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2016 年 12 月大学英语四级考试(第 3 套)

2016年12月大学英语四级考试(第3套)
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suffer
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WhenWork
Wo Becomes
rkBecome a Game
saG ame

A)Wha
A)What t mo t
ivat
motivatesese mploye
e
employees st
tood
dootheirj
their obsw
jobs e
ll? Compe t
iti
on w
well?Competition ithco
with workers,f o
rs
coworkers,for ome.
some.
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offrewards,for
rewa o ro thers.
others. Puree
Pure njoymen
enjoymentto
offproblem-solving,fora
problem-solving,for al
uckyf
lucky ew.
few.
B)I ncreas
ingly,
B)Increasingly, comp ani
companies e
s a
areretapping
tapping i
ntothese
into t
hesed es
iresd
desires i
rectlyth
directly r
oughwh
through atha
what sc
hasocome
met ob
toek
benknown
own
as“ gamifica
tion”:essentially,
as"gamification": e
ssent
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ly,t turning
u
rningwo work
rki ninto
t
oag e.“
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Gamificati
oni isbabout
sa outun understanding
derstanding
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what
whatiittiis
st that
hatm makes
akesg games
amese engaging
ngaging aand
nd what
whatgame
gamedesigners
desi
gne rsdodottoocreate
creat
ea ag
great
re a
t
experience
expe ri
enc ein
i games,
ngame s,and
andtaking
takngthose
i thos
ellearnings
earningsaand
ndaapplying
pplyingtthem
hemt toooother
therccontexts
ontex t
ss such
ucha as
s
the
thewworkplace
orkpl
aceaand
nde ducat
ion,”exp
education,"explains
lai
nsK Kevin
evi
nW erbach,agamification
Werbach,a gamifi
cationeexpert
xper
tw who
hotteaches
eaches
atatthe
theWharton
Whart School
onS choo ofofB
l Business
usines attthe
sa theUUniversity
niversi
tyof
o
fPPennsylvania
ennsylvaniaiinntthe
heU United
nitedSStates.
ta
tes.

C)I
C)It tm igh
might tm
meaneanmon itor
monitoringingemp loy
employee eepr oductiv
productivityityo
on anad igi
ta
digital lle
aderboa rda
leaderboard ndo
and f
feringp
offering ri
zes
prizes
tot
to hew
the i
nne rs,o
winners,or r i
ving
giving
g emp loye
employees esdi it
digital
g albadge
badges so
or r st
ar
stars sfo
for rcomp let
ing
completing certai
certain na ctiv
ities.
activities.
Itc
It oulda
could lsom
also eant
mean rainingeemployees
training mpl
oye esh owt
how tood
doothei
rj
their obst
jobs hroughv
through ideoga
video mep
game l
atforms.
platforms.
Compan i
Companiesesf r
om
from Goog
Google l
e
totoL 􀆳Oré
L'Oréalalt
tooIBMt
IBM tooWells
WellsF argoa
Fargo r
ek
are nownt
known toouses
use omed
some egreeo
degree f
of
gamifi
cationi
gamification nt
in heirwo
their rkplaces.Andmo
workplaces. And reandmo
more and recompan
more ie
companiessa rej
are oi ni
ngt
joining hem.Ar
them. A ecent
recent
reports
report ugge s
tsthat
suggests t
hatt heg
the loba lg
global ami f
icationm
gamification arketw
market i
llg
will rowf
grow rom ¥1.65
from $1.65b i
llioni
billion n2
in 015t
2015 o
to
$11.
¥11.1 1bi
lli
onb
billion y2
by 020.
2020.
D)Thec
D)The oncep
concept to
offgamification
gamifica
tioni sn
isote
notnt
ire
l ,We
ynewnew,Werbach
entirely rbachs ays.Compan ies,ma rkete
rsaand
says.Companies,marketers nd
teachers
teachershhave
avellong
ongl looked
ookedf for
orffun
un wways
aysttooe
engage
ngagepeople's
peop
le􀆳srreward-seeking
ewa rd-seek
ing oorrccompetitive
ompe tit
ive
spirits.C
spirits. racke rJ
Cracker acksh
Jacks asb
has een “ gamifying”i
been"gamifying"itstssnackf
snack oodb
food by yp ut
ting
putting aas ma
smallllpri
zei
prize nsidef
inside or
for
mor
more ethan1
than rs,he
10000years,
yea hea dds,andt
adds,and het
the urn-of-
the-centurys
turn-of-the-century tee
lma
steel gnate(巨 头 )Cha
rle
s
magnate(巨头)Charles
Schwab
Schwabisiss
said
a
idttooh
have
aveooften
ftenccome
omeinto
i
ntohhis
isffactory
actorya and
ndw written
ri
ttent the
hen number
umbe roofft
tons
onsooffs
steel
teel
produced
pr oduc on nt
edo thehepast
pas shift
tshif
toonnt
the
heffactory
actoryfloor,t
floor, thus
husm motivating
otivati
ngt the
hen next
extsshift
h
ifto of workers
fw orkerst to
o
beat
beatthe
thepprevious
reviousoone.
ne.

