"tomorrow is a very important day for our family. as you know, the name bauer is the german word for peasant. my father was a peasant, his father was a peasant, and so were all the fathers before that. we have never been land owners, and i think it’s time to change that fact, but, sadly, my injury prevents me from racing well. you, johann, though still a boy, are the best man for the job."

based on this excerpt, what is hans’s viewpoint about johann?

(a) johann is capable of racing for land.
(b) johann is ready to have his own land.
(c) johann is too young to race for land.
(d) johann should not fear the race for land.

Read the excerpt from the code book. without much hope of a theoretical breakthrough, cryptanalysts have been forced to look for a technological innovation. if there is no obvious way to reduce the number of steps required for factoring, then cryptanalysts need a technology that will perform these steps more quickly. silicon chips will continue to get faster as the years pass, doubling in speed roughly every eighteen months, but this is not enough to make a real impact on the speed of factoring—cryptanalysts require a technology that is billions of times faster than current computers. consequently, cryptanalysts are looking toward a radically new form of computer, the quantum computer. if scientists could build a quantum computer, it would be able to perform calculations with such enormous speed that it would make a modern supercomputer look like a broken abacus. the author’s purpose in this paragraph is to convince the readers to pursue a career in analysis. explain the need for faster technology in cryptanalysis. entertain with interesting stories about supercomputers. argue for more money to develop a quantum computer.