Review 5

Wikipedia

The online encyclopedia Wikipedia challenges our preconceptions about factual information.

Before Wikipedia, it was ........... as read that encyclopedias were written by paid experts.

• given

• taken

• made

• put

In other ........., before Wikipedia, the 'reader' of an encyclopedia had no control over the content.

• speech

• ways

• words

• temrs

Wikipedia has changed all that, as anyone is allowed to edit and add content. The idea has certainly ........... on and, for millions of people, Wikipedia ......... a vital need.

• caught/answer

• got/answer

• put/say

Wikipedia's founders ........ that, on the whole, the information on the site is no less accurate than more traditional encyclopedias.

• insist

• assist

• consist

• desist

Despite this, critics have .......... the site for its inaccuracies.

• pronounced

• renounced

• denounced

• announced

Articles on the site have certainly ..... things which are not in fact true.

• assented

• assigned

• asserted

• associated

However, although these have received wide media ......, they essentially ....... the problem.

• treatment/boast

• coverage/exaggerate

• handling/flatter

• usage/extend

Most people have little ..... how many inaccuracies there are in traditional printed encyclopedias too

• gist

• hint

• hunch

• inkling