1. However incredible we may now find it, engineers did not ---- welcome the idea of a general purpose microchip.

2. In the life sciences, biologists need to be more aware of the ---- between science and technology.

3. The theory is interesting enough, but is it ----?

4. His efforts to ---- the threat of global warming with new forms of energy have been much appreciated.

5. In England, the general public’s ---- of medical advice from the government stems from the fact that, in the past, such
information has often proved vastly inaccurate.