹来，让我顿时清醒了许多。 二、倾吐倾诉 1、他把这种苦痛深深地埋在心里，从不向任何人（）。 2、这对老朋友激动地拥抱在一起，互相（）内心的思念之情。 三、优雅幽雅 1、这么（）的景致真让人流连忘返。 2、舞会在（）宽敞的大厅里举行。 四、茂密茂盛繁茂 1、房前是一棵树叶（）的大树。 2、小鹿穿过（）的树林，来到了小河边。 3、眺望绚烂（）的百花谷，他不禁浮想联翩。 五、磅礴澎湃 1、长江用（）的力量，推动新的时代。 2、钱塘江大潮漫天卷地的壮观景象令人心潮（），激动不已。 六、讥笑嘲笑耻笑 1、面对（），他面不改色，这份淡定让人赞叹不已。 2、我们不能因为取得了一点成绩就沾沾自喜，那样只会被人（）。 3、老师经常告诉我们，不要（）别人。 七、爱慕仰慕
1、我对他的（）之心犹如星星闪烁着光芒。 2、科学家霍金不屈不挠、向命运挑战的顽强精神实在令人（）。 八、朦胧蒙眬 1、（）中，我感觉妈妈正在给我擦汗。 2、在（）的月色中，他回到家里。 九、长风破浪披荆斩棘 1、让我们扬起理想的风帆，（），驶向成功的彼岸。 2、他白手起家，多年来在商场上（），终于有了今天的成就。 十、埋怨抱怨 1、只有从不浪费时间的人，才没有工夫（）时间不够。 2、同学之间不要因为一点儿小事就互相（），要学会理解与尊重。十一、叮嘱嘱咐吩咐 1、听着窗外的雨声，他又想起了临行前母亲的（）。 2、老人那亲切的（）让他的心里感到温暖。 3、您有什么事，请尽管（）。 十二、羞愧惭愧 1、他为自己的自私行为深感（），一下子变得面红耳赤。 2、虽说读了很多书，但是写作水平还是不见起色，这让李明十分（）十三、兴致勃勃兴高采烈 1、同学们（）地谈论着这次郊游的行程和具体地点。 2、星期天上午，我和爸爸（）地去自然博物馆参观。 十四、慷慨大方
及时总结，发现问题所在。只有在每次做题之后，找到症结所在，对症下药，才能有所提升，否则就如找不到航向的船，任何方向的风都是逆风，不仅没有进步和提升，还消磨浪费了时间精力。以下是本站分享的，希望能帮助到大家! 六级选词填空八大规律1 1、技巧一have done 句型过去分词和现在分词 2 Some have 26 from ... 该题同学选的是A.accessing ,正确答案是O.vanished 这里have 后面要跟一个动词，而且是动词的过去分词，构成have done sth.现在完成时句型，表示过去发生的动作对现在造成的影响或结果，或表示过去的动作或状态持续到现在。done 是一个动词的过去分词形式。比如go的过去式是went，过去分词是gone，do的过去式是did，过去分词是done。 有人不太明白过去式和过去分词什么区别其实简单点理解，过去式还是一个动词，而过去分词是一个动词的非谓语形式，不能独立作谓语，只能与助动词一起构成谓语。如“have/has/had +过去分词”构成完成时态;“be+过去分词”构成被动语态等。 这道题是典型的现在完成时句型。很明显，该同学选择A.accessing 就是没有掌握好现在完成时have + done 这一句型。 现在分词 ing形式的动词叫做现在分词，表示动作持续进行中，也不能直接用作谓语，一般有两个特征 第一，在时间上表示正在持续发生的动作。 例如 a developing country 一个发展中的国家(而 a developed country 是一个发达国家) 第二，在语态上表示主动 例如 the ruling class 统治阶级( the ruled class 被统治阶级) 最简单直观的判断主动和被动方式名词提前当主语+is(be动词) 如
一、选词填空 【1】Seasons cooler travelling take train 1.It’s ________ in Kunming than in Beijing now。 2.I like ________ on holidays 3.How long does it _______ to get there 4.There are four _________ in a year 5.I go to Guangzhou by ___________ 【2】Worry careful wet nose anything caught 1.I have a runny _______ 2.I _________ a cold yesterday 3.You should be _____________ next time 4.I got all _______ in the rain 5.I don’t want to eat ___________ now 6.Don’t _________。You’ll get well soon 【3】Nervous，words，gifts，first，invite，host，rehearsal The __________ will begin at four this afternoon。Yangyang will be the_______。He looks ________because this is his____________ time to be a host on stage。 Many students will come to the rehearsal。They will________ their teachers to come onto stage。And they will say some __________ of thanks to the teachers。 【4】Among，birds scared playing sunny tree It’s a _______day today。Peter and Mike go to a forest。They see some _________ singing in the branches of the __________. A squirrel is jumping __________ the trees。They also see some monkeys ___________ on the ground。They want to play with them。So they are walking towards them。The monkeys are ________ and run away。 【5】leave way do both turn off life 1.I want to ________ my homework first 2.Can you print your homework on ________ sides 3.It’s a good ___________ to save paper 4.We should live a low-carbon___________ 5.Remember to __________ the TV when you ___________the room 【6】bike many protect foot public bags Today is April 22. It’s World Earth Day。It tells people to _________ the environment。We should do_________ things for protecting the environment。We shouldn’t use plastic________. We can’t litter in _________ places。If the place is not far ，we should go on __________ or by ____________. 二、选择题 1.what’s the date today？ It’s Monday It’s October 21st 2.what does your father do？ He can cook meals He’s a teacher 3.how does your mother go to work every day？ She takes a bus She has a bag 4.what do we need to keep the lawn clean？ We can sit there We need a trashcan 5.when is World Earth Day it’s April 22 it’s May 12
