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Difficulty: MediumEmphatic Stress

Supply an appropriate contrasting word to complete the question that correctly elicits the given emphatic statement.

Answer:Statement: The chief pathologist METICULOUSLY examined the tissue samples under the microscope.
Contrastive Question: Did the chief pathologist 【hastily】 examine the tissue samples under the microscope?

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Any contrasting adverb such as 'hastily', 'carelessly', or 'superficially' correctly completes the contrastive question.
In Oral English emphatic stress items, the emphasized word (METICULOUSLY) carries contrastive focus. To elicit this response, the contrastive question must introduce an opposing or different descriptor in that exact position (such as 'hastily' or 'carelessly') while retaining every other word of the sentence intact.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the word carrying primary emphatic stress in the statement.
The word 'METICULOUSLY' is printed in full capital letters, indicating emphatic stress.
Emphatic stress highlights the specific piece of information the speaker wishes to emphasize or contrast.
2
Determine the required structure of a contrastive question in Oral English.
The contrastive question must keep all un-emphasized elements identical while substituting the stressed word with a conflicting or contrasting word.
A speaker uses emphatic stress on a word to contradict or correct a wrong assumption expressed in an opposing question.
3
Formulate an appropriate word for the blank.
Replacing 'METICULOUSLY' with an opposite or contrasting adverb (e.g., 'hastily' or 'carelessly') creates the exact contrastive prompt that elicits the statement.
Asserting 'The chief pathologist METICULOUSLY examined...' directly denies the query 'Did the chief pathologist hastily examine...'.

Key Concept

Emphatic stress is used to place contrastive focus on a specific word in a statement, which directly refutes a question that contains a contrasting or contradictory element in that same grammatical position.
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