四级This is hard to achieve when, as is now the case in many big firms, a large proportion of staff are temporary contractors.

这是很难实现的，就像现在许多大公司的情况一样，大部分员工是临时承包商。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级Then again, the air of accountability that the camera generates can also work in contractors' favor.

此外，摄像机产生的责任感也有利于承包商。

2018年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

高考According to the Dallas area cultural advocacy coalition, arts agencies employ more than 10, 000 people as full-or part-time employees or independent contractors.

据达拉斯地区文化倡导联盟（Dallas area cultural Advancement coalition）称，艺术机构雇用了超过10000人作为全职或兼职员工或独立承包商。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 填空题 原文

六级The Home Depot approach to craftsmanship - simplify it, dumb it down, hire a contractor - is one signal that mastering tools and working with one's hands is receding in America as a hobby, as a valued skill, as a cultural influence that shaped thinking and behavior in vast sections of the country.

家得宝（Home Depot）的工艺方法——简化、简化、雇佣承包商——是一个信号，表明在美国，掌握工具和用手工作作为一种爱好、一种宝贵的技能、一种文化影响正在消退，这种影响塑造了美国大部分地区的思维和行为。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级For instance, DeWalt discovered that many contractors were holding on to their old tools, even if they no longer worked, because they were expensive purchases and it was hard to justify bringing them in to recycle.

例如，德瓦尔特发现，许多承包商保留着他们的旧工具，即使它们不再工作，因为它们是昂贵的采购品，很难证明将它们用于回收是合理的。

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级Initially, rather than appointing a general contractor to run the project, the corporation decided to manage it themselves.

最初，该公司决定自行管理该项目，而不是任命总承包商来管理该项目。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级After revelations by the former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden in 2013 that the government both cozied up to ( 讨 好 ) certain tech companies and hacked into others to gain access to private data on an enormous scale, tech giants began to recognize the United States government as a hostile actor.

2013年，前国家安全局承包商爱德华·斯诺登披露，政府都讨好（讨 好 ) 某些科技公司并大规模入侵其他公司以获取私人数据，科技巨头开始认识到美国政府是一个敌对行为者。

2017年12月英语六级考试真题（卷三）

六级Who says you have to pay for all your conservation investment？“Energy service contractors” will pay for retrofitting (翻折改造) in return for a share of the client’s annual utility-bill savings.

谁说你必须为所有的保护投资买单“能源服务承包商”将支付改造费用(翻折改造) 以换取客户每年节省的水电费。

2007年12月英语六级真题

四级However, if a contractor is working in your home, you don't need to tell them that there are cameras watching.

然而，如果承包商在你家工作，你不需要告诉他们有摄像头在监视。

2018年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套）

考研Several massive leakages of customer and employee data this year—from organizations as diverse as Time Warner, the American defense contractor Science Applications International Corp and even the University of California, Berkeley—have left managers hurriedly peering into their intricate IT systems and business processes in search of potential vulnerabilities.

今年，来自时代华纳（Time Warner）、美国国防承包商科学应用国际公司（Science Applications International Corp）甚至加州大学伯克利分校（University of California，Berkeley）等多个组织的几次大规模客户和员工数据泄露，让管理人员匆忙地窥探其复杂的IT系统和业务流程，寻找潜在的漏洞。

2007年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题