2019英语六级选词填空练习题(1) Questions 36 to 45 are based an the following passage． It's an annual occurrence in the dry season： a smoky, hazardous haze blankets southern Malaysia and Singapore． This year it was so bad that in some affected areas there was a 100 percent rise in the number of asthma cases． Hundreds of schools were closed, and the government of Malaysia (36)______gas masks． The source of the pollution lies across the Malacca Strait in Indonesia where (37) ______burning of forests to clear space for palm oil plantations continues unabated Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono offered a public (38)______for what has happened and asked for the understanding of Singapore and Malaysia. The Indonesian president promised to prosecute anyone (39)______in illegal slash-and-bum activities．Eight Southeast Asian companies are reportedly under (40)______ But the ongoing deforestation seems to contradict past promises． In 2009, President Yudhoyono pledged to reduce by 26 percent greenhouse gas (41)______, caused mostly by deforestation． And in 2011he instituted a moratorium protecting designated forest areas． In exchange, (42)______ conscious Norway pledged $1 billion to support these efforts． Ariana Alisjahbana at the World Resources Institute says local officials are not supporting the national
（一）选词填空 占整个考试分值的10%。选词填空题的文章长度在220-250词左右，要求从给出的15个词中选择10个填入合适的空中，10个空缺的设计遵循以下原则：首句不设空，一句之中不设两空。 十个空格考查的全部为实词：其中1~2个副词，2～4个名词，2～3个动词和2～4个形容词，每个正确选项都有干扰项，要么是相同词性选项之间的相互干扰，要么是多余选项对正确选项的干扰。选项中动词时态与文章时态一致。 选词填空解题步骤及技巧： 1.预览选项，了解词义并把选项分为四大类词预览选项性：名词n，动词v，形容词a，副词ad，在每个选项后作词性的简要标记； 2.瞻前顾后，灵活选词：精读全文开头，把瞻前顾后，瞻前顾后灵活选词：握文章主题，并以三个空或一个段落为一个单位，利用前后文判断每空的词性； 3.如不能确定词义，把对应词性的选项逐一带回原文，含义通顺，时态、主谓搭配一致的为正确选项。重读文章，确定答案重读文章，重读文章 一、浏览全文（用2 - 3分钟的时间浏览上文，我们即可抓住本文的主旨大意） 这一步是为了了解文章的大致内容和选项，做到心中有数。主要关注文章中涉及的人物、事件、地方、原因以及结果。反复出现的词将会是帮助大家掌握文章大致内容的重要线索。 确定选项的词性 选项中的15个词是考查的关键，对于熟悉的单词标明词性和词义，不熟悉的单词或者不认识的单词只需标明词性。辨别词性要注意以下几点：辨别词性要注意以下几点： 1.动词分为谓语动词和非谓语动词。非谓语动词包括：动词不定式、动名词、现在分词和过去分词。过去分词有两种可能性(形容词和动词的过去分词), 无法确定时标问号。 2.不认识的词看后缀。构词法中, 前缀区分意思, 后缀区分词性。所以看词尾往往能大致分出词性。 3.词性无法确定的, 暂时搁置。 4. 做出相应的标记。 1.常见名词后缀：-sion，-tion，如：starvation，attraction，profession -ity，如：quality，diversity 2.常见动词后缀：-ate，如：estimate，generate -en，如：widen，worsen 常见 3.形容词后缀：-able，如：stable，affordable -tive，-sive，如：destructive，excessive, sensitive -ous，如：unconscious，enormous 4.常见副词后缀：-ly，如：deliberately，completely, remarkably 瞻前顾后，灵活选词瞻前顾后， 词性分类之后，回到原文中，词性分类之后，回到原文中，根据原文中空格前后的单词或语句确定所填词的词性，然后从分好类的单词中选择出词性、词性，然后从分好类的单词中选择出词性、意思、语法都符合要求的最佳选项。意思、语法都符合要求的最佳选项。我们可以根据一些简单的语法知识确定答
