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完形填空(共1小题)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Feb.5 was a bad day for me.My doctor ________me and my parents that I had ________ cancer and that I had only a few months to live.I became so sad that I immediately ________ .
Now I am actually ________ for all that has happened to me.I realize I would have never had to reflect and rethink about the purpose of my ________ if I had never been so close to ________·
Had I not been ________to this limit,I would not have developed a deep ________of the beautiful gift of life and of everything around me.I also would not have thought about how I wanted to ________the people around me in a positive way before leaving the world.
This is no ________ ;I don’t even think it is sad in the ________ way to be honest.I’ve been so ________in my life.I’ve lived in Paris,served the Peace Corps in Peru,fallen madly in love with the most ________ girl,have the most fantastic ________ and friends anyone could ever ask for…and the ________just goes on.
I ________believe everything happens for a reason.If terminal cancer had not ________ to me,I would not have been able to ________ my closest friends and family to appreciate the beautiful gift of life a little more and live more appreciative and ________ lives with my story.This is the purpose of my life I had been ________all of my life.In fact,that is the reason I’ve decided to write this article and go public with my story as well.It is also the reason why I am,after all that I’ve been through in the past few months,thankful for terminal cancer.
1.A.inspected B.informed C.insulted D.interviewed
2.A.typical B.sensible C.supreme D.terminal
3.A.cried B.burst C.barked D.numbed
4.A.cheerful B.scared C.grateful D.glad
5.A.1ife B.soul C.faith D.growth
6.A.burden B.chaos C.creed D.death
7.A.hooked B.pushed C.dragged D.marched
8.A.gratitude B.perseverance C.appreciation D.romance
9.A.seize B.affect C.flatter D.dominate
10.A.target B.tolerance C.mercy D.tragedy
11.A.slightest B.highest C.farthest D.1ongest
12.A.excited B.blessed C.interested D.declined
13.A.exotic B.courageous C.sensitive D.amazing
14.A.author B.acquaintance C.family D.citizen
15.A.deed B.1ist C.doom D.scene
16.A.strongly B.decently C.generally D.approximately
17.A.belonged B.attached C.happened D.appealed
18.A.inspire B.suggest C.command D.demand
19.A.negative B.objective C.subjective D.positive
20.A.searching for B.caring for C.accounting for D.applying for
China’s Tianhe-1 has a computing speed of 2,507 trillion(万亿)calculations a second, making it the fastest computer in the world.It is also 40 percent faster than the world’s second fastest supercomputer, Cray XT5 Jaguar, in the US, kept at a national laboratory in Tennessee, according to the New York Times.Jack Dongarra, a University of Tennessee computer scientist, told NYT that the Chinese supercomputer is faster than the existing Number One machine.
Building the fastest supercomputer has become a source of national pride, as these machines are valued for their ability to solve problems in areas like defense, energy and science.These problems are related to national interests.Supercomputing technology is also found in business.Oil and gas companies use supercomputers to find oil and gas.
Obviously, research centers with large supercomputers attract top scientific talents.This adds extra importance to the machines—they’re more than just huge computers.
China’s new supercomputer will be used to speed up greatly scientific calculations, such as hurricane and tsunami modeling, cancer research, car design and even studying stars.
In 2008, two US scientists put together a step-by-step guide on how to build a supercomputer using PlayStation 3 video-game consoles(控制台).Modern supercomputers are built by combining thousands of small computer servers(服务器)and using software to turn them into one large computer.Really, any organization with enough material and technology can create a fast machine.
The Chinese system follows that model by linking thousands upon thousands of computer servers.But the secret behind the system—and the technological achievement—is China’s own networking technology.“That technology was built by them,” Dongarra said.“They are taking supercomputing very seriously and using a lot of time and money.”
“China is still a developing country,” said Sha Chaoqun, manager at Dawning Company which is the leading supercomputer maker in China.“Maybe one day, China’s total computing power can be greater than that of the US, but there is still a long way to go before we get there.”
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China has developed the world’s fastest supercomputer | Tianhe-1 has a high computing speed, which 1.it the fastest computer in the world. Tianhe-1 is 40 percent faster than the 2.fastest supercomputer in the world. 3.Jack Dongarra, we learn that the Chinese supercomputer is faster than existing Number One machine. |
Many countries see the fastest supercomputer as a source of national 4.and are making efforts to develop it. | The high-speed computer is 5.to solve problems relaterd to national interests. Besides 6.of defense, energy and science, supercomputing technology can also be found in business, oil and gas companies. It’s obvious that top scientific talents are 7.to research centers with large supercomputers. |
The secret behind supercomputers is networking technology | By using the technology built by Chinese people, taking it 8.and devoting lots of time and money, China has achieved a lot |
Mr.Sha showed a conservative (保守的)9.toward the development of computing power. | 10.the greater computing power China may have in the future, there is still a long way to go. |