C Wikipedia was founded as a branch of Nupedia, a now-abandoned project to produce a free

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Wikipedia was founded as a branch of Nupedia, a now-abandoned project to produce a free encyclopedia (百科全书). Nupedia required highly qualified contributors, but the writing of articles was slow. During 2000, Jimmy Wales, founder of Nupedia, and Larry Sanger, whom Wales had employed to work on the project, discussed ways of supplementing (补充) Nupedia with a more open project. Multiple sources are suggested for the idea that a wiki might allow members of the public to contribute material, and Nupedia’s first wiki went online on January 10.

There was considerable resistance on the part of Nupedia’s editors and reviewers to the idea of associating Nupedia with a Web site in the wiki format (格式), so the new project was given the name “Wikipedia” and launched on its own domain (域名), wikipedia.com, on January 15. The domain was eventually changed to the present wikipedia.org when the not-for-profit Wikimedia Foundation was launched as its new parent organization. In March 2007, the word wiki became a newly-recognized English word.

In May 2001, a wave of non-English Wikipedias was launched — in Catalan, Chinese, Dutch, Esperanto, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. These were soon joined by Arabic and Hungarian. In September, Polish was added. At the end of the year, Afrikaans, Norwegian, and Serbocroatian versions were announced.

Anyone with Web access can edit Wikipedia, and this openness encourages inclusion of a great amount of content. About 75,000 editors — from expert scholars to casual readers — regularly edit Wikipedia, and these experienced editors often help to create a consistent style throughout the encyclopedia.

Editors are able to watch pages and techies (科技人员) can write editing programs to keep track of or correct bad edits. Where there’re disagreements on how to present facts, editors work together to arrive at an article that fairly represents current expert opinion on the subject. Although the Wikimedia Foundation owns the site, it’s largely uninvolved in writing and daily operations.

66. Jimmy Wales wanted a more open project because ______.

   A. he wanted to found Wikipedia

   B. Nupedia had its own disadvantages

   C. he earned less money from Nupedia

   D. Nupedia had been abandoned

67. The idea of connecting Nupedia with a Web site in the wiki format ______.

   A. gained a wide support

   B. came into being on January 15, 2000

   C. made Nupedia better and better known to the public

   D. weren’t welcomed by all Nupedia’s editors

68. Which of the following versions joined the Wikipedia in or after October 2001?

   A. English version.                       B. Norwegian version.

   C. Hebrew version.                       D. Arabic version.

69. Who are responsible to create the main style for the Wikipedia?

   A. Any readers of the Wikipedia     B. The techies.

   C. The Wikimedia Foundation.              D. The experienced editors.

70. Which of the following facts about Wikipedia most probably surprises readers?

   A. Its owner contributes less to its writing.

   B. It appeals to a wider audience.

   C. Its owner was founded only recently.

   D. It was evolved from Nupedia.

66---70   BDBDA  

本文是一篇说明文，主要是介绍了维基百科——开放性的百科全书。介绍了它的创立、运作等。

66. B。   细节理解题。根据文章第一段，Jimmy Wales只所以需要一个更为开放的方案，是因为原来的Nupedia存在弊端：文章的写入非常的慢（the writing of articles was slow）。当时，Nupedia并没有被放弃，而Jimmy Wales也没有想到Wikipedi，因此A、D不对；Nupedia是非盈利性，因此C不对。

67. D。   细节理解题。根据文章第二段的第一句话。当时这一观点遭到了部分Nupedia的编辑和读者的反对。

68. B。   细节判断题。根据文章第三段，“Afrikaans、Norwegian、Serbocroatian”是在9月份之后加入这一行列中的。

69. D。   细节判断题。根据文章第四段，“these experienced editors often help to create a consistent style throughout the encyclopedia”，创立“the Wikipedia”风格的是那些熟悉的而有经验编辑。

70. A。   推理判断题。关于Wikipedia的一些事实，从最后一段的最后一句可以知道，尽管Wikipedia为the Wikimedia Foundation所拥有，但是Wikipedia的运作和文章并不是来自the Wikimedia Foundation，而是广大的读者。