1、大学英语六级 244 及答案解析(总分：448.03，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 composition on the topic A Letter on Food Safety to a Publishing House. You should write at least 150 words according to the outline given below in Chinese: 假设你的同学因食用从某超市买
2、回的食品而食物中毒，后经治疗康复，请给报社写一封信，描述他（们）的中毒与脱险经过，呼吁社会各界重视食品安全。 （分数：30.00）_二、Part II Reading C(总题数：1，分数：71.00)I was talking recently to a friend who teaches at MIT. His field is hot now and every year he is inundated(淹没) by applications from would-be graduate students. “A lot of them seem smart,“ he said. “W
3、hat I cant tell is whether they have any kind of taste.“ You dont hear that word much now. And yet we still need the underlying concept, whatever we call it. What my friend meant was that he wanted students who were not just good technicians, but who could use their technical knowledge to design bea
4、utiful things. For those of us who design things, these are not just theoretical questions. If there is such a thing as beauty, we need to be able to recognize it. We need good taste to make good things. Instead of treating beauty as an airy abstraction, to be either blathered about or avoided depen
5、ding on how one feels about airy abstractions, lets try considering it as a practical question: how do you make good stuff? If you mention taste nowadays, a lot of people will tell you that “taste is subjective.“ They believe this because it really feels that way to them. When they like something, t
6、hey have no idea why. It could be because its beautiful, or because their mother had one, or because they saw a movie star with one in a magazine, or because they know its expensive. Their thoughts are a tangle of unexamined impulses. Like many of the half-truths adults tell us, this one contradicts
7、 other things they tell us. After dinning into you that taste is merely a matter of personal preference, they take you to the museum and tell you that you should pay attention because Leonardo is a great artist. What goes through the kids head at this point? What does he think “great artist“ means?
8、After having been told for years that everyone just likes to do things their own way, he is unlikely to head straight for the conclusion that a great artist is someone whose work is better than the others. A far more likely theory, in his Ptolemaic (托勒密) model of the universe, is that a great artist
9、 is something thats good for you, like broccoli, because someone said so in a book. Saying that taste is just a personal preference is a good way to prevent disputes. The trouble is, its not true. You feel this when you start to design things. Whatever job people do, they naturally want to do better
10、. Football players like to win games. CEOs like to increase earnings. Its a matter of pride, and a real pleasure, to get better at your job. But if your job is to design things, and there is no such thing as beauty, then there is no way to get better at your job. If taste is just personal preference
11、, then everyones is already perfect: you like whatever you like, and thats it. As in any job, as you continue to design things, youll get better at it. Your tastes will change. And, like anyone who gets better at their job, youll know youre getting better. If so, your old tastes were not merely diff
12、erent, but worse. Poof goes the axiom that taste cant be wrong. Relativism is fashionable at the moment, and that may hamper you from thinking about taste, even as yours grows. But if you come out of the closet and admit, at least to yourself, that there is such a thing as good and bad design, then
13、you can start to study good design in detail. How has your taste changed? When you made mistakes, what caused you to make them? What have other people learned about design? Once you start to examine the question, its surprising how much different fields ideas of beauty have in common. The same princ
14、iples of good design crop up again and again. Good design is simple. You hear this from math to painting. In math it means that a shorter proof tends to be a better one. Where axioms are concerned, especially, less is more. It means much the same thing in programming. For architects and designers it
15、 means that beauty should depend on a few carefully chosen structural elements rather than a profusion of superficial ornament. (Ornament is not in itself bad, only when its camouflage on insipid form.) Similarly, in painting, a still life of a few carefully observed and solidly modelled objects wil
16、l tend to be more interesting than a stretch of flashy but mindlessly repetitive painting of, say, a lace collar. In writing it means: say what you mean and say it briefly. Good design is timeless. Aiming at timelessness is a way to make yourself find the best answer: if you can imagine someone surp
17、assing you, you should do it yourself. Some of the greatest masters did this so well that they left little room for those who came after. Every engraver since Durer has had to live in his shadow. Aiming at timelessness is also a way to evade the grip of fashion. Fashions almost by definition change
18、with time, so if you can make something that will still look good far into the future, then its appeal must derive more from merit and less from fashion. Good design is suggestive. In architecture and design, this principle means that a building or object should let you use it how you want: a good b
19、uilding, for example, will serve as a backdrop for whatever life people want to lead in it, instead of making them live as if they were executing a program written by the architect. In software, it means you should give users a few basic elements that they can combine as they wish. In math it means
20、a proof that becomes the basis for a lot of new work is preferable to a proof that was difficult, but doesnt lead to future discoveries; in the sciences generally, citation is considered a rough indicator of merit. Good design is hard. Hard problems call for great efforts. In math, difficult proofs
21、require ingenious solutions, and those tend to be interesting. Ditto in engineering. When you have to climb a mountain you toss everything unnecessary out of your pack. And so an architect who has to build on a difficult site, or a small budget, will find that he is forced to produce an elegant desi
22、gn. Fashions and flourishes get knocked aside by the difficult business of solving the problem at all. Good design looks easy. In most fields the appearance of ease seems to come with practice. Perhaps what practice does is to train your unconscious mind to handle tasks that used to require consciou
23、s thought. In some cases you literally train your body. An expert pianist can play notes faster than the brain can send signals to his hand. Likewise an artist, after a while, can make visual perception flow in through his eye and out through his hand as automatically as someone tapping his foot to
