1、大学英语六级 230 及答案解析(总分：428.04，做题时间：132 分钟)一、Part I Writing (3(总题数：1，分数：30.00)1.For this part, you are. allowed 30 minutes to write a letter of apology. You should write at least 150 words, and base your composition on the outline given below in Chinese: 1. 表达自己对晚交论文一事的歉意。 2说明未能按时交论文的原因。 3表示自己将尽快把论文补交上交
2、表示以后将按时交作业。 （分数：30.00）_二、Part II Reading C(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Bored for years Do you hate your life? No, not quite. Are you rather disappointed that you cant be doing something more interesting or entertaining? Yes, definitely. If you are in such a state of mind, you are suffering from boredom. Accordin
3、g to an online dictionary, the definition of boredom is “the feeling of being bored by something tedious“. Although almost all of us sometimes suffer from boredom, but hardly anyone begin to think about the old problem from a philosophical point of view except Lars Svendsen. Lars Svendsen was bored.
4、 The 28-year-old Norwegian philosopher found himself with nothing to do one day. Other people might phone a friend or go to a movie. Being a philosopher, Svendsen began to get interested in boredom where it comes from, why it happens and what role it plays in our lives. The results are now in his bo
5、ok, the “Philosophy of Boredom“. Although boredom is something that we have all suffered from at some point in our lives, and has become one of the central preoccupations of our age, very few of us can explain precisely what it is. In this book Lars Svendsen examines the nature of boredom, how it or
6、iginated, its history, how and why it afflicts us, and why we cannot seem to overcome it by any act of will. Lets look at some of the book reviews: “This book discusses boredom firmly placed within specific historical and geographical bounds; all examples presented come from a Western tradition, bro
7、adly speaking. To name but a few of the philosophers analysed, the range spans from Aristotle and Seneca, via Pascal, to Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, and on to Benjamin, Heidegger, Habermas and Adorno. It relies extensively on examples from European and U.S. literature spanning a wide hi
8、storical breadth, from Paul the Apostle to Holderlin and Mann, from Dostoevsky, Beckett, and Pessoa to American Psycho (Andy Warhol, Iggy Pop, and the movie Crash are also mentioned). In short, this book is firmly about Western boredom. In this, it is not alone. What makes it special is its focus on
9、 the philosophical understanding of boredom as a problem of modernity .What can a book on the philosophy of boredom contribute to anthropology? This book presents both a philosophy and a history of the concept of boredom in the West-excellent reference points for the anthropologist interested in bor
10、edom. The book is divided into four parts. The first is concerned with The Problem of Boredom, looking at typologies of boredom, and the associations between boredom and a number of related issues: meaning, modernity, work, leisure, novelty, and death. The second part, Stories of Boredom, covers bor
11、edom as dealt with in literature (and film), from pre-modern forms such as acedia, via Boredom, Body, Technology and Transgression, to Andy Warhols renunciation of personal meaning. The third part, The Phenomenology of Boredom, is a careful outline and a convincing critique of Heideggers understandi
12、ng of boredom. Lastly, part four, The Ethics of Boredom, examines boredoms own moral. Throughout, the book considers contemporary boredom from a number of different angles but always as linked to moderity through developments set in train during Romanticism .Svendsen ponders the significance of chil
13、dhood and youth being fairly recent social constructs and the effects on a society that emphasises youth over maturity. Arguing that the Western self is inextricably linked to ideals of Romanticism, he says “we are suspended somewhere between childhood and maturity, in an eternal adolescence and ado
14、lescence is stuffed with boredom. This is one explanation for the ubiquity of boredom in modern life I have not come across before, and one giving food for thought and inviting anthropological investigations of ideas of personhood and ideas of boredom.“ When people are bored time seems to stretch ou
15、t endlessly. In fact, the first recorded use of the word in English or any other European language was in the year 1760. Westerners have been bored for exactly 245 years. The word “interesting“ was first used around the same time. The date is significant because it connects the beginning of boredom
16、with the start of the Industrial Revolution in Europe. Before then, it seems that life was neither interesting nor boring. Life was just life. The peasant thought of himself as part of the countryside. The craftsman worked from home, mixing his occupation with his family and friends. Many thousands
