A night concert celebrating the 110th anniversary(周年纪念)of Tsinghua University in Beijing attracted over 1,500 students and traditional Chinese music fans on Saturday.
Fang Jinlong, a master of the traditional Chinese instrument pipa, and three humanoid(人形)robots from the Tsinghua Moja Robot Band performed several Chinese music pieces.“I’m happy to see our Derformance can mix science and technology with traditional Chinese culture,” said Fang.
The band consists of three robot musicians, Yiiheng, Yaoguang and Kaiyang. They played three kinds of traditional Chinese instruments:the bamboo flute(笛子)Chinese harp(竖琴)and paigu, a set of Chinese drums(鼓), at the concert.
Founded in 2018, the team behind the band is made up of students, teachers and graduates from Tsinghua University. The team’s chief scientist Mi Haipeng is a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts(美术学院). He took part in the reaserch and development of a robot rock band when he studied in Japan. That experience made him considering making a Chinese robot band.
During the concert, the flute player Yuheng pressed the flute holes with its fingers while blowing the air into the pipe with changeable pressure to play the notes. Yaoguang plucked(弹)the Chinese harp’s strings with his fingers, with each one striking one string. Kaiyang imitated the movements of the human wrists(腕)to play the drums.
Mi said the music pieces in the concert were made for the robots to play. The robots’ shells and stage costurnes(戏服)were made with 3D-printing technology. He added that there are more performance plans for Moja in the future, introducing new music pieces. The team, meanwhile, would improve the musical expression of the robots.
21. Why was the night concert held? ________
A.To show the robot musicians. | B.To let people hear traditional Chinese music. |
C.To attract students and traditional Chinese music fans. | D.To celebrate the 110th anniversary of Tsinghua University. |
22. What did Fang mean by saying the underlined words in Paragraph Two? ________
A.He thought his performance was cheerful. | B.He had great interest in performing traditional music. |
C.He enjoyed using new technology and science to play pipa. | D.He thought it good to mix science and technology with traditional culture. |
23. What instrument does Yuheng play? ________
A.Pipa. | B.the bamboo flute. |
C.Chinese harp. | D.Paigu. |
24. Which of the following statement is TRUE? ________
A.The band is only 5 years old. | B.Fang Jinlong is the name of a robot musician. |
C.The team’s chief scientist once studied in Japan. | D.Some team members behind the band are from Peking University. |
25. What can we infer from the article? ________
A.The three robot musicians have no fingers. | B.The robot musicians will write new music pieces. |
C.The robot musicians will probably play better in the future. | D.The robot musicians wore the same kind of costurnes as the human musician at the concert. |