e many academics unhappy with the idea of a Wikipedia?

　　［A］ Because they don’t trust online encyclopaedias.

　　［B］ Because all information in Wikipedia is inherently unreliable.

　　［C］ Because they believe that certain information should not be available on the internet.

　　［D］ Because anyone can add or change the information in it.

　　33. Which of the following is NOT given as an advantage of a wiki?

　　［A］ You can choose who edits it.

　　［B］ Wiki software is free.

　　［C］ Any bugs in the code can be changed easily.

　　［D］ It’s easy to use.

　　34. Why do “wikis foster trust”?

　　［A］ Because the people who use it need to trust the information other users post on it.

　　［B］ Because they are used in business contexts.

　　［C］ Because they can be used in a wide variety of situations.

　　［D］ Because only trustworthy people use them.

　　35. What kind of reader is the article aimed at?

　　［A］ Computer specialists.

　　［B］ Academics who don’t like wikis.

　　［C］ Computer science students.

　　［D］ The general reader with an interest in computing.

　　Text 4

　　“How do I get into journalism?” is a question that almost anyone who works in this trade will have been asked by friends, godchildren, passing students and, in some cases, their parents. The answer, of course, is: “with difficulty”.

　　A breezily written new book by the writer, broadcaster and former editor of the Independent on Sunday, Kim Fletcher, recognises this. Its purpose, broadly, is to answer the question posed above, and to offer some tips on how to stay in journalism once you get there. Tenacity matters above all; and there’s a reason to be tenacious. Journalists now are arguably more professional, and certainly more sober, than in the hot metal days of old Fleet Street, but being a hack is still more fun than a barrel of monkeys. You get to have adventures and then write about them. As Fletcher says: “You would do it even if they didn’t pay you.”

　　Landing that job is a cat that can be skinned in dozens of ways. In the old days, you’d learn the trade as an indentured apprentice on a regional newspaper—working your way through the newsroom covering jam-making competitions and parish council meetings and, occasionally, bracing yourself for the grim task of the “death-knock”, where you interview the grieving parents of that week’s Tragic Tot, and trouser as many of their family photographs as you can. And thence, in some cases, to Fleet Street—though as Mr. Fletcher points out, nationals are not the be-all and end-all of journalism, and many extremely good hacks prefer to remain on local papers, or ply their trade happily in magazines.

　　You can start writing features or reports for some of the many trade and specialist magazines. Or you can sneak straight on to a national as a junior gossip columnist. Others get started by submitting ideas and a

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