1、大学四级-169 及答案解析(总分：710.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Writing(总题数：1，分数：106.50)1.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled How to Prevent the Spread of Epidemics? You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. How to Prevent the Spread of Epidemics?（分
2、数：106.50）_二、Part Listening Com(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Section A(总题数：4，分数：106.50)（分数：35.50）A.The area is for passengers only.B.The man is asking the woman to leave.C.The man feels sorry for the woman.D.The woman is a member of the staff.A.He is late for his work on the first day.B.It takes a long time for h
3、im to go to work.C.He is very excited for driving to work.D.He drove to make sure the time to get to work.A.It is pleasant.B.It is constant.C.It is always windy.D.It is changeable.A.The man thought the paper was easy.B.They both had a hard time writing the paper.C.The woman thought the assignment wa
4、s easy.D.Neither of them has finished the paper yet.A.He hasn“t decided what to do this weekend.B.He will spend the weekend with his sister.C.He thinks everything is all right up till now.D.He has already decided to travel abroad by air.（分数：21.30）A.He feels satisfied with it.B.He thinks the distance
5、 is too far.C.The road is good but there“s heavy traffic.D.30 minutes“ driving is a piece of cake for him.A.He thinks the students are quite fair.B.He thinks the new teacher is good.C.Reactions to the new teacher are different.D.The woman should believe what is told.A.Spend more time outdoors.B.Take
6、 short naps in day time.C.Try to go to bed earlier.D.Stay indoors until she feels better.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. （分数：21.30）A.Supportive.B.Opposed.C.Pessimistic.D.Neutral.A.It has no difference from other cells.B.It can only become a certain type of cell.C
7、.It can“t become a kidney cell.D.It maintains and repairs the body.A.They don“t know about the benefits of the research.B.The research goes against their religious beliefs.C.The research costs too much money.D.They insist that the research is against nature.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conver
8、sation you have just heard. （分数：28.40）A.It uses new technology.B.It is installed with a robot.C.It is as clever as human.D.It can talk with people.A.He does the work of making maps.B.He is reliable on giving directions.C.He is a Geographic specialist.D.He knows more than a computerized map.A.They wi
9、ll tell drivers the accident on the road ahead.B.They will remind drivers if there is only a little oil left.C.They will help drivers sheer off in the opposite direction.D.They will give an alarm if drivers get too close to other cars.A.He couldn“t find the way.B.His car ran out of oil.C.He came at
10、rush hour.D.His watch was slow.四、Section B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：21.30)Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：21.30）A.From the 1850s.B.From the 1700s.C.From the 1800s.D.From the 1900s.A.To know direction.B.To measure time.C.To show off one“s wealth.D.To g
11、et to work on time.A.Everyone needed to measure their spare time.B.Everyone wanted to be punctual.C.Efficiency meant much more money.D.Efficiency was closely related to time.六、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：28.40)Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：28.40）A.Drive cars.B.Fly pla
12、nes.C.Pay wages.D.Repair machines.A.It can store many instructions.B.It can perform few tasks.C.It is a symbol of modernization.D.It is as clever as human brain.A.They are much cheaper than humans.B.They never complain about the difficulties.C.They can handle all the problems of the job.D.They can w
13、ork for long periods without rest.A.It will be long before robots can be used at home.B.It will be very expensive to use robots in the future.C.Robots will take over all the jobs in industry.D.Robots will be used only in large factories.七、Passage Three(总题数：1，分数：21.30)Questions 23 to 25 are based on
14、the passage you have just heard. （分数：21.30）A.Opera music.B.Drama.C.Country music.D.Politics.A.He had innate talent for music.B.He was the richest singer in America.C.He symbolizes the American dream.D.He stands for the new generation.A.They regret for them.B.They just ignore them.C.They sharply crit
15、icize them.D.They follow his behavior.八、Section C(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Imagining being asked to spend twelve or so years of your life in a society which 1 only of members of your own sex, how would you react? Unless there was something 2 wrong with you, you wouldn“t be too happy about it, to say the 3 . I
16、t is all the more surprising therefore that so many parents in the world choose to 4 such abnormal conditions on their children. Any discussion of this topic 5 question the aims of education. 6 children“s heads full of knowledge is far from being the most important among them. One of the chief aims
17、of education is to equip future citizens with all they require to 7 in adult society. Now adult society is made up of men and women, so how can a segregated (隔离的) school possibly offer the right sort of preparation for it? Anyone entering adult society after years of segregation can only be in for a
