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?
小題1:Wikipedia is ___________.
A．a(chǎn) computer gameB．a(chǎn)n online magazine
C．a(chǎn) free universityD．a(chǎn) website encyclopedia
小題2:People who write on Wikipedia__________.
A．know much about a certain subjectB．likes writing different stories
C．can’t be university professorsD．a(chǎn)re usually famous scientists
小題3:The underlined word “accurate” means __________.
A．錯(cuò)誤的B．準(zhǔn)確的C．有條理的D．邏輯的
小題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.

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:B

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了維基百科的主要內(nèi)容及相關(guān)的各種問題。
小題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。
小題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。
小題3:聯(lián)系上下文描述，可知此處指的是這個(gè)網(wǎng)站的一些信息不準(zhǔn)確，故選B。
小題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(xué)科的信息。故選B。
點(diǎn)評：本文淺顯易懂，各個(gè)小題都能在文中找到適當(dāng)依據(jù)。只要認(rèn)真閱讀短文，注意前后聯(lián)系，就能順利完成閱讀。文章所設(shè)試題主要考察細(xì)節(jié)查找，做題關(guān)鍵是找出原文的根據(jù)，認(rèn)真核查小題和原文的異同。
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