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Ancient numbers
In ancient 1 , people wrote numbers in many different 2 , 3 these pictures of the number 6 show. 4 , they nearly all counted in the same way-in 5 .
Zero
The system of numbers that nearly everyone uses today 6 of the numbers from 1 to 9 and 0 7 these ten numbers, we can write any number from the biggest to the smallest.The Indians 8 invented and developed the 1 to 9 system of numbers.They then invented the zero.This was a very important 9 because it made it easier to write big numbers and to 10 .
Calculating machines
One of the first calculating machines was an 11 .Abacuses are so fast and accurate that people still use them today.On the abacus in the picture, the beads on the wires 12 ones, tens, hundreds and thousands, starting from the 13 wire.
The picture on the right shows a modern electronic calculator.It can add, subtract, multiply and divide.It can also calculate percentages and 14 roots.
This picture shows a computer.Computers are very 15 calculating machines.In a flash, a computer can do a calculation that you could not do in your whole lifetime.
Brain against computer
Some people call the brain a 16 computer.Is a human brain a more powerful 17 than a computer? The following story may give you an answer.
Shakuntala Devi is a lady from India with an 18 brain.She can calculate like lightning.In America, Shakuntala and a very powerful computer were given this problem to solve.
Shakuntala's brain took fifty seconds to find the answer.The computer took a minute.However, before the computer could begin 19 , someone had to program it with instructions, and that took many hours.No one had to 20 Shakuntala!
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解析:
1.times 2.ways 3.as 4.However 5.tens 6.consists 7.With 8.first 9.invention 10.calculate 11.abacus 12.represent 13.bottom 14.square 15.powerful 16.living 17.calculator 18.amazing 19.calculating 20.program |