Question

If you want to find out a piece of information about anything , the best place to search for it is Wikipedia（维基百科）. This online encyclopedia 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 (网站)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 are 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（准确的）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. should be university professors?? ??????

D. are usually famous scientists

3.Wikipedia is truly international because_________.

A. everything is written in English???

B. the articles are in about 235 language

C. there are over 10 million articles??

D. each writer can write in Various languages

4.Besides information about different subjects, people can also__________ on Wikipedia.

A. watch interesting movies??????? B. send e-mail to friends

C. read about the latest news?????? D. play exciting games  

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

【解析】

试题解析:本文大意：如果你想找关于任何事的一条信息，最好的地方是维基百科。这个线上百科全书是世界各国成千上万的人写的。任何人都可以添加或改变信息，如果发现不正确或写的不好而且，维基上的文章用约235种语言。至2008年四月，维基上传了超过1000万的文章。四分之一的文章是英语。在维基上也能找到最新新闻。然而，维基也有自己的问题。经常有人抱怨上面的信息不准确，没有提到一些重要的学科。这导致了文章作者之间的争论。运行维基的人们说信息的准确性正在改善，它是网上点击退率位于前20的网站。所以，如果你在找一些信息，为什么不试试维基呢？

1.细节理解题。根据 This online encyclopedia is written by thousands of people around the world.这个线上百科全书是世界各国成千上万的人写的 ，可知答案选D

2.细节理解题。根据In this way, people who know a lot about a certain subject can write about it even if they are not university professors.以这种方法，对某一学科懂很多的人可以写文章，即使他们不是大学教授，可知答案选A

3.细节理解题。根据By April 2008, over 10 million articles had been put on Wikipedia.至2008年四月，维基上传了超过1000万的文章，可知答案选B

4.细节理解题。根据Wikipedia is also a place where people can find the latest news.在维基上也能找到最新新闻，可知答案选C

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