1、大学四级-1165 及答案解析(总分：713.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Writing(总题数：1，分数：106.00)1.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled: Students Rating of Their Teachers. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.1. 学生给老师打分已经成为普通的现象；2. 人们对其持不同态度；3. 我的看法。Stud
2、ents Rating of Their Teachers（分数：106.00）_二、Part Reading Compr(总题数：1，分数：70.00)Selling Expertise on the Internet for Extra CashTeresa Estes, a licensed mental-health counselor, watched as business at her private practice decreased last year. Then the single mother turned to her keyboard to boost her i
3、ncome.Ms. Estes applied to become an “expert“ on Live Person Inc., a Web site where clients pay for online chat time with professionals and advisers of all fields. For $1.89 a minutea rate she setEstes dispenses advice to clients around the globe. She spends about four hours a day online, often at n
4、ight, when her daughter has gone to bed.“It was the economy,“ she says of her move to take her skills online. “Live Person is more profitable than my private practice.“ Ms. Estes had charged her private clients up to $75 an hour.As the recession deepens, a small but growing number of people are taki
5、ng their skills online, offering expertise or performing specified tasks for a fee. Labor-at-the-keyboard sites are gaining popularity as people increasingly turn to the Web in search of work. Internet job-search sites saw a 51% rise in traffic from January 2008 to January 2009, according to comScor
6、e Media Metrix, to 26.7 million unique visitors.Among the many fee-for-service Web sites out there, at least three arc attracting a significant number of usersthough consumers should exercise a healthy degree of skepticism when consulting any of these sites. Live Person seeks out experts on a slew o
7、f topics, including mental health, financial services, shopping and fashion, as well as psychics and spiritual advisers. Mechanical Turk, a Web service run by Amazon. coin Inc., pays workers to perform tasks, such as cataloging products online. Associated Content pays contributors to write articles
8、on a wide range of subjects, from organic flower gardening to how to apply for financial aid.Live Person went public in 2001 , and the current version of the site was launched in late 2007. Today, the site has 30,000 registered experts, attracting an average of 100,000 people a year who pay for the
9、offered services, says Chief Executive Officer Robert LoCascio. Roughly 3,500 people have made contributing to the site their full-time job, he says.Live Person says it vets contributors qualifications, such as medical licenses or financial certification, through a third party, and relies heavily on
10、 its community reviews. Some 200 people a day apply to he Live Person experts, up from 120 a year ago, says Mr. LoCascio. Once cleared, advisers work with clients on a cost-per-minute basis set by the adviser. The site takes a commission of between 30% and 35%.Associated Content, by contrast, review
11、s submissions in house and then decides how much to pay for them. The site, which specializes in how-to pieces and feature stories on news topics, had 237,000 registered contributors and more than one million content pieces as of February, both about double from the same mouth a year ago.After posti
12、ng the content, the site sells advertisements against it and distributes it to other companies, such as online shoe retailer Zappos, which use the content on their own Web sites. If Associated Content accepts a submission (it says it rejects about 25% of them) , the author gets between $5 and $30, p
13、lus $1.50 for each 1,000 page views. An ability to write “search-engine-optimized“ content, an industry term for generating good Google results, helps, says site founder Luke Beatty.People are not only looking for payment but also establishing their credentials “as somebody with experience“, he says
14、. Writing about a specific profession, such as law or real estate, helps raise a persons profile online, enhancing his job searches, says Mr. Beatty.Sabah Karimi, a 26-year-old from Orlando, Fla., left a career in marketing to become a full-time freelance writer and now spends between 8 and 10 hours
15、 a week writing for Associated Content. She has been at it for about three years and says she earns roughly $1,000 a month from her past and current submissions.Ms. Karimi cautions newcomers to Associated Content that it takes time to build up earnings. She says she learned how to write articles tha
16、t would bring traffic and often looks for newsy ideas that will attract readers.Mechanical Turk, by contrast, is based on “crowd sourcing“, or breaking a task into lots of tiny pieces and giving it to a big group of people to complete quickly. Most of these jobswhich the site calls HITs, for human i
17、ntelligence taskspay just a few cents. Efficient MTurkers, as they call themselves, can make more than $100 a week doing things such as finding someones email address or labeling images of a particular animal in a photograph.Amazon says that MTurk now has 200,000 workers from 100 different countries
