Question

What do you do when you need to look something up? Go to the library? Open an encyclopedia（百科全書）? Click onto the Internet? These days, most people go straight to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia. But how reliable is it?

There is no denying the popularity and usefulness of Wikipedia. It attracts as many as 78 million visitors every month, and the site is available in more than 270 different languages. It’s one of the most comprehensive resources available, which includes almost all details, facts and information that maybe concerned. It's got much more information than an ordinary encyclopedia. The site is updated on a daily basis by thousands of people around the world. Anyone with an Internet connection can log on and edit the contents or add a new page. And you don't need any formal training.

Of course, there are some controls. Wikipedia has a team of more than 1,500 administrators who check for false information. And main targets for harmful comments(such as politicians) are off-limits to public editing. But with more than 16 million articles to keep an eye on, it isn't easy. So, while Wikipedia benefits from being constantly updated with information from all over the world, it's also open to “vandals” (破壞他人財產(chǎn)者).

Some of the damage is easy to notice. One person drew devil horns and a moustache on Microsoft chairman Bill Gates’ photo, while another edited Greek philosopher Plato’s biography to say he was a “Hawaiian weather man who is wildly believed to have been a student of‘Barney the purple Dinosaur’ and to have been deeply influenced by his dog, Cutie”.

But other things are harder to spot. The most common form of vandalism involves adding tiny items of false information into the biography of a famous person. Unbelievably, some of this misinformation has appeared in newspapers, with The Daily Mail, The Guardian and The Independent all having fallen victim to the dirty tricks. For example, in an article about British comedian Sir Norman Wisdom, one newspaper claimed that he co-wrote Dame Vera Lynn’s wartime hit There’ll be bluebirds over the White Cliffs of Dover. He did no such thing. And in another article, it was reported that TV Theme tune composer Ronnie Hazlehurst had written the S Club 7’s hit Reach. Once again, not true.

So, if you are going to use any information from Wikipedia, make sure you double-check it first.

1.Which of the following would the author most probably agree with?

A.Before using the information from Wikipedia, one should first check it.

B.Though popular and wildly used, Wikipedia provides little reliable information.

C.It is understandable that some people add false information to Wikipedia.

D.Updated on a daily basis, any information from Wikipedia is reliable.

2.We can learn from the passage that _______________ .

A.because of its popularity, 78 million people from 270 countries visit Wikipedia monthly

B.Wikipedia is the most comprehensive resource with all information we need

C.anyone who has access to the Internet can edit any contents of Wikipedia as they like

D.the primary job of the administrator is to make sure true information is conveyed

3.What does the underlined part “off-limits” in paragraph 3 mean?

A. Not convenient B. Not welcome

C. Not accessible D. Not boundless

4.What’s the writer’s attitude to Wikipedia?

A. Negative B. Worried

C. Indifferent D. Objective

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析:本文是一篇說明文，主要介紹了在線百科全書—維基百科，一部人人可編輯的自由百科全書。它是一個"自由"、免費、"內(nèi)容開放"的網(wǎng)絡(luò)百科全書，維基百科是一個基于維基技術(shù)的多語言百科全書協(xié)作計劃，也是一部用不同語言寫成的網(wǎng)絡(luò)百科全書。

1.推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第三段和第四段內(nèi)容可知維基百科上的內(nèi)容有可能會是錯誤的，故使用前應(yīng)該核實一下是否準(zhǔn)確，選A。

2. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章第三段Wikipedia has a team of more than 1,500 administrators who check for false information.可知選D。

3.詞義猜測題。文章第三段主要介紹維基百科有1500多個管理員來檢查錯誤的信息和有害的言論，避免錯誤和有害的言論傳播，由此推測選C。

4.推理判斷題。文章只是介紹在線百科全書維基百科，包括它的實用性和受歡迎程度，同時也介紹了維基百科存在的問題，而沒有發(fā)表自己的看法和觀點，由此判斷作者只是客觀介紹，故選D。

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