BEIJING - By the end of 2011 China-made supercomputers will say goodbye to foreign microchips(微芯片) and start using their own "Chinese core(核心)", according to one of the country's leading scientists, Hu Weiwu.
Hu told reporters on Saturday that the "Dawning 6000" supercomputer, developed by the Institute of Computing Technology of CAS and the Dawning Information Industry Company (DIIC), will adopt Loongson microchips for the first time as its core parts. It will have a computing speed of more than 1,000 trillion operations a second.
Making supercomputers with Chinese microchips is one of the nation's major science and technology projects. Three organizations - the Institute of Computing Technology of CAS, Jiangnan Institute of Computing Technology and the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) - have their own supercomputer projects.
According to their schedules, all three institutions will need to meet the target of using domestically(國內(nèi)的) developed microchips by the end of this year. Hu said the new supercomputer will use fewer than 10,000 Loongson microchips, and will also be more energy-efficient.
Tianhe-1A, developed by NUDT in Hunan's provincial capital Changsha, is the fastest supercomputer in the world. However, Tianhe-1A largely runs on 14,336 CPUs made by Intel, and 7,186 GPUs (processing units) from Nvidia, two US chip-makers.
Hu said there will be difficulties ahead as there is little affiliated equipment specially developed for these supercomputers. "We have enough supercomputers in China but still can't make full use of them," He said.
Hu added that although the China-made CPUs have improved since they were first produced in 2002, they have a long way to go to compete with US chip-makers such as Intel.
小題1:What’s the best title for this passage?
A.The Arrival of Chinese Supercomputers
B.Homemade CPUs with a Long Way to Go
C.The Supercomputers of Three Organizations in China
D.Homemade CPUs on the Way for Local Supercomputers
小題2:What will raise the speed to more than 1,000 trillion operations a second.?
A.Dawning 6000B.Loongson microchips
C.DIICD.Tianhe-1A
小題3:What do we know about Tianhe-1A?
A. Not all the parts of Tianhe-1A are made by China.
B. Tianhe-1A is developed by CAS and DIIC.
C. Tianhe-1A will use fewer than 10,000 Loongson microchips.
D. NUDT has produced a most powerful supercomputer in China.
小題4:The underlined word “affiliated” can be replaced by_______.
A.cheapB.suitableC.expensiveD.modern

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:B

試題分析:國產(chǎn)超級計算機將對外國芯片說再見而采取國產(chǎn)芯片同時還介紹了國產(chǎn)芯片研發(fā)和超級計算機的一些相關(guān)信息。
小題1:D 主旨大意題。由文章第一段可知。本文講述的是國產(chǎn)的超級計算機將采用國產(chǎn)的芯片以及國產(chǎn)芯片研發(fā)和超級計算機的一些相關(guān)信息,選項B未能提及關(guān)鍵詞supercomputers。故D正確。
小題2:B 推理題。由第二段adopt Loongson microchips for the first time as its core parts. It will have a computing speed of more than 1,000 trillion operations a second.可知提高運算速度的是Loongson microchips。
小題3:A推理題。由倒數(shù)第三段“Nvidia, two US chip-makers.”可知。選項C主語應(yīng)該是the new supercomputer而不是Tianhe-1A。
小題4: B 猜詞題。“附屬的”。由“specially developed for these supercomputers”可知該詞表示的是B項含義。
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