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Difficulty: Very hardEmphatic Stress

Read the statement below in which the word printed in CAPITAL LETTERS carries emphatic stress. Complete the contrastive question that correctly matches the stressed statement by filling in the blank.

Answer:Statement: The chief archivist UNANTICIPATEDLY revealed the classified documents during the international symposium.

Question: Did the chief archivist 【expectedly】 reveal the classified documents during the international symposium?

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The blank must be filled with a word that directly contrasts with 'UNANTICIPATEDLY' (such as 'expectedly' or 'predictably'), while keeping all other sentence elements unchanged.
The capitalized word 'UNANTICIPATEDLY' expresses the manner in which the action occurred. The correct completion requires a contrasting word like 'expectedly' or 'predictably' so that the statement serves as an emphatic refutation.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Locate the word carrying emphatic stress in the given statement.
The word printed in capital letters is 'UNANTICIPATEDLY', which places contrastive focus on the unexpected manner of the action.
Emphatic stress isolates a specific word to emphasize its information against an implicit alternative or contradiction.
2
Formulate the contrastive question targeting only the emphasized element.
The question must replace 'UNANTICIPATEDLY' with an opposing modifier (such as 'expectedly') while preserving the exact subject, action, object, and temporal/locational context.
A proper contrastive question sets up the premise that the stressed statement directly refutes.

Key Concept

Emphatic Stress and Contrastive Focus
Estimated Time:1m 30s
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