2024年5月9日发(作者：祁鸿远)
(建议用时：35分钟)
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
(2020·成都第二次诊断)A team of engineers at Harvard University
the first robotic fly. Designed to do what a fly does naturally, the tiny
is the size of a fat housefly. Its mini wings allow it to stay in the air and
controlled flight tasks.
“The added difficulty with a project like this is that actually none of its components is off the shelf and
we have to develop them all on our own，” said Robert Wood, a Harvard engineering professor.
They engineered a series of systems to start and drive the robotic fly. “The seemingly simple system
which just moves the wings has lots of interdependence(互相依赖) of the individual components, each of
which individually has to perform well, but then has to be matched well to everything it’s connected to，”
said Wood.
While this first robotic flyer is linked to a small, offboard power source, the goal is eventually to equip
it with a builtin power source, so that it might someday perform datagathering work at rescue sites, in
farmers’ fields or on the battlefield. “Basically it should be able to take off, land and fly around，” he said.
Wood says the design offers a new way to study flight mechanics and control at insectscale. Yet, the
power, sensing and computation technologies on board could have much broader applications. “You can
start thinking about using them to answer open scientific questions, you know, to study biology in ways that
would be difficult with the animals, but using these robots instead，” he said. “So there are a lot of
technologies and open interesting scientific questions that are really what drives us on a daytoday basis.”
【解题导语】 本文是一篇说明文。哈佛大学的工程师团队研制出了首个机器苍蝇飞行器，该飞
行器虽然尺寸如苍蝇大小，但结构复杂，有望在未来执行搜救点、农田、战场的数据收集任务。
1．What is the typical characteristic of the robotic fly?
A．It’s automatic.
B．It’s very small.
C．It’s controllable.
D．It’s quite powerful.
B 解析：细节理解题。根据第一段第二、三句“Designed to do what a fly does naturally, the tiny
machine is the size of a fat housefly. Its mini wings allow it to stay in the air and perform controlled flight
tasks.”可知，这种飞行器设计初衷是为了能做苍蝇做的事，它的尺寸和肥胖的家蝇一样大，微小的翅
created
machine
perform
膀可以让它停在空中执行受控的飞行任务；据此可知，该机器苍蝇飞行器的典型特点是尺寸小，故B
项正确。
2．We can infer from the passage that the robotic flyer can ________．
A．act as a spy plane
B．help do farm work
C．fly at a very high speed
D．answer many scientific questions
A 解析：推理判断题。根据第四段第一句中的“so that it might someday perform datagathering
work at rescue sites, in farmers’ fields or on the battlefield”可知，某一天这种飞行器可能用于执行搜救
点、农田、战场的数据收集任务；据此可推知，该飞行器可以用作间谍飞机，故A项正确。
3．What is Wood’s idea about the robotic fly according to the last paragraph?
A．It is highly questionable.
B．It has wide practical applications.
C．It gives scientists interest in flying machines.
D．It points to a new direction in studying biology.
B 解析：细节理解题。根据尾段第二句“Yet，uld have much broader
applications.”并结合Wood所说的话可知，Wood认为这种飞行器使用范围很广泛，故B项正确。
4．What can be the best title for the passage?
A．Harvard’s Study in the Field of Insects
B．A Breakthrough in Engineering Science
C．An Interesting Invention—Robotic Fly
D．Robotic Fly—a Copy of the Real Life Insect
D 解析：标题归纳题。通读全文可知，本文的主题句是第一段第一、二句；结合全文内容可知，
本文主要介绍了哈佛大学的工程师团队研制出了首个机器苍蝇飞行器，该飞行器虽然尺寸如苍蝇大小，
但结构复杂，有望在未来执行搜救点、农田、战场的数据收集任务。故D项最适合作本文标题。
2024年5月9日发(作者：祁鸿远)
(建议用时：35分钟)
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
(2020·成都第二次诊断)A team of engineers at Harvard University
the first robotic fly. Designed to do what a fly does naturally, the tiny
is the size of a fat housefly. Its mini wings allow it to stay in the air and
controlled flight tasks.
“The added difficulty with a project like this is that actually none of its components is off the shelf and
we have to develop them all on our own，” said Robert Wood, a Harvard engineering professor.
They engineered a series of systems to start and drive the robotic fly. “The seemingly simple system
which just moves the wings has lots of interdependence(互相依赖) of the individual components, each of
which individually has to perform well, but then has to be matched well to everything it’s connected to，”
said Wood.
While this first robotic flyer is linked to a small, offboard power source, the goal is eventually to equip
it with a builtin power source, so that it might someday perform datagathering work at rescue sites, in
farmers’ fields or on the battlefield. “Basically it should be able to take off, land and fly around，” he said.
Wood says the design offers a new way to study flight mechanics and control at insectscale. Yet, the
power, sensing and computation technologies on board could have much broader applications. “You can
start thinking about using them to answer open scientific questions, you know, to study biology in ways that
would be difficult with the animals, but using these robots instead，” he said. “So there are a lot of
technologies and open interesting scientific questions that are really what drives us on a daytoday basis.”
【解题导语】 本文是一篇说明文。哈佛大学的工程师团队研制出了首个机器苍蝇飞行器，该飞
行器虽然尺寸如苍蝇大小，但结构复杂，有望在未来执行搜救点、农田、战场的数据收集任务。
1．What is the typical characteristic of the robotic fly?
A．It’s automatic.
B．It’s very small.
C．It’s controllable.
D．It’s quite powerful.
B 解析：细节理解题。根据第一段第二、三句“Designed to do what a fly does naturally, the tiny
machine is the size of a fat housefly. Its mini wings allow it to stay in the air and perform controlled flight
tasks.”可知，这种飞行器设计初衷是为了能做苍蝇做的事，它的尺寸和肥胖的家蝇一样大，微小的翅
created
machine
perform
膀可以让它停在空中执行受控的飞行任务；据此可知，该机器苍蝇飞行器的典型特点是尺寸小，故B
项正确。
2．We can infer from the passage that the robotic flyer can ________．
A．act as a spy plane
B．help do farm work
C．fly at a very high speed
D．answer many scientific questions
A 解析：推理判断题。根据第四段第一句中的“so that it might someday perform datagathering
work at rescue sites, in farmers’ fields or on the battlefield”可知，某一天这种飞行器可能用于执行搜救
点、农田、战场的数据收集任务；据此可推知，该飞行器可以用作间谍飞机，故A项正确。
3．What is Wood’s idea about the robotic fly according to the last paragraph?
A．It is highly questionable.
B．It has wide practical applications.
C．It gives scientists interest in flying machines.
D．It points to a new direction in studying biology.
B 解析：细节理解题。根据尾段第二句“Yet，uld have much broader
applications.”并结合Wood所说的话可知，Wood认为这种飞行器使用范围很广泛，故B项正确。
4．What can be the best title for the passage?
A．Harvard’s Study in the Field of Insects
B．A Breakthrough in Engineering Science
C．An Interesting Invention—Robotic Fly
D．Robotic Fly—a Copy of the Real Life Insect
D 解析：标题归纳题。通读全文可知，本文的主题句是第一段第一、二句；结合全文内容可知，
本文主要介绍了哈佛大学的工程师团队研制出了首个机器苍蝇飞行器，该飞行器虽然尺寸如苍蝇大小，
但结构复杂，有望在未来执行搜救点、农田、战场的数据收集任务。故D项最适合作本文标题。