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(百科全書) 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．錯誤的           B．準確的           C．有條理的         D．邏輯的

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】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了維基百科的主要內容及相關的各種問題。

1.聯(lián)系下文This online encyclopedia(百科全書) is written by thousands of people around the world. 描述，可知選D。

2.根據(jù)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，可知選A。

3.聯(lián)系上下文描述，可知此處指的是這個網站的一些信息不準確，故選B。

4.根據(jù)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，可知人們能在維基百科查找到各種不同學科的信息。故選B。

考點：關于維基百科的說明文閱讀

點評：本文淺顯易懂，各個小題都能在文中找到適當依據(jù)。只要認真閱讀短文，注意前后聯(lián)系，就能順利完成閱讀。文章所設試題主要考察細節(jié)查找，做題關鍵是找出原文的根據(jù)，認真核查小題和原文的異同。