题文
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 community (群体) of more than 150,000 volunteers, all devoted to sharing knowledge freely. More than 275 million people come 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．compare 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 come 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 advertisements 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:D
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:A
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
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Dear Reader，Today I'.....”主要考查你对 [政治经济类阅读 ]考点的理解。政治经济类阅读
政治经济类文章的概念：
要做好这类阅读，平时就要注意了解国内外发生的政治经济大事，掌握一定背景知识，对这类文章的叙述特点及内容安排有一定了解，还要扩展这方面的词汇。阅读这类文章，要抓住文章的核心，即文章整体和各段主要在说什么，也要注意段落之间的逻辑关系。
如何备考政治经济类阅读理解题：
【题型说明】政治经济类阅读文章是高考常选材料之一。该类文章时代气息浓郁，语言鲜活，但熟字新义词、超纲词及专业词语多，长句、难句多。政治类文章大多数是同学们感性趣的内容，读起来倒有似曾相识的感觉，经济类文章读起来就像是雾里看花，文章看完，一头雾水。再加之这类文章的命题侧重于词义猜测、推理判断和文章主旨，同学们对这类题材是望而生畏。
【备考策略】建立心理优势。针对不同体裁的文章，我们要采取相应的阅读方法和技巧。政治类文章多采用记叙文形式，我们可采取“顺读法”，以便抓关键语句，领会文章主旨；而经济类文章则多采用说明文形式，我们则可以采取“逆读法”，先读试题，再从文章中查找有用信息。若遇到的确难读的材料。千万不用着急，因为你觉得难，其他人也一定是同感。在高考前，我们就要有这种心理准备，高考试卷肯定有一、两篇难以阅读的材料。不过，我们平时可以有意识地从报刊杂志上找一些较难的阅读材料来阅读，以培养自己迎难而上的心理素质。
【答题方法】
1、寻找主干：
根据英语中五种基本句型结构，把句子中的主语、谓语、宾语、表语等主要成分找出来，其他成分如定语、状语、补语等则易于理解。找到了句子主干，句子的意思至少明白了一半。
2、剔除从句：
在一个长句中可能会出现若干个从句，在理解时，如果把各个从句剔除出来单独理解，然后把大意拼凑起来，整个长句的意思就会明白六、七分。
3、辨别分句：
一个长句如果是由几个并列、转折、递进、对比关系的分句组成，句中往往有表示这些分句关系的连接词，只要能弄清楚分句和分句之间的逻辑关系，再把各层分句的意思加以连贯，整个长句的句意基本上能跃然脑中。
4、寻找关键词：
如果一个句子看完，一点句意的感觉也没有，下下策就是抓住句中的关键词，通过关键词大体弄懂这个长句的意思。