17、of people were just struggling to stay alive. It was in 1764 that James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny and James Watt invented the steam engine. These two revolutionary machines tore the peasant from his creative self-sufficiency and substituted machine-work for handiwork. When Europe began
18、to modernize, this arrangement changed. The invention of new machines and processes made it more efficient to organize work as something separate. The long, boring day at the office or factory began. This also meant that time was created when people had nothing to do. This also became known as leisu
19、re time. Industries came into being that created products and services with which people could fill the space in their lives using the money they had earned doing boring work. Work in the 19th century duly became unbelievably boring and tedious, and has remained so ever since. Modern consumerism pro
20、vides an arsenal of weapons to alleviate boredom. The rise of individualism also helps to create the sense of boredom. In the past, people felt that their happiness was linked with the well being of the community. In the modern age, people feel that they have a right to be entertained. They have bee
21、n working all day in boring jobs and want some fun. This seemed to have separated entertainment form work. It is also interesting to learn that the concept of “interesting“ emerged at roughly the same time. Before 1760, we neither classified things as being “boring“ nor “interesting“. Perhaps the co
22、ncept of individualism was not sufficiently developed for man to presume to judge one way or the other. Things and people are interesting because they are different from other people and things. But there are millions of people who want entertainment. It is not possible to write a book or make a fil
23、m that suits every individual. Instead, we have books, films and other entertainment products that are the same for everyone. And this standardization contributes to the idea that life is boring. We run away from boredom, but it always seems to catch up. Svendsen thinks we should stop running. “Bein
24、g bored is one of our most important sources of motivation,“ he says. “Those who never learn that existence includes some boredom will spend their whole lives trying to flee it. And then boredom will control their whole lives. “ He used the punk movement as an example of the positive power of boredo
25、m. Punk started in the UK in the 1970s, when thousands of bored urban youths began to make their own music, create their own clothing, self-publish magazines and books and start all kinds of small cultural enterprises. The results were often bad. But it is more interesting to make bad music than to
26、listen to good music. And there is nothing more boring than a group of people sitting around waiting for someone to do something interesting. This is also why teenagers and young people seem to be more bored than everyone else, even though most of the entertainment business exists to serve them. Tee
27、nagers have to listen to their parents and teachers. Teenagers do not have financial independence. Teenagers are not in control of their lives. There is probably no way to end boredom without changing the whole of the society. Then we can all have an interesting time trying to find something to eat.
28、 Therefore, in the end of this book, Svendsen seems to say that boredom is just something weve got to live with. Some people are more prone to it than others. Svendsen sees it as principally a psychological condition, “The problem of boredom has no solution“, says Svendsen. “But you can change the p
29、roblem by accepting that existence includes a lot of boredom. In the depth of boredom, you are thrown back upon yourself. It is a good source of self knowledge.“ Accept boredom. It might make you a more interesting person. （分数：71.00）(1).Very few people sometimes suffer from boredom, a feeling of dis
30、appointment that one cannot be doing something more interesting and entertaining.（分数：7.10）A.YB.NC.NG(2).In his book “Philosophy of Boredom“, Lars Svendsen examines the origin of boredom, its history, how and why it afflicts us, and how to overcome it.（分数：7.10）A.YB.NC.NG(3).According to this passage,
31、 the start of the Industrial Revolution in Europe generated the appearance of the word “boredom“ and the word “interesting“.（分数：7.10）A.YB.NC.NG(4).Since the Industrial Revolution, the quality of books, films and other entertainment products began to decrease.（分数：7.10）A.YB.NC.NG(5).According to an on
32、line dictionary, the definition of boredom is “_“.（分数：7.10）_(6).Although almost all of us sometimes suffer from boredom, but hardly anyone begin to think about the old problem from_except Lars Svendsen.（分数：7.10）_(7).The last part of Lars Svendsen is The Ethics of Boredom which examines boredoms own
