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Passage 1

Questions 11—15 are based on the following passage.

Researchers at Georgia Tech have been working to improve a musical robot called Shimon.Shimon is a four-armed robot with a ball-like head. He holds small mallets(tools like hammers)in his"hands" to play a kind of xylophone(木琴). As Shimon plays, his head moves around intime to the music.

Shimon has been around for quite a while as a musical robot. Even back in 2015, he played with other musicians at the Kennedy Center in New York. What Shimon could do back then was already pretty cool.

Shimon was taught to write his own music by using"deep learning". Deep learning,also known as Artificial Intelligence(AI),means that computer programs sort deeply through hugeamounts of information. This allows them to find patterns humans may not have noticed. The programs can then use those patterns in new and surprising ways. For Shimon, that meant he could not only make up his own music, but also do it in real time while playing with other musicians. This is called"improvising".

Now Shimon is back with a whole bunch of new tricks. He can write the words to his own songs, and sing them. Shimon learned to write the words for the songs in the same way he learned to write music.

Professor Gil Weinberg in Georgia Tech, who leads the Shimon project, gets Shimon going with a starting idea. Shimon then writes the lyrics based around that idea.

To give Shimon a voice, the Georgia Tech team worked with experts at Pompeu Fabra University in Spain. The voice was created by AI and sounds like a man very much. Shimon'sface has also gotten new features. Shimon's mouth now moves smoothly in time as he sings. Healso has eyebrows, which allow his face to show more emotions. For Mr. We inberg, that's the main goal behind the Shimon project — not to have robots take over, but to have robots and humans make something beautiful together.

单选题 ( ) What do we know about Shimon?

单选题 ( ) By mentioning“improvising”, the author wants to show that Shimon can ________.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】细节理解题。根据第三段最后两句ForShimon, that meant he could not only make uphis own music, but also do it in real time whileplaying with other musicians. This is called“improvising”(对Shimon来说，这意味着他不仅可以创作自己的音乐，还可以与其他音乐家一起实时演奏，这叫作“即兴创作”)可知作者提到improvising,是想说明Shimon可以即兴创作，即在没有准备的情况下创作音乐。故选D。

单选题 ( )What's a necessity for Shimon to learn to write the words for the songs?

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】细节理解题。根据第四段Now Shimon isback with a whole bunch of new tricks. He canwrite the words to his own songs, and singthem. Shimon learned to write the words for thesongs in the same way he learned to write music(现在Shimon带着一大堆新技能回来了，他可以给自己的歌写歌词，然后唱出来。像学会作曲一样，他学会了写歌词)可知，Shimon学写歌词是因为学到了新东西，也就是接触了很多歌曲。故选B。