六年级英语总复习：选词填空 (1)( older, younger, friend, friends, playing, old, climbing, reading, one, two, longer, shorter ) John is 12.He has three friends.They are Sarah,Amy and Mike.Sarah is 12 years_____.She has long hairs.Sarah likes ____the piano very much.Amy is 13.She is ____years____ than John.Her hair is not long ,it is ____than Sarah’s hair.Amy likes_______books.Mike is 10 .He is ____years ____than John.Mike and John like ______mountains.They are good _______. ( 2 )( happy, today, see, feels, can’t, can, take, stay, read, listening, drinking, cold ) ______is Friday. Jack is very_____,he has a _____.He_____go to school,he go to _____a doctor.Doctor asks him to ______at home for one day,and _____the medicine.He ______better soon.Now,Jack is ____to the music and ______the hot water. ( 3 )( bad, fine, stayed, yesterday, played, went, sad, happy, sang, took, had, park ) I’m Jane.It was Sunday_____.The weather was______.I_____with my friends.In the morning,the boys _____basketball.Tom was _____.He won the game.The girls______songs.In the afternoon,we _____to a park,there were some big mountains in the _____.We_____many pictures there.We ____a good time. ( 4 )( did, went, last, happy, visited, tired, washed, cleaned, played, cooked, read, bought ) My name is Jack.I was busy ____weekend.On Saturday morning,I ____morning exercises in a park.Then I ____fishing with my classmates in the afternoon.In the afternoon,Mom____went shopping and ____ a pair of for me .I was very ____.I _____grandparents Sunday morning.In the evening ,my family did housework together.Dad _____the room.Mom____the dinner,and I____the clothes.I was _____,Iwent to sleep after dinner. ( 5 )( summer, winter, hot, season, cold, swimming, climbing, skiing，visit, eat, play, do ) Summer is my favourite ______.It is very hot in _____.So I can go _____.But my friend Jack doesn’t like it,he likes _____.So he likes _____very much .He plans to go to Harbin on the winter holiday.I want to go there,too.Because I want to _____with snow.But Jack tells me it will be very ____ in Harbin.So I plan to go to Beijing on my summer holiday.I can _____ the Great Wall and _____ Beijing duck .Before that ,I have to _____ my
2014年6月英语六级选词填空习题及答案（4） Nearly half the （1）__________ believes UFOs could be a （2）__________of extraterrestrial visitation. A HuffPost/YouGov poll reveals that 48 percent of adults in the United States are open to the idea that alien spacecraft are observing our planet -- and just 35 percent outright （3）__________ the idea.The poll was seen as vindication from the community of UFO researchers who often feel they are laughed off by government officials."It's always been intriguing to me how we act as though only kooks and quacks and little old ladies in tennis shoes believe in flying saucers. And it's never been true, at least for 30 or 40 years," said former nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman, who was the original civilian investigator of the events surrounding the （4）__________Roswell, NM, UFO crash of 1947.Friedman is very outspoken on the idea that some UFOs are （5）__________ controlled extraterrestrial vehicles."The believers are far more quiet, but far more on the side of reality," Friedman told The Huffington Post. "When you look at the polls, it's clear. And I see the benefit of that, （6）__________, because I've only had 11 hecklers in over 700 lectures. I've been out there, all over the place, in every state, 18 other countries, and I know that my （7）__________is