题目内容
14.It is reported that in the near future robots and humans will probably work together to create jazz.A singing robot is being taught to create jazz with human being in a project.Antonio Chella from Italy is working with a Telenoid robot.To start with,the Telenoid will be trained to imitate the movements and simple sounds made by a human singer,and then connect music with different human emotions.
Previous(以前的) robots had the ability to find common connections between things.But Chella suggests that a conscious(有意识的) robot should be able to go a step further and find new connections.The Telenoid is of this kind.
"This work raises interesting questions about the connection between consciousness and music creating."says Philippe Pasquier,a musician needs a physical body.
Pasquer argues that the robot musician is faced with a big challenge."Its software has already been developed and it can imitate The Beatles,a famous band.However,what made The Beatles famous were not only their songs but their wonderful performance of the songs,"he says.
It is not clear how a robot would perform music a new way.But by imitating humans,the Telenoid robot could provide some useful information.What is important is that human musicians often listen to and compare music made by others for a long time before creating music of their own.So the Telenoid robot had better listen to more jazz music first.
61.What's the possible meaning of the underlined"imitate"?C
A.制造
B.编曲
C.模仿
D.发出声响
62.What will the Telenoid robot be taught to do first?D
A.Communicate with human beings
B.Connect music with human emotions
C.Live and work comfortably with human beings
D.Imitate the movements and simple sounds of a human singer
63.In Pasquier's opinion,the Telenoid robotB
A.will replace human musicians soon.
B.may have trouble performing music.
C.will become more popular than The Beatles.
D.can find connections between things that humans cannot find
64.Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?A
A.The Telenoid,future robot musician.
B.How to teach robots to perform music.
C.The right music the robots should listen to.
D.Differences between a human singer and a robot musician.
65.In which part of a newspaper do we most probably read this passage?D
A.Arts
B.Entertainment
C.Medicine
D.Science.
分析 据报道,在不久的将来,机器人将和人类一起创作爵士乐(jazz).在一项研究中,训练唱歌机器人与人类一起创作爵士乐.
来自意大利的Antonio Chella与Telenoid机器人一起工作.最初,训练机器人模仿(imitate)人类歌手的动作和简单的声音,然后让其将音乐与不同人类情感联系起来.
以前的机器人具有在不同事物之间发现共同联系的能力,但是Chella认为有意识的机器人可能会做的更好并且能够区别不同事物之间更深层的联系,Telenoid机器人就是这样一种机器人;
"这项工作引出了一个非常有趣的问题,就是关于意识和音乐创作之间的联系."Philippe Pasquier说道,音乐家需要一个躯体.
Pasquer提出机器人音乐家面临着一个巨大的挑战,他说:"它的软件设备已经有了很大的提高,可以模仿著名的甲壳虫乐队,然而,让甲壳虫乐队如此著名的原因并不仅仅只是因为他们的歌曲,还因为他们对歌曲的精彩表演".
如何使机器人以一种新的方式演绎音乐还不清楚,但是通过模仿人类,Telenoid机器人可能会为我们解决这个问题提供有用的信息.重要的是,人类歌手在创作属于自己的歌曲之前,都会长期聆听和比较其他音乐家创作的作品,因此Telenoid机器人最好听更多的爵士乐.
解答 61.C.词义猜测题.根据"To start with,the Telenoid will be trained toimitate the movements and simple sounds made by a human singer,and thenconnect music with different human emotions."可知,最初Telenoid机器人只是imitate动作和简单的声音,既然有动作,那么选项中的发出声响和编曲就不符合题意;另外动作和简单声音后面有made by a human singer的定语限制,因此这些动作和声音的制造者是人,因此制造不合题意,只能是模仿;
62.D.细节理解题.根据第二段To start with,the Telenoid will be trained to imitate the movements and simple sounds made bya human singer可知,Telenoid机器人最初学习的是模仿人类歌手的动作和简单的声音;
63.B.推理判断题.根据文中第五段,Pasquer提出机器人音乐家面临着一个巨大的挑战,那就是它可以模仿著名的甲壳虫乐队,然而让甲壳虫乐队如此著名的原因并不仅仅只是因为他们的歌曲,还因为他们对歌曲的精彩表演,因此Pasquer认为,机器人面临的挑战是歌曲的表演方面,即The Telenoid robit may have trouble performing music.
64.A.文章主旨题.根据全文的内容,主要讲述的内容是Telenoid机器人,包括它的优势、训练内容以及现在存在的挑战,因此文章的主旨就是Telenoid机器人,因此答案为A,Telenoid机器人,未来的音乐家.
65.D.推理判断题.文章的主旨是Telenoid机器人,属于人工智能机器人,因此应该属于科学范畴,因此是D,Science.
点评 本文是一篇科普类文章.讲述的话题是人工智能.做题时要在理解好文意的基础上,与题目有机的结合,从文章中找到相关细节性的句子与选项细细比对,进行选择或推理判断,选出符合文章内容的正确选项.做题注意灵活,有时可采用排除法或直选法确定出最终答案.
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