Unit 2 Robots learning about language课时作业

第一节 单项选择

1. Alipay, which currently has over 15 million users, is a powerful______ of payments tools, financial services and marketing platforms.

A. accommodation B. combination C. identification D. reservation

2. The little girl was extremely frightened when the accident happened, so she only offered some ______ description when the policeman asked about what she witnessed.

A. authentic B. artificial C. ambitious D. ambiguous

3. An idiom is often an expression that ______ the moral of a story and gives the audience a picture to help them understand the story better.

A. compensates B. accomplishes C. substitutes D. underlines

4. Davies always seems energetic and he even has managed to pursue his diverse interests _______ his fast-moving career.

A. in line with B. in parallel with

　C. in conflict with D. in competition with

5. Some of the editors had to spend the whole morning _____ pictures for the magazine again and again until they felt satisfied with them.

A. laying out B. figuring out

　C. bringing out D. giving out

6. A recent study shows the jobs of the women raised in happy families are much more likely to be paid than _____ of the women who experienced rough childhoods..

A. one B. ones C. those D. that

7. The selfie has inspired risk-taking behavior, ______ the boundaries of safety, whether by hanging from a skyscraper or posing with live explosions..

A. pushed B. to push C. having pushed D. pushing

8. As the intelligent species, the human personality lies within the mind and body, _____ existence we have only recently become aware..