Reading Comprehension Test

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How AMD's Ryzen will disrupt the gaming CPU market
AMD has officially revealed Ryzen 7 - three eight-core/16-thread processors - effectively confirming the
leaks discussed below, though prices have shifted slightly. The top-tier Ryzen 7 1800X costs $499, Ryzen
7 1700X is $399, while Ryzen 7 1700 costs just $329. As expected though, AMD is significantly under-
cutting Intel's Core i7 6900K with similar performance, while putting serious pressure on the i7 7700K
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AMD has also revealed that further optimisations have resulted in a chip that outperforms its predecessor
to an even greater degree. Previously, an IPC (instructions per clock) boost of 40 per cent was mooted -
an increase of 52 per cent is delivered in the final product. AMD has also released more of its own
internal benchmarks, showing the top-tier Ryzen 7 1800X matching the single-core performance of Intel's
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$1000 Core i7 6900K, with multi-core performance pulling ahead by nine per cent. Meanwhile, the
cheaper Ryzen 7 1700X beats the Core i7 6800K by 39 per cent in the Cinebench multi-core benchmark,
pulling ahead of the 6900K by four per cent.
Ryzen 7 1800X and1700X feature a 95W TDP, while the lower clocked Ryzen 7 1700 is remarkably
frugal for an eight-core chip at just 65W (again verifying previously leaks). Pre-orders start today, and the
Line processor will be available to buy from March 2nd. Reviews for Ryzen 7 will be published on the same
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day. In amongst the press materials, AMD also provided a die-shot of the full, eight-core processor, which
we've reproduced below - click on the thumbnail for a higher resolution image. Expect to hear more about
Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 3 soon.
Source: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2017-how-amds-ryzen-will-disrupt-the-cpu-
market

1. The word mooted in line 8 is closest in meaning to

A. increased
B. resolved
C. decreased
D. stopped

2. The word predecessors in line 7 refers to

A. The fastest processor
B. The efficiency of the processor
C. The older processors
D. Preservation

3. The word its in line 9 refers to

A. AMD Company
B. AMD Ryzen
C. Intel Company
D. Intel processors

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4. How can AMD pressure Intel?
A. The new processors are cheaper and better
B. The new processors are faster and require more power
C. The new processors are much smaller than Intels processors
D. The new processors are out of stock

5. How many percent was increased in the final product?

A. 34%
B. 40%
C. 52%
D. 39%

6. How much is the Ryzen 1700X?

A. $499
B. $399
C. $429
C. $1000

7. How many more percent can the 1800X performs in multi-core performance to the 6900K?
A. 52%
B. 40%
C. 39%
D. 9%

8. How many cores and threads does the Ryzen 7 1800X have?
A. 4 cores 4 threads
B. 4 cores 8 threads
C. 8 cores 8 threads
D. 8 cores 16 threads

9. What can we say about the Ryzen processors?

A. They are faster than Intel processors
B. They are not as efficient as the older processors
C. They use a lot of power
D. They cannot outperform Intel processors

10. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

A. New processors are being released from Intel to compete with AMD
B. New processors from AMD are cheaper and better than Intel processors
C. New processors are using more power but delivers higher performance
D. New processors from AMD are not as good as Intel processors

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 Deep-Sea Stroll: This Fish 'Walks' on the Ocean Floor
Sea robins, or Triglidae, look nothing like their avian namesakes, other than having an orange hue. The
armored type of these bottom-feeding fish have bony plates along their bodies and branched barbels
(whiskers) with taste buds in front of their mouths. But it's the sea robins' thickened, stiff fin rays that
make these creatures stand out.
Line Scientists aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's research ship, the Okeanos
(5) Explorer, recently captured video footage of an armored sea robin using its fin rays to "walk" along the
bottom of the ocean.
"Those things that you see under the fish that are like little, thin legs they're actually part of the fin," a
researcher aboard the Okeanos Explorer said in the video. "They're a really interesting fish with a lot of
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morphological features for life on the seafloor."
Rather than swimming as other fish do, sea robins "walk" as their typical mode of transportation, Okeanos
Explorer researchers explained in a dive log about the video.
Video of the fish's deep-sea stroll was captured during a dive with a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) at
the Ta'u Unit of the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa. Okeanos is currently on a mission
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through April to explore the waters around American Samoa and Samoa. The expedition is part of a three-
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year campaign to study the sanctuary and the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument in the Pacific
Ocean, in order to build scientific knowledge of the areas for better ecological support and management
decisions.
"Very little is known about deep-sea habitats, including deep-sea coral and sponge communities, in
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(20) American Samoa," Okeanos Explorer scientists wrote in their mission plan. "Data and information from
our expedition will fill gaps in knowledge about the deep-sea habitats in the region and improve our
overall understanding of the deep-sea biogeography of the Central Pacific."

Source: http://www.livescience.com/58051-sea-robin-fish-walks-across-ocean-floor.html

1. The word avian in line 1 is closest in meaning to

A. bird
B. fish
C. chicken
D. shark

2. The word namesakes in line 1 refers to

A. different names
B. same names
C. real name
D. nickname

3. The word their in line 3 refers to

A. stingrays
B. sharks
C. sea coral
D. triglidae

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4. What did the scientist observe the fish doing?
A. swimming
B. resting
C. walking
D. diving

5. What part of the fish do the legs belong to?

A. leg
B. fin
C. tail
D. head

6. What is the expedition mentioned in the last paragraph?

A. A campaign to study about the fish with fins
B. A campaign to study about fish that has stiff rays
C. A campaign to study about the sanctuary in the Pacific Ocean
D. A campaign to study about the fishs whiskers

7. How was the video captured?

A. Atmospheric Administration
B. Remotely Operated Vehicle
C. Okeanos Explorer
D. American Samoa

8. Who was on the mission in April?

A. National Oceanic
B. American Samoa
C. Atmospheric Administration
D. Okeanos

9. What can be inferred from the third paragraph

A. The legs are actually part of the fins
B. The fish has very little features
C. The fish has many fins for the legs
D. The fish likes to swim

10. What can be inferred from this passage?

A. To explore more types of fish
B. To explore the deep sea Pacific Ocean more
C. To explore and analyze the triglidae
D. To explore and see the uses of the ROV