more than tolerant -- they're accepting. It's been one of the things that really has kept me going."In the HuffPost/YouGov poll, conducted between Sept. 6-7, 1,000 adults were asked if they either believed or didn't believe that some people have （8）__________ UFOs that have an extraterrestrial origin.When YouGov offered （9）__________ the choice between "slightly disagree," "disagree" and "strongly disagree," those numbers added up to 35 percent who are skeptical of the notion that any UFOs may be alien-related.However, nearly half of the adults surveyed （48 percent）resounded in the affirmative, leaving 16 percent who （10）__________ that they weren't sure on either side of the ET issue. A: legendary B:accept C: reject D: respondents E: personally F: implied G: population H: responsibility I: intelligently J: indicated K: sign L: signal M: witnessed N: story O: audience
英语六级新题型选词填空练习题及答案 A novel way of making computer memories，using bacteria FOR half a century，the（1）__________of progress in the computer industry has been to do more with less.Moore's law famously observes that the number of transistors which can be crammed into a given space（2）__________ every 18 months. The amount of data that can be stored has grown at a similar rate. Yet as（3）__________ get smaller，making them gets harder and more expensive. On May 10th Paul Otellini，the boss of Intel，a big American chipmaker，put the price of a new chip factory at around $10 billion. Happily for those that lack Intel's resources，there may be a cheaper option—namely to mimic Mother Nature， who has been building tiny（4）__________，in the form of living cells and their components，for billions of years，and has thus got rather good at it. A paper published in Small，a nanotechnology journal，sets out the latest example of the（5）__________. In it，a group of researchers led by Sarah Staniland at the University of Leeds，in Britain，describe using naturally occurring proteins to make arrays of tiny magnets，similar to those employed to store information in disk drives.The researchers took their（6）__________ from Magnetospirillum magneticum，a bacterium that is sensitive to the Earth's magnetic field thanks to the presence within its cells of flecks of magnetite，a form of iron oxide. Previous work has isolated the protein that makes these miniature compasses. Using genetic engineering，the team managed to persuade a different bacterium—Escherichia coli，a ubiquitous critter that is a workhorse of biotechnology—to（7）__________ this protein in bulk. Next，they imprinted a block of gold with a microscopic chessboard pattern of chemicals. Half the squares contained anchoring points for the protein. The other half were left untreated as controls. They then dipped the gold into a solution containing the protein，allowing it to bind to the treated squares，and dunked the whole lot into a heated（8）__________ of iron salts. After that，they examined the results with an electron microscope. Sure enough，groups of magnetite grains had materialised on the treated squares，shepherded into place by the bacterial protein. In principle，each of these magnetic domains could store the one or the zero of a bit of information，according to how it was polarised.