Dear Reader，
Today I'm going to ask you to support Wikipedia with a donation. Sounds unusual: Why does one of the world's five most popular websites ask for financial support from its users?
Wikipedia is built differently from almost every other top 50.We have a small number of paid staff, just twentythree. Wikipedia content is free to use by anyone for any purpose. Wikipedia is run by the nonprofit Wikipedia Foundation, which I founded in 2003.
Wikipedia's driven by a global munity (群体) of more than 150,000 volunteers, all devoted to sharing knowledge freely. More than 275 million people e to our website every month to access information, free of charge and free of advertising.
Your donation helps us in several ways. Most importantly, you will help us cover the increasing cost of managing global traffic to one of the most popular websites on the Internet. Funds also help us improve the software that runs Wikipedia, making it easier to search, easier to read, and easier to write for. We're bent on growing the free knowledge movement worldwide, by employing new volunteers, and building strategic (战略的) partnerships with institutes of culture and learning.
Wikipedia is different. It's the largest encyclopedia (百科全书) in history, all written by volunteers.
Like a national park or a school, we don't believe advertising should have a place in Wikipedia. We want to keep it free and strong, but we need the support of thousands of people like you, for your donation will help keep Wikipedia free for the whole world.
Thank you!
Jimmy Wales
【小题1】In the letter, Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikimedia Foundation tries to .A．pare some top websitesB．explain how Wikipedia worksC．introduce a new website to the readersD．appeal to Wikipedia users to make donations【小题2】Which of the following is TRUE about Wikipedia?A．Due to its less popularity, Wikipedia is no longer attractive to advertising at all.B．Over 275 million people e to Wikipedia to access information for free weekly.C．Wikipedia, the world's most popular website, is run by the Wikipedia Foundation.D．Unlike others, Wikipedia, the largest encyclopedia in history, is written by volunteers.【小题3】From the letter we can know donations will help do the following for Wikipedia EXCEPT .A．take on some new volunteersB．develop an effective new softwareC．access free knowledge more easilyD．cover the increasing cost of management【小题4】It can be inferred from the letter that .A．Wikipedia aims to give free access to the sum of all human knowledgeB．those donating to Wikipedia will be eventually employed as its volunteersC．most websites including Wikipedia rely on financial supports from its usersD．supported by Wikipedia Foundation, Wikipedia wants to be free from advertisementsD
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解析：本文是一篇倡议信，本文主要向读者介绍 Wikipedia 的情况，告知读者 Wikipedia 是非盈利网站，但为了更新软件，希望得到人们的捐助。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据文章第一段Today I'm going to ask you to support Wikipedia with a donation.可知作者是呼吁维基百科的用户捐款，选D
【小题2】细节题:从第五段的句子：Wikipedia is different. It's the largest encyclopedia (百科全书) in history, all written by volunteers.可知和其他网站不同的是Wikipedia 是自愿者写的，选D
【小题3】细节题：从第四段的描述：Most importantly, you will help us cover the increasing cost of managing global traffic …Funds also help us improve the software that runs Wikipedia, making it easier to search, easier to read, and easier to write for. ….by employing new volunteers,可知捐赠者可以帮助维基百科雇佣更多的志愿者，更自由的获得知识，付越来越多的管理费用。选B
【小题4】细节题：从最后一段的句子：We want to keep it free and strong, but we need the support of thousands of people like you, for your donation will help keep Wikipedia free for the whole world.可知维基百科旨在让人们可以自由获得所有的人类的知识。选A