大学英语复习A 及参考答案(10 页)Good is good, but better carries it.精益求精，善益求善。东南大学远程教育专升本招生英语测试(A)Part I. Reading Comprehension：Directions: In this part there are three passages. Each passage is followed by a number of comprehension questions. Read the passages and answer the questions. Then, mark your answer on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.( 1 )A computer is a machine designed to perform work mathematically and to store and select information that has been fed into it. It is run by electronic means. These machines can do a great deal of hard work in a very short time. A large computer, for example, can add nine thousand times a second, or divide five hundred times a second. The heart of an electronic computer lies in its transistors. It works thousand times faster than the human brain. A problem that might take a human being two years to solve can be solved by a computer in one minute, but in order to work properly, a computer must be given directions --- it must be programmed. Computers can be designed for many specialized aims --- they can be used to guide airplane flights, direct cars, even to play chess. Computers play an important part in modern work in many plants and factories throughout the world.01. Computer is a machine made to ________. A. perform work mathematicallyB. perform hard calculations C. store and select informationD. all of the above02. Computers are valuable to industry because they ________.A. perform rapidlyB. find mistakes in human calculations quicklyC. can solve all mathematical problemsD. reduce mathematical mistakes in calculating03. The passage calls transistors the electronic computer’s ________. A. storeB. brainC...