18、 shock. A co-educational school offers children nothing less than a small, true 8 of society. Boys and girls are given the opportunity to get to know each other, to learn to live together from their earliest years. They are put in a position where they can compare themselves with each other in terms
19、 of 9 ability, athletic achievement and many of the extra 10 which are part of school life. In a co-educational school, everything falls into its proper place. But perhaps the greatest contribution of co-education is the healthy attitude to life it encourages. （分数：71.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填
20、空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_九、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十、Section A(总题数：1，分数：35.50)Would you be happier ff you spent more time discussing the state of the world and the meaning of lifeand less time talking about the weather? It may sound counterintuitive (违反直觉的), but people who s
21、pend more of their day having deep discussions and less time engaging in small talk seem to be happier, said Matthias Mehl, a psychologist at the University of Arizona who published a study on the 1 . “We found this so interesting, because it could have gone the other wayit could have been, “Don“t w
22、orry, be happy“as long as you surf on the 2 level of life you“re happy, and if you go into the essential depths you“ll be unhappy,“ Dr. Mehl said. But, he 3 , deep conversation seemed to hold the 4 to happiness for two main reasons: both because human beings are driven to find and create 5 in their
23、lives, and because we are social animals who want and need to 6 with other people. “By engaging in meaningful conversations, we manage to impose meaning on a(n) 7 pretty chaotic world,“ Dr. Mehl said. “And interpersonally, as you find this meaning, you bond with your interactive partner, and we know
24、 that interpersonal connection and integration is a core 43 foundation of happiness.“ Dr. Mehl“s study was small and doesn“t 8 a cause-and-effect relationship between the kind of conversations one has and one“s happiness. But that“s the 9 next step, when he will ask people to increase the number of
25、deep conversations they have each day and cut back on small talk, and vice versa. A. proposed B. contact C. otherwise D. shallow E. calculated F. subject G. prove H. planned I. connect J. love K. fundamental L. nevertheless M. meaning N. fantastic O. key（分数：35.50）十一、Section B(总题数：1，分数：71.00)What If
26、You Could Learn Everything?A. Imagine every student has a tireless personal tutor, an artificially intelligent and inexhaustible companion that magically knows everything, knows the student, and helps her learn what she needs to know. “You guys sound like you“re from the future,“ Jose Ferreira, the
27、CEO of the education technology startup Knewton, says. “That“s the most common reaction we get from others in the industry.“ B. Four years ago, this kind of talk sounded like typical Silicon Valley boast from another childish founder of a technology startup. Today, Knewton says they can deliver the
28、kinds of breakthroughs: several million data points generated daily by each of 1 million students from elementary school through college, using Knewton“s “adaptive learning“ technology to study math, reading, and other fundamentals. Peter Thiel, the PayPal co-founder, Facebook investor, and an early
29、 investor in Knewton, told Knewton“s staff recently that the company has two key characteristics he looks for in a deal. “Before they happen, everybody thought it was impossible. Afterwards it“s too late for anyone else, because they“ve already done it.“ C. Adaptive learning is an increasingly popul
30、ar saying indicating educational software that customizes its presentation of material from moment to moment based on the user“s input. It“s being hailed as a “revolution“ by both venture capitalists and big, established education companies. Starting this fall, Knewton“s technology will be available
31、 to the vast majority of the nation“s colleges and universities and K-12 school districts through new partnerships with three major textbook publishers: Pearson, MacMillan, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. And Ferreira“s done all this even though he says neither his investors nor his competition, to s
32、ay nothing of the public or the press, really understand what Knewton can do. D. But here“s the vision. Within 5 or 10 years, the paper textbook and mimeographed (油印的) worksheet will be dead. Classroom exercises and homeworktext, audio, video, gameswill have shifted entirely to the iPad or equivalen
33、t. And adaptive learning will help each user find the exact right piece of content needed, in the exact right format, at the exact right time, based on previous patterns of use. E. In an age of swelling class sizes, teacher layoffs, and students with a vast grouping of special needs and learning sty
34、les, some reformers greet these adaptive learning software systems as a savior that could make learning more customized and effective and teaching more efficient. While battle lines are sharp in K-12 school reform over issues from charters to the Common Core national curriculum standards, digital in
35、novations have fans across the political scope for their power to engage students and bring the classroom into the 21st century. F. Knewton, at base, is a recommendation engine but for learning. The recommendation engine is a core technology of the Internet, and probably one you encounter every day.
