Question

【题目】Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each can be used only once.（将下列单词填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）

A. where B. In this way C. Yet D. improving E. What’s more

F. written G. international H. information J. problems

If you want to find out a piece of information about anything, the best place to search for it is Wikipedia. This online encyclopedia is 【1】(write) 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. 【2】, people who know a lot about a certain subject can write about it even they are not university professors.

【3】, Wikipedia includes articles written in about 253 languages. This fact makes it one of the few websites (网站) on the Internet that are truly 【4】 . 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 be put on Wikipedia. A quarter of the【5】 is English. Wikipedia is also a place【6】 people can find the latest news.

However, Wikipedia has its own 【7】. 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 the articles. The people running Wikipedia say that the accuracy of the information is【8】 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?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】F

【2】B

【3】E

【4】G

【5】H

【6】A

【7】J

【8】D

【解析】

这篇短文主要介绍了维基百科的相关内容。

【1】句意：这本在线百科全书是由全世界成千上万的人写的。

这里是一般现在时态的被动语态，其结构是be done的形式，这里是被写，用write的过去分词written。故选F。

【2】句意：这样，即使不是大学教授，对某门学科了解很多的人也可以写下来。

根据下文people who know a lot about a certain subject can write about it even they are not university professors.可知这里是这样，用In this way这样。根据题意，故选B。

【3】句意：此外，维基百科还包括用253种语言撰写的文章。

根据下文Wikipedia includes articles written in about 253 languages.可知，这里是What’s more表示递进,然而/还有，根据题意，故选E。

【4】句意：这一事实使它成为互联网上为数不多的真正国际化的网站之一。

这里是说国际化的网络。international 形容词，国际化的。根据句意。故选G。

【5】句意：四分之一的信息是英语。

根据上文By April 2008, over 10 million articles had be put on Wikipedia.可知，这里是说四分之一的信息。根据题意。故选H。

【6】句意：维基百科也是人们可以找到最新新闻的地方。

这里是where 引导的定语从句，在这里做状语。根据题意，故选A。

【7】句意：不过，维基百科也有自己的问题。

There have been many complaints that some of the information on Wikipedia is not accurate and some important subjects are not included.可知，这里是说维基百科也有自己的问题，problems问题。故选J。

【8】句意：维基百科的负责人说，这些信息的准确性正在提高，它是互联网上访问量最大的20个网站之一。

根据下文and that it is one of the top 20 visited websites on the Internet.可知，这里是说正在提高，这里用improving。根据题意，故选D。