2. 职称英语
  3. A computer is a machine designed to perform work mathematically and to store

A computer is a machine designed to perform work mathematically and to store

游客2025-03-19  29
问题     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 either mechanical or electronic means. These machines can do a great deal of complicated work in a very short time. A large computer, for example, can add or subtract nine thousand times a second, multiply a thousand times a second, or divide five hundred times a second. Its percentage of error is about one in a billion digits. It has been estimated that human beings making calculations average about one mistake per two hundred digits.
    The heart of an electronic computer lies in its vacuum tubes, or transistors. Its electronic circuits work a thousand times faster than the nerve cells in 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 instructions—it must be programmed.
    Computers can be designed for many specialized purposes, they can be used to prepare payrolls , guide airplane flights, direct traffic, even to play chess. Computers play an essential role in modern automation in many plants and factories throughout the world. [br] The author calls the vacuum tubes the electronic computer’s______.
选项 A、brain
B、nerve cells
C、heart
D、nervous system
答案 C
解析 文中第二段第一句说：“电子计算机的心脏就在真空管或电子晶体管中。”由此可判断出选项C正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.tihaiku.com/zcyy/4003591.html
相关试题推荐
随机试题
最新回复(0)