E)Bu
E)But tthew
the ord “gamifi
cation”an
word"gamification"and dt
the hewi despre
ad
widespread, ,consciou
conscious sapp li
cationo
application offthe
thec oncepto
concept nl
y
only
begani
began inne
arnestab
earnest outf
about i
veye
five ar
sago
years ,We rbachs
ago,Werbach ays.Thanksi
says.Thanks np
in artt
part ov
to ivideo
deoga me s,the
games,the
generat
ionn
generation owe
now nter
ingthe
entering t
hew orkforc
workforceei
issespecial
lyo
especially pent
open ot
to hei
the deao
idea fh
of avingt
having hei
rwo
their rk
work
gamif
ied.“Wea
gamified."We arerea
atta po
intw
a point her
whereei
innmuch
muchooffthed
the eve
lopedworld
developed worl
dt hev
the ast majority
vast majori
tyo f
of
youngp
young eopl
egrew
people r
gewup
upp l
ayingvideo
playing v
ideog ame s,anda
games,and an nincreasingl
increasingly h
ighpercentage
yhigh pe
rcentageooffadul
ts
adults
play
l
paytthese
hesevvideo
ideogagames
mest oo,”We
too,"Werbach
rbachssays.
ays.

F)An
F)A umbe
number ro
of fcompan i
companieseshaves
have sprung up—GamEf ve,
prungup—GamEffective,
fe
cti Bunchba l
la
Bunchball ndB
and adgev
ile,t
l ona
Badgeville,to me
name
aafew—i
few—innr ecen
recenttyears
ye a
rso fferingg
offering amificat
ionp
gamification latformsf
platforms orb
for usinesses.TThe
businesses. heplatformst
platforms hata
that re
are
mos
most te f
fectivet
effective urne
turn mp l
oye es
􀆳o rdinar
employees'ordinary jobobt
yj asksi
tasks nt
opart
into par
tooffar icha
a rich dventuren
adventure arrative.
narrative.
“Wha
"What makes
t make a game
sa gamgame-like
e game - l
i is st
kei that
ha theheplayer
tt pl
ayeraactually
ctual
lyc cares
aresababout
ou tt the
he ou tcome,”
outcome,"
Werbach
Werbachs ays.“
says."The
Thprinciple
epri ncipl issa
ei about
bou understanding
tu nde rstandingwhat
wha issmotivating
ti moti
va t
ingttootthis
h
isg group
r of
oup o
f
players,which
players, whichrrequires
equir
ess some
omeu understanding
nder st
and ingo of sychology.”
fppsychology."

