Question

If you want to find out a piece of information about anything, the best place to search for it is Wikipedia. This online encyclopedia(百科全书) is written by thousands of people around the world. Anyone can add or change the information if he or she finds it not correct or not well written. In this way, people who know a lot about a certain subject can write about it even if they are not university professors.

What is more, Wikipedia includes articles written in about 235 languages. This fact makes it one of the few websites on the Internet that are truly international. It was started in 2001 by Larry Sanger and Jimmy Wales, as a free online English-language encyclopedia project. By April 2008 over 10 million articles had been put on Wikipedia. A quarter of the articles in English. Wikipedia is also a place where people can find the latest news.

However, Wikipedia has its own problems. There have been many complaints that some of the information on Wikipedia is not accurate and some important subjects are not included. This has led to arguments between the writers of articles. The people running Wikipedia say that the accuracy of the information is improving and that it is one of the top 20 visited websites on the Internet.

So, if you are looking for some information, why not try Wikipedia?

1.Wikipedia is ___________.

A．a computer game                       B．an online magazine

C．a free university                        D．a website encyclopedia

2.People who write on Wikipedia__________.

A．know much about a certain subject          B．likes writing different stories

C．can’t be university professors             D．are usually famous scientists

3.The underlined word “accurate” means __________.

A．错误的           B．准确的           C．有条理的         D．逻辑的

4.Which is TRUE according to the passage?  

A．Wikipedia includes articles written in about 253 languages.

B．People can find information about different subjects on Wikipedia.

C．Wikipedia is the only truly international website on the Internet.

D．Half of the articles on Wikipedia are written in English.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了维基百科的主要内容及相关的各种问题。

1.联系下文This online encyclopedia(百科全书) is written by thousands of people around the world. 描述，可知选D。

2.根据第一段In this way, people who know a lot about a certain subject can write about it even if they are not university professors.描述，可知选A。

3.联系上下文描述，可知此处指的是这个网站的一些信息不准确，故选B。

4.根据第一段If you want to find out a piece of information about anything, the best place to search for it is Wikipedia.描述，可知人们能在维基百科查找到各种不同学科的信息。故选B。

考点：关于维基百科的说明文阅读

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