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2 📀1.27 Read and listen to the text. Check your answers to exercise 1. Then match the headings 1-4 with paragraphs A-C. There is one heading that you do not need.

1. What is Wikipedia?

2. Wiki – a free online encyclopedia

3. Wikipedia – advantages and disadvantages

4. What is a wiki?

An ever-changing document

A____

A wiki is a webpage that anyone can create on the internet with Main Page - Wikipedia, the free simple software. The word 'wiki' comes from the Hawaiian word for 'quick'. As soon as you've written a wiki, it can ¹ _______ on the web. Anyone who reads a wiki can click on 'Edit this page' and then add, delete, or edit any of its ² _______. This means that wikis are continually changing. Most of the changes are necessary to keep the information up to date, but internet vandalism – changes which are wrong or offensive – can be a problem.

B____

Wikipedia is familiar to most people who ³ _______ the internet regularly. Wikipedia started in 2000 as part of Nupedia, a free, online encyclopedia written by experts. Wikipedia was different, because ordinary people wrote its content. It was immediately popular and became an independent website in 2001. Wikipedia has now got articles in over 250 languages, including more than 2.5 million articles in English alone.

C____

Wikipedia is growing bigger every day and there are no limits to the topics it covers. Because people ⁴ _______ wikis all the time, Wikipedia contains information about the very latest things, such as recent news events or advances in technology. However, you should never forget that Wikipedia is a wiki and anyone can write and edit it. As a result, you should always ⁵ _______ facts before using them.

Прочитайте и прослушайте текст. Проверьте свои ответы на упражнение 1. Затем сопоставьте заголовки 1-4 с абзацами A-C. Один заголовок вам не понадобится.

Ответ:

The heading that is not needed is 2: Wiki – a free online encyclopedia. / Лишний заголовок - 2: Вики – бесплатная онлайн-энциклопедия.