18、, but it doesnt keep track of past figures.The sitenamed for an 18th-century stunt involving a turbaned chess-playing “machine“ with an actual chess master hidden withinbegan as a way to help Amazon manage its product database. Amazon uses the site to help sort images and content, paying people a fe
19、w cents a task. Mechanical Turk also serves a variety of companies who need Web tasks performed, especially those that require a human element. Knewton Inc., for example, uses it extensively for focus-group-type tasks, as well as enlisting people to take its practice tests.Keri Knutson, a mother of
20、five, discovered Mechanical Turk when her eldest son was headed for college. Ms. Knutson, now 45, needed money for his tuition and fees. She took on all kinds of low-paying but easy tasks at the beginning, from finding a place to purchase a specific item to identifying the name of a street in a phot
21、ograph.People looking to make money online as fee-afor-service experts should read the fine print. Live Person has one of the more formal payment systems, requiring users to sign up for an account before talking with an expert. Some sites, including Associated Content and Mechanical Turk, reserve th
22、e right to refuse payment if a task is not completed satisfactorily.Most sites have a robust community of workers who regularly offer one another tips on which tasks pay the best. Mechanical Turk users have an independent site called Turker Nation (turkers. proboards80, com), which reviews the compa
23、nies that solicit (索求) and pay for tasks so that workers can check a companys record before taking on a task.Consumers who use these sites also need to exercise caution. Relying on legal or medical advice from an unknown online source has obvious drawbacks, and the Web sites acknowledge that some us
24、ers have registered complaints about the advice offered on the sites. Live Person warns consumers to offer their financial and personal details with care.For the workers on these sites, even incremental sources of income are helpful these days. Ms. Knutson now spends the majority of her time transcr
25、ibing Web audio and video for clients, earning about $250 a week for 30 hours of work. She says she has seen more competition lately but is determined to keep up her weekly pace.“If I didnt have this money,“ she says, “wed be struggling to find what to eat every week./（分数：70.00）(1).What is the passa
26、ge mainly talking about?（分数：7.00）A.The economic recession will last a few years.B.More people are taking their skills online to make money.C.Asking for advice through the Internet is a good way to solve your problems.D.People shouldnt release their financial and personal details online.(2).Live Pers
27、on Inc. is a Web site where _.（分数：7.00）A.people chat with each other and make friends freelyB.professionals and advisers help others for freeC.people pay money for applying to become an expertD.clients pay for online chat time with professionals and advisers(3).Why are labor-at-the-keyboard sites ga
28、ining popularity?（分数：7.00）A.Because people love to work on the Internet.B.Because more people are finding jobs on the Internet.C.Because people are being asked to work on the Internet.D.Because working on the Internet is easier than other ways of working.(4).How much will an expert get through Live
29、Person if a client pays $10?（分数：7.00）A.$3 to $3.5.B.$10.C.$6.5 to $7.D.$5.(5).Mechanical Turk originated as a method to _.（分数：7.00）A.label images of a particular animal in a photographB.serve a variety of companies who need Web tasks performedaC.help Amazon manage its product databaseD.find someones
30、 email address(6).What does Turker Nation do?（分数：7.00）A.It reserves the right to refuse payment if a task is not completed satisfactorily.B.It relies on legal or medical advice from an unknown online source.C.It registers complaints about the advice offered on the site.D.It reviews the companies tha
31、t solicit and pay for tasks.(7).What does Ms. Knutson spend the majority of her time doing?（分数：7.00）A.Finding a place to purchase a specific item.B.Identifying the name of a street in a photograph.C.Transcribing Web audio and video for clients.D.Struggling to find what to eat every week.(8).Associat
32、ed Content pays contributors to write articles on a wide range of subjects, from organic flower gardening to how to _.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(9).Live Person says it vets contributors qualifications through a third party, and relies heavily on its _.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(10).Amazon says that MTurk now has 200,00
33、0 workers from _.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_三、Part Listening Com(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Section A(总题数：4，分数：105.00)A.Feel sorry that she cant help the man.B.Lend the man her pencil and paper.C.Ask someone else to help the man.D.Give the man the notes.A.Jason will arrive at 7:30.B.Jason should have arrived at 8:00.C.Ja