G)Som
G)Some epeop le,We
people,Werbachrbachs
says, ays,motivated
are aremo tivat
byedb ycompe tit
competition.ion.Sa
Saleslespeop
people l
eo ft
oftenenfal
falllinto
intothis
this
category.
cat
ego ry.For
Forthem,
t ,t
hemthe right
her igh kind
tki offgamification
ndo gamificat
ionmight
migh beeturning
tb turningtheir
thei
rssales
alesppitches
i
tche siinto
nto
aaccompetition
ompe titi
onw with
ithoother
therteteam
am m embe rs,
members, complete
comp let with
ew it a digital
had igitalleleaderboard
aderboardshshowing
owing whwho
o
is
i
sw winning
inningat
ataall
llttimes.
imes.O Others
thersaare
rem more
oremmotivated
oti
vatedbbyycollaboration
col
laborationa and
ndssocial
ocialeexperiences.
xperiences.
Onec
One ompany
company Werba
Werbach chha
has ss tudi
studiededu s
usesesgamificat
iont
gamification toocre
ateas
create aenseo
sense fc
of ocommunity
mmun i
tya nd
and
boos
boostte mployees􀆳mo rae(士气).Whene
l
employees'morale(士气).When mploye
employees e
sl
logog
inint
tootheirc
their ompu t
ers,t
computers, hey􀆳r
esh
they're own
shown
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pictureooffoone
neooffth
their
eircocoworkers
workersa and
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skedt to
og guess
uesst that
hatpeperson's
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2016-12 四级试题(第 3 套)
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5
H)Gami ficat
iond
H)Gamification oe
does sn
notothavet
have toob
be edigi
tal.M
digital. onica Cornetti
Monica Cornett
ir unsac
runs ompanythat
a company t
hatgamifi
es
gamifies
employee
employe trainings.
etrainings.Sometimes
Some t
ime this
st hiinvolves
sinvolve t
echno logy,
stechnology, but
bu often
toftenit
itddoes
oesnnot.
ot. She
Sherrecently
ecently
des
igneda
designed gami f
ications
a gamification t
rategyf
strategy oras
for aalest
salesrain
i ngcom
training pany w
company ithas
with atorm-chasingt
storm-chasing heme.
theme.
Emp loye
Employeesesf ormed “ s
t
formed"stormo
rm chas
chasere ams”
rteams"
te and
and compet
competededininstorm-themed
storm-t
hemededucational
educ a
tional
exercises
exer
cisest to
oe earn
arn v various
a
riousr e wards.“R
rewards. "Rewards
ewa rds ddoo n
not
othhave
avettoo b
bees tuff,”Co
stuff,"Cornetti
rnett
is says.
ays.

"Rewards
Rewa cananb
rdsc be eflexible
flexibl
ewworking
o
rk i hour
s. ”Ano
nghours."Another
the rtrainng,
training,
i this
t
h i
so one
neffor
orppay
ayr roll
ol
llaw ,us
law,used
ed
aaS
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nowWhite
Wh i
t andndt
ea theheS
Seven Dwarfs
evenD warfstheme."Snow
theme.“ SnowWhite"is
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abl for
efo
reeveryone
veryonettoouuse,
se,
but
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the"dwarfs"are still
res t
ilunder
lu nderc opyr
ight,
copyright, sosoCornetti
Cornet
t invented
iinven t
edssound-alike
ound-a
likeccharacters
haract
ers
(Grump
(Grumpy y Gus,Do
Gus,Dopey peyD
Dan) )t
toanillustrate
oillust
r a
tespe ci
f
specific i
c pay
pay rol
roll llawprinciples.
law pr
inciples.

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I)Some epeopl
ed
do on
notottaken
take atural
l t
og
yto
naturally amifi
ed w
gamified orke
work nvi
ronmen ts,Co rnett
is
environments,Cornetti ays.
says. I
nh
In er
her
expe r
i e,peop
experience,people
enc lininpositions
e posi
tionsooffppower
owe orrpeople
ro peop ein
l i
nffinance
i nanceoorreengineering
ngineeringd do
on not
otttend
endt to
o
liket
like hes
the oundo
sound ft
of he w
the ord.“
word."IfI
fw weea r
ed
are es
igningf
designing ore
for ngineer s,I􀆳m not
engineers,I'm nott alkinga
talking bouta
about a
‘game’a
"game'at tall,”Cornett
is
all,"Cornetti ays.“I􀆳mt
says."I'm alkinga
talking bouta
about ‘
simu lat
ion’(模 拟),I
􀆳mt
a'simulation'(模拟),I'm alkinga
talking bout
about

being
beingable
ableto
tossolve
olvetthis
hispr obl
em. ’”
problem.'"
J)Gami fica
tioni
J)Gamification s“ no
is"not ta mag
a magicicbullt,”We
e rba
bullet,"Werbach ch wa
rns
warns. A.gamification
A gami f
icat
ions trat
egythat
strategy t
hatisn
is ot
not
sufficiently
suffici
entlyt thought
hough ttthrough
hrougho orrw
well
el
lttailored
ai
loredt tooit
its
sp players
layersm may
ayeengage
ngagepeople
peopl fororal
ef a little
it
tle
while,
while, bu
but t
iti
tw i
lln
will otm
not ot
ivatepeople
motivate peoplein
inthe
t
hel ongterm.
long t
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