36、 Google uses recommendations: other people who entered these search terms clicked on this page, so we“ll show it to you first. The more you use one of these websites, the more it knows about younot just about your current behavior, but about all the other searches and clicks you“ve done. In theory,
37、as you spend more time with a site its recommendations will become more personalized. G. Rather than the set of all Web pages or all movies, the learning data set is, more or less, the universe of all facts. Ferreira calls these facts “atomic concepts,“ meaning that they“re indivisible into smaller
38、concepts. When a textbook publisher like Pearson loads its curriculum into Knewton“s platform, each piece of contentit could be a video, a test question, or a paragraph of textis tagged with the appropriate concept or concepts. H. The platform forms a personalized study plan based on that informatio
39、n and decides what the student should work on next, feeding the student the appropriate new pieces of content and continuously checking the progress. A dashboard (仪表盘) shows the student how many “mastery points“ have been achieved and what to do next. Teachers, likewise, can see exactly which concep
40、ts the student is struggling with, and not only whether the homework problems have been done but also how many times each problem was attempted or how many hints were needed. The more people use the system, the better it gets; and the more you use it, the better it gets for you. I. In a traditional
41、class, a teacher moves a group of students through a predetermined sequence of material at a single pace. Reactions are delayedyou don“t get homework or pop quizzes back for a day or two. Some students are bored; some are confused. You can miss a key idea, fall behind, and never catch up. Software-e
42、nabled adaptive learning flips all of this on its head. Students can move at their own speed. They can get hints and instant feedback. Teachers, meanwhile, can spend class time targeting their help to individuals or small groups based on need. J. The Knewton system uses its analytics to keep student
43、s motivated. If it notices that you seem to have a confidence problem, because you too often blow questions that should be easy based on previous results, it will start you off with a few questions you“re likely to get right. If you“re stuck, choosing the wrong answer again and again, it will throw
44、out broader and broader hints before just showing you the right answer. It knows when to drill you on multiplication and when to give you a fun animated video to watch. K. These are early days, and the questions are mounting. Research indicates that emotional qualities like courage, persistence, and
45、 motivation may be even more important to students“ success than the knowledge or skills they acquire, and they all depend heavily on human relationships. Knowledge acquisition is the only aspect of education that today“s digital technology seems especially well adapted to. So far, most software app
46、lications, platforms, apps, and games, including Knewton“s, have been optimized for transferring quantitative, bounded bodies of facts in fields like math, science, or engineering, as well as basic literacy and grammar. An adaptive-learning platform like Knewton“s is helpless to analyze a student“s
47、insight in class discussions, the special brilliance of an essay, or creativity in a group presentation. In a rare moment of modesty, Ferreira agrees. “In the end,“ he says, “maybe Knewton is just a tool.“（分数：71.00）(1).Students get personalized study plan and teachers get detailed information about
48、students“ performance from Knewton platform.（分数：7.10）(2).With cooperation with major textbook publishers, Knewton“s technology will be accessible to many universities beginning from this autumn.（分数：7.10）(3).When curriculums are put into Knewton“s platform, they“re labeled with proper concepts.（分数：7.
49、10）(4).The Knewton system pays attention to students“ confidence problems.（分数：7.10）(5).Knewton basically works in the same way as Google, but only for learning.（分数：7.10）(6).Adaptive learning is a phrase used to indicate educational software that changes the materials presented to users according to their input.（分数：7.10）(7)
