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英语六级选词填空

六级选词填空

　Directions:

Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.PleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.

　　Anovelwayofmakingcomputermemories,usingbacteria　FORhalfacentury,the

（1）__________ofprogressinthecomputerindustryhasbeentodomorewithless.

　　Moore'slawfamouslyobservesthatthenumberoftransistorswhichcanbecrammedintoagivenspace

（2）__________every18months.

　　Theamountofdatathatcanbestoredhasgrownatasimilarrate.

　　Yetas（3）__________getsmaller,makingthemgetsharderandmoreexpensive.

　　OnMay10thPaulOtellini,thebossofIntel,abigAmericanchipmaker,putthepriceofanewchipfactoryataround$10billion.

　　HappilyforthosethatlackIntel'sresources,theremaybeacheaperoption—namelytomimicMotherNature,

　　whohasbeenbuildingtiny（4）__________,intheformoflivingcellsandtheircomponents,forbillionsofyears,andhasthusgotrathergoodatit.

　　ApaperpublishedinSmall,ananotechnologyjournal,setsoutthelatestexampleofthe（5）__________.

　　Init,agroupofresearchersledbySarahStanilandattheUniversityofLeeds,inBritain,describeusingnaturallyoccurringproteinstomakearraysoftinymagnets,

　　similartothoseemployedtostoreinformationindiskdrives.

　　Theresearcherstooktheir（6）__________fromMagnetospirillummagneticum,abacteriumthatissensitivetotheEarth'smagneticfieldthankstothepresencewithinitscellsofflecksofmagnetite,aformofironoxide.

　　Previousworkhasisolatedtheproteinthatmakestheseminiaturecompasses.Usinggeneticengineering,theteammanagedtopersuadeadifferentbacterium—Escherichiacoli,aubiquitouscritterthatisaworkhorseofbiotechnology—to（7）__________thisproteininbulk.

　　Next,theyimprintedablockofgoldwithamicroscopicchessboardpatternofchemicals.

　　Halfthesquarescontainedanchoringpointsfortheprotein.

　　Theotherhalfwereleftuntreatedascontrols.

　　Theythendippedthegoldintoasolutioncontainingtheprotein,allowingittobindtothetreatedsquares,anddunkedthewholelotintoaheated（8）__________ofironsalts.

　　Afterthat,theyexaminedtheresultswithanelectronmicroscope.

　　Sureenough,groupsofmagnetitegrainshadmaterialisedonthetreatedsquares,shepherdedintoplacebythebacterialprotein.

　　Inprinciple,eachofthesemagneticdomainscouldstoretheoneorthezeroofabitofinformation,accordingtohowitwaspolarised.

　　Gettingfromtheretoarealcomputermemorywouldbealongroad.

　　Forastart,thegrainsofmagnetitearenotstrongenoughmagnetstomakeausefulmemory,andthesizeofeachdomainishugebymoderncomputing（9）__________.

　　ButDrStanilandreckonsthat,withenoughtweaking,bothoftheseobjectionscouldbedealtwith.

　　The（10）__________ofthisapproachisthatitmightnotbesocapital-intensiveasbuildingafab.

　　Growingthingsdoesnotneedasmuchkitasmakingthem.

　　Ifthetweakingcouldbedone,therefore,theresultmightgivethewordbiotechnologyawholenewmeaning.

　　A）components

　　B）advantage

　　C）standards

　　D）compliments

　　E）essence

　　F）inspiration

　　G）disadvantage

　　H）doubles

　　I）solution

　　J）resolution

　　K）devices

　　L）manufacture

　　M）spirit

　　N）product

　　O）technique

答案：

　　1.E）essence

　　2.H）doubles

　　3.A）components

　　4.K）devices

　　5.O）technique

　　6.F）inspiration

　　7.L）manufacture

　　8.I）solution

　　9.C）standards

　　10.B）advantage

　　全文翻译

　　Anovelwayofmakingcomputermemories,usingbacteria

　　制造计算机存储器的新奇方法：

使用细菌

　　FORhalfacentury,theessenceofprogressinthecomputerindustryhasbeentodomorewithless.

　　半个世纪以来，计算机产业发展的本质就是花钱更少，成事更多。

　　Moore’slawfamouslyobservesthatthenumberoftransistorswhichcanbecrammedintoagivenspacedoublesevery18months.

　　摩尔定律的著名论断是：

能够放入某空间内的晶体管数量每18个月翻一番。

　　Theamountofdatathatcanbestoredhasgrownatasimilarrate.

　　储存的数据也有着类似的增长速率，

　　Yetascomponentsgetsmaller,makingthemgetsharderandmoreexpensive.

　　但是随着部件越来越小，它们的制造难度和成本也逐渐增加。

　　OnMay10thPaulOtellini,thebossofIntel,abigAmericanchipmaker,putthepriceofanewchipfactoryataround$10billion.

　　5月10日，美国芯片巨头因特尔总裁兼CEOPaulOtellini宣布将花费上百亿美元建设新工厂。

　　HappilyforthosethatlackIntel’sresources,theremaybeacheaperoption—namelytomimicMotherNature,

　　对于不像因特尔那么有钱的厂家的好消息是，他们或许可以选择更便宜的方式—模拟大自然。

　　whohasbeenbuildingtinydevices,intheformoflivingcellsandtheircomponents,forbillionsofyears,andhasthusgotrathe