34、son is usually punctual.D.Jason is not very punctual.A.In a railway station.B.In a hotel room.C.In a restaurant.D.At the airport.A.She will help the man later.B.She doesnt want to help him with the homework.C.The man should do the homework himself.D.The man should watch the program first.A.A movie.B
35、.A lecture.C.A play.D.A speech.A.He usually talks quietly.B.He usually assigns homework.C.He didnt teach class today.D.He noticed that the students didnt do their homework.A.The show is too difficult to understand.B.There is nothing worth seeing there.C.She doesnt understand whats on the show.D.The
36、room is too small for the audience.A.The weather is changeable.B.The weather forecast is unreliable.C.It will rain very soon.D.She hasnt read the newspaper.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.（分数：28.00）A.The benefits of strong business competition.B.A proposal to low
37、er the cost of production.C.Complaints about the expense of modernization.D.Suggestions concerning new business strategies.A.It costs much more than its worth.B.It should be brought up-to-date.C.It calls for immediate repairs.D.It can still be used for a long time.A.The personnel manager should be f
38、ired for inefficiency.B.A few engineers should be employed to modernize the factory.C.The entire staff should be retrained.D.Better-educated employees should be promoted.A.Their competitors have long been advertising on TV.B.TV commercials are less expensive.C.Advertising in newspapers alone is not
39、sufficient.D.TV commercials attract more investments.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.（分数：21.00）A.Searching for reference material.B.Watching a film of the 1930s.C.Writing a course book.D.Looking for a job in a movie studio.A.Its too broad to cope with.B.Its a bit
40、 outdated.C.Its controversial.D.Its of little practical value.A.At the end of the online catalogue.B.At the Reference Desk.C.In The New York Times.D.In the Readers Guide to Periodical Literature.五、Section B(总题数：3，分数：70.00)Passage OneQuestions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.（分数
41、：28.00）A.It resembles the biological virus.B.It works the same way as the human virus.C.It influences the human as the biological viruses do.D.It spreads to people who use the infected computers.A.They invade the computer and make it a place for manufacturing.B.They infect the hard disc and the whol
42、e system.C.They spread throughout the whole system by quickly copying themselves.D.They spread viruses inside the computer system.A.The presence of a particular file.B.The security level of the user.C.A certain time or date.D.The time when a file is used.A.Benign virus.B.Harmful virus.C.Malignant vi
43、rus.D.Attacking virus.Passage TwoQuestions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.（分数：21.00）A.To drink as much as possible each day.B.To drink eight glasses of water daily.C.To drink as actually needed.D.To drink no more than eight glasses daily.A.If its summer, you need more water.B.
44、If youre exercising, you need more water.C.If youre a normal person who sits a lot, you need less water.D.If youre a normal person who is not sweating, you need more water.A.Because the rule is out of date.B.Because the rule is made for sick people.C.Because the rule is based on the studies under ex
45、traordinary conditions.D.Because the rule is based on the need of soldiers and patients.Passage ThreeQuestions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.（分数：21.00）A.Because they didnt like training.B.Because the football season came to an end.C.Because they didnt like their teacher.D.Bec
46、ause they failed the match.A.He took them to watch a basketball game.B.He trained them to play European football.C.He taught them to play an exciting new game.D.He let them compete in getting bails out of a basket.A.By removing the bottom of the basket.B.By lowering the position of the basket.C.By s
47、implifying the complex rules.D.By altering the size of the basket.六、Section C(总题数：1，分数：77.00)Russia is the largest economic power that is not a member of the World Trade Organization. But that may change. Last Friday, the European Union said it would support Russias (36) to become a W.T.O. member.(3
48、7) of the European Union met with Russian officials in Moscow. They signed a trade agreement that took six years to (38) Russia called the trade agreement balanced. It agreed to slowly increase fuel prices within the country. It also agreed to permit competition in its (39) industry and to remove so
49、me barriers (40) trade.In (41) for European support to join the W. T. O. , Russian President Putin said that Russia would speed up the (42) to approve the Kyoto Protocol, an international environmental agreement to reduce the production of (43) industrial gases. These “greenhouse gases“ trap heat in the atmosphere and (44) Russia had signed the Kyoto Protocol, but has not yet approved it.
