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【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】固定搭配题。本句意为“Mason喜欢思考机器人如何能使人们的生活更加轻松”,关于或针对某事进行思考,think后面正确搭配应该是about,这是固定搭配,所以选B)。think through“仔细思考……得出结论”;think up “想出、虚构”;think with“和某人想到一起了”。
【答案解析】动词辨义题。句子的意思是“在把清扫地面系统内置于墙壁中”,所以be built into最合适,所以选C)。 fixed“固定”清扫地面系统不能fixed into the wall只能on the wall,所以此选项不正确,concealed“隐藏,藏匿”,stored“储存”,与这句意思不符,故排除。