Didyouhearofthesupercomputer?RecentlyChina’sTianhe-1(天河一号)wasrankedastheworld’sfastestsupercomputeraccordingtoanewlistofworld’sTOP500supercomputers.
Ittook200Chinesescientiststwoyearstobuildthefastestsupercomputer.Itcando2507trillion(万亿次)calculationsinasecond!Thatmeansitwilltakeapersonalcomputer600yearstofinishtheworkthatasupercomputerdoesinaday!
TheUSnowleadstheworldintheareaofsupercomputers.Itishometomorethanhalfoftheworld’stop500supercomputers.Japanalsohasadvancedtechnology.Chinaisdevelopingitssupercomputertechnologyquickly.ButexpertssayitwilltakeyearsbeforeChina’stotalcomputingpowercancatchupwiththatoftheUS.
Supercomputerscanworkonmanydifferentthings.Theycansolveproblemsinareaslikenationaldefense(国防)energyandscience.Inbusinessyoucanalsousesupercomputers.Oilcompaniesusethemtofindoilandgas.Banksusethemforquicktrades.Foodcompaniesevenusesupercomputerstomakesurethattheyputpotatochipsintocanswithoutbreakingthem.
Tomakeasupercomputerscientistsfirstneedtolink(连接)thousandsofsmallcomputerstogether.Thentheyusesoftwaretoturnthemintoonesupercomputer.Infactanypersonwithenoughknowledgeaboutcomputerscanmakeasupercomputer.Butyouneedthetoptechnologytomakeasupercomputerrunfast.
1.Theworld’sfastestsupercomputer________.
A.wasmadeinAmerica
B.wasmadewithintwomonths
C.cando2507trillioncalculationsinaminute
D.wasmadeby200Chinesescientists
2.Amongtheworld’stop500supercomputers________ofthemaremadeintheUS.
A.lessthan20%B.morethan50%
C.lessthan50%D.morethan20%
3.Themainideaofthefourthparagraphis________.
A.supercomputerscanbeusedindifferentkindsofareas
B.supercomputerscanworkfast
C.supercomputerscanonlybeusedtofindoilandgas
D.supercomputerscanbeusedtomakemoney
4.Accordingtothepassagetomakeasupercomputer________.
A.youneedn’tknowenoughknowledgeaboutcomputers
B.youneedtoknowhowtoplaycomputergames
C.