33、moral（分数：7.10）_(8).In fact, the first recorded use of the word bored in English or any other European language was in the year_.（分数：7.10）_(9).It was in 1764 that James Hargreaves invented_ and James Watt invented the_.（分数：7.10）_(10)._ seem to be more bored than everyone else, even though most of the
34、 entertainment business exists to serve them.（分数：7.10）_三、Listening Comprehens(总题数：1，分数：15.00)A.He is confident.B.He is worried.C.He is bored.D.He is angry.A.Compare her own paper with others.B.Watch out for the usual typing mistakes.C.Have someone else type her paper.D.Ask another person to check he
35、r work.A.Jealous.B.Indignant.C.Negative.D.Proud.A.She doesnt like the way the professor lectures.B.Shes having a hard time following the professors lectures.C.She is not interested in course.D.Shes having difficulty with the heavy reading assignments.A.Hes going to help the woman bake her cake.B.He
36、is going to buy some cake.C.He is going to sweep the study floor.D.He will get a broom and dust pan to clean up the floor.A.The man can have his camera fixed here.B.The woman will probably fix the mans camera herself.C.The man will buy a new camera.D.The woman suggests that the camera should have be
37、en brought in earlier.A.She thinks big parties are too impersonal.B.She would like to invite friends to a big party.C.She feels she has to spend a lot of money in holding big parties.D.She would like to be invited to small parties.A.He thinks that they are of inferior quality.B.He thinks that they a
38、re a bargain.C.He thinks that they are overpriced.D.He thinks that they can be purchased at a cheaper price elsewhere.四、Section A(总题数：2，分数：10.00)A.To get a library card.B.To get familiar with the resources there.C.To borrow some books he needs.D.To study how to use the computer to locate the books i
39、n the library.A.The man used to live in the city.B.The library uses computer systems.C.The woman is ready to help.D.The man is confident of his computer skills.A.A city guide.B.A librarian.C.A computer expert.D.A registrar.A.Shed like to take her book back.B.Shed like to borrow a book.C.Shed like to
40、 know whether she could order a book that has come in.D.Shed like to know whether a book that shed ordered has come in.A.A psychology book.B.A physical book.C.An architecture book.D.Not mentioned yet.A.A library.B.A publishing house.C.A museum.D.A bookstore.五、Section B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)A.On April 26,
41、1611.B.On April 23, 1611.C.On April 26, 1616.D.On April 23, 1616.A.In 1585.B.In 1584.C.In 1583.D.In 1586.A.People know almost nothing about Shakespeares early life.B.Shakespeare was already well known before he went to London.C.People know a lot about Shakespeares life in London.D.People know only a
42、 little about Shakespeares life in London.A.Shakespeare was not interested in making a profit.B.Shakespeare could get one-tenth of the profits of the Globe Theater.C.Shakespeare, like his fellow writers, had no business sense.D.Shakespeares fellow writers shared the same profits as he did.A.Computer
43、 classes.B.Training sessions.C.Laser printing.D.Package borrowing.A.Consult with her frequently.B.Use the computer regularly.C.Occupy the computer early.D.Wait for ones turn patiently.A.Computer lab services.B.College library facilities.C.The use of micro-computers.D.Printouts from the laser printer
44、.A.They should not be too strict with the children.B.They should limit their demands on some children.C.They should demand more of their children.D.They should demand more of the bright children.A.To do comprehensive exercises.B.To read simple sentences.C.To copy out from the textbooks.D.To do all o
45、f the above.A.She assigned people to do this report.B.She made investigations in the 700 schools.C.She supported the report.D.She wrote this report.六、Section C(总题数：1，分数：10.00)The Pentagon is seeking congressional approval for development of a new weapon able to strike distant targets an hour after t
46、hey are detected, a newspaper reported on Monday. The International Herald Tribune said the weapon would be a (36) 1version of the submarine-launched Trident-2 missile and be part of a presidents (37) 2when considering a preemptive (先发制人的) attack. The report quoted U.S. military officials as saying
47、it could be used to hit (38) 3camps, enemy missile sites, suspected caches of weapons of mass (39) 4and other urgent threats. General James Cartwright, the head of the U.S. Strategic Command, said the system would allow U.S. forces to attack targets (40) 5and precisely and “limit the collateral damage“. The Pentagon would like the system (41) 6in two years, the report said. But the program has run into (42) 7from lawmakers concerned that it could increase the risk of an (4
