1. (2020高二下·广州期中) 阅读理解

    At England's University of Plymouth, Professor Eduardo Miranda has been programming pairs of robots to compose music. Miranda's robots have simple "vocal cords" (声带) and are programmed to sing and to listen to each other. The robots' unique warbling sounds (颤音) do not perfectly match the human voice, but each machine is exactly sharing music with the other in a new and unique way.

    Each robot is equipped with speakers, software that mimics the human voice, a mouth that opens as it "sings," a microphone for ears, and a camera for eyes. The robots also move. Miranda hopes that by studying his robot vocalists, he can discover something about how and why humans create, perform, and listen to music.

    When the robots sing, first one robot makes six random sounds. Its partner responds with more sounds. The first robot analyzes the sounds to see if their sequences (序列) are similar. If they are, it nods its head and commits the sounds to memory, and the second robot notices and "memorizes" the musical sequence, too. If the first robot thinks the sounds are too different, it shakes its head and both robots ignore the sounds. Then the process continues.

    Miranda set up an experiment in which he left the two robots alone in his study for two weeks. When he returned, his little warblers had, by imitating each other, not only shared notes but combined them. The product of their cooperation was far from symphonic, but the robots had begun to combine the notes into their own self-developed "songs".

    With the help of his warbling robots, one of Miranda's goals is to create music that no human would ever compose. Miranda believes the robots are ideal for this purpose because they would not be influenced by any existing musical styles or rules.

1. （1） Which is closest in meaning to the underlined word "mimics" in Paragraph 2?

   A . Controls. B . Copies. C . Substitutes. D . Interrupts
3. （2） What did the two robots do during Miranda's experiment?

   A . They ignored the unique sound. B . They interacted with each other. C . They learned to sing better than humans. D . They committed random sounds to memory.
5. （3） What does Miranda want his robots to do?

   A . Sing as well as humans do. B . Memorize a variety of music. C . Create new styles of music. D . Promote traditional musical styles.
7. （4） What is the text mainly about?

   A . Experiments by Miranda. B . Music by robots. C . Future robots. D . Special songs.