《2025年5年中考3年模拟英语湖南专版》

Passage 3(2024岳阳二模)
What comes to your mind when you read the word “robot”? Many people think about big and modern machines in car factories or films. Few of us think about the past. But people built unbelievable machines with human abilities thousands of years ago!
Philo of Byzantium, an ancient Greek(希腊) inventor, built a robot thousands of years ago. If someone placed a cup in the robot’s hand, it mixed water and wine to make a drink. But it wasn’t popular because people didn’t need robots to work at that time.
Another ancient robot was a robotic arm called “The Claw”. Polybius, the Greek writer, wrote about it in about the 1st century BC. It was built during a war with the Romans and hung over the city wall towards the sea. When a Roman ship came close, the arm picked up the front of it and lifted the ship into the air. Then the ship fell backward into the sea and sank. Again, we don’t know whether the machine was built, but it was possible with Ancient Greek technology.
Leonardo da Vinci, the famous artist, loved designing robots. Few of his designs were built, but his plans were very detailed. Mark Rosheim, a modern-day robot engineer, still learns from those ideas when he works! One of da Vinci’s robots was a lion. He built it in 1515. It could walk and present flowers! In 2019, engineers used the plans to rebuild the robot lion. It worked perfectly.
As time went by, more and more robots were built, and they could do more difficult tasks, such as playing the flute, writing, and drawing a picture. Although modern technology has moved on, these historical robots still amaze people today.
8.According to Paragraph 3, what may “The Claw” look like?

9.Which of the following words can be used to describe Leonardo da Vinci, according to Paragraph 4?
A.Perfect.
B.Talented.
C.Good-looking.
10.Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?
(①=Paragraph 1,②=Paragraph 2,...)
A.①/②③④/⑤
B.①/②③/④⑤
C.①/②/③④⑤
11.The writer wrote the passage mainly to ______.
A.tell a few interesting ancient stories
B.encourage more scientists to work on robots
C.show some amazing robots from ancient times

答案： ABAC