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(有意識的) 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.

1.What’s the possible meaning of the underlined “imitate”?

A.制造 B.編曲 C.模仿 D.發(fā)出聲響

2.What will the Telenoid robot be taught to do first?

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

3.In Pasquier’s opinion， the Telenoid robot_________

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

4.Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?

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.

5.In which part of a newspaper do we most probably read this passage?

A. Arts B. Entertainment

C. Medicine D. Science

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