24、a beat. When people talk about being in “the zone,“ I think what they mean is that the spinal cord has the situation under control. Your spinal cord is less hesitant, and it frees conscious thought for the hard problems. Good design uses symmetry. I think symmetry may just be one way to achieve simp
25、licity, but its important enough to be mentioned on its own. Nature uses it a lot, which is a good sign. There are two kinds of symmetry, repetition and recursion. Recursion means repetition in subelements, like the pattern of veins in a leaf. The danger of symmetry, and repetition especially, is th
26、at it can be used as a substitute for thought. Good design resembles nature. Its not so much that resembling nature is intrinsically good as that nature has had a long time to work on the problem. Its a good sign when your answer resembles natures. Its not cheating to copy. Working from life is a va
27、luable tool in painting. The aim is not simply to make a record. The point of painting from life is that it gives your mind something to chew on: when your eyes are looking at something, your hands will do more interesting work. （分数：71.00）(1).By taste, my friend meant that he wanted students who wer
28、e not good technicians, but who could use their technical knowledge to design beautiful things.（分数：7.10）A.YB.NC.NG(2).In math, simplicity means that a detailed proof tends to be a better one.（分数：7.10）A.YB.NC.NG(3).If you can make something that is timeless, then its appeal must derive more from meri
29、t and less from fashion.（分数：7.10）A.YB.NC.NG(4).I think symmetry may be the only way to achieve simplicity, so its important enough to be mentioned on its own.（分数：7.10）A.YB.NC.NG(5).Many people today believe that taste is subjective because their thoughts tend to be a tangle of_.（分数：7.10）_(6).Simplic
30、ity means_ in writing.（分数：7.10）_(7).A good building, will serve as_, instead of making them live as if they were executing a program written by the architect.（分数：7.10）_(8).Perhaps what practice does is to train your unconscious mind to_.（分数：7.10）_(9).The danger of symmetry, and repetition especially
31、, is that it can be used as_ for thought.（分数：7.10）_(10).The point of painting from life is that it gives your mind_: when your eyes are looking at something, your hands will do more interesting work.（分数：7.10）_三、Listening Comprehens(总题数：1，分数：15.00)A.In a park.B.In a museum.C.In a zoo.D.In the pet sto
32、re.A.Get directions to the bus station.B.Get to the grocery store.C.Give the man directions to the bus station.D.Find out where the stoplight is.A.Shes a maid.B.She sells stoves and refrigerators.C.Shes an apartment manager.D.Shes a real estate agent.A.$400.B.A little less than $400.C.No money at al
33、l.D.A great deal less than $400.A.A bus station.B.An airport.C.A super highway.D.A train station.A.He got angry with his boss.B.He always got to work late.C.He was frequently sick and absent from work.D.He prepared a financial report incorrectly.A.In a department store.B.In a bank.C.At a tourist bur
34、eau.D.At a hotel.A.Eat before seeing the movie.B.See the movie immediately.C.Get the first theater seat.D.Stay in town for a while.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 locat
35、e the books in 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.Her kids will arrive home after school.B.She is too exhausted
36、to work.C.She has finished her work.D.The man does not ask her to go back to the office.A.It is produced by weird people.B.The woman does not like it.C.One can see a lot of strange things in it.D.The man is determined to watch it tonight.A.The woman will record tonights program.B.He will be having a
37、 meeting with his boss at that time.C.His boss might ask him to stay up late.D.He may have to prepare for tomorrows business trip.五、Section B(总题数：3，分数：30.00)A.England.B.Netherlands.C.Ireland.D.New Zealand.A.By taking out a patent on it.B.By building houses.C.By further perfecting his design.D.By tel
38、ling others.A.In cold zones.B.In hot zones.C.In temperate zones.D.Any climate.A.A person who is awake early.B.A bird that catches the worm early in the morning.C.A plane which flies in the morning.D.A communications satellite in orbit round the earth.A.Microwaves are strange electric waves.B.Microwa
39、ves travel in straight lines and do not follow the curve of the earths surface.C.There are not any wires to send microwaves.D.We must amplify microwaves in relay stations.A.About 50 kilometers.B.Several hundred kilometers.C.A certain height.D.From the starting point back to the earth.A.They give out
40、 faint cries.B.They make noises to drive away insects.C.They extend their water pipes.D.They become elastic like rubber bands.A.Quiet plants.B.Well-watered plantsC.Healthy plants.D.Thirsty plants.A.They could drive the insects away.B.They could keep the plants well-watered.C.They could make the plan
41、ts grow faster.D.They could build devices to trap insects.六、Section C(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Television now plays such an important part in so many peoples lives that it is (36) 1for us to try to decide whether is a (37) 2or a curse. Obviously television has both (38) 3and dis. But do the former (39) 4 the
42、latter? In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also a (40) 5cheap one. They just sit comfortably at home and enjoy (41) 6series of programmes rather than to go out in search of (42) 7 elsewhere. Some people, however, (43) 8 that this is precisely where t
43、he danger lies. The television viewer needs to do nothing. (44) 9. Secondly, television keeps one informed about current events, allows one to follow the latest developments in science and politics. Yet here again there is a danger. The television screen itself has a terrible, almost physical fascin
44、ation for us. (45) 10. There are many other arguments for and against television. The poor quality of its programmes is often criticized. But it is undoubtedly a great comfort to many lonely elderly people. And does it corrupt or instruct our children? (46) 11. （分数：10.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_
45、填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_七、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：2，分数：177.00)There are thousands of languages in the world. Each language seems to be the most important to those who speak it as their native language. This is not strange at all, seeing that it is the language they learned
46、at their mothers knees and may be the only language many of them will ever know all their lives. The importance of a language can be judged according to several things. The first is the number of native speakers that a language happens to have. The second is how widely the native speakers are distributed over the world. Next comes the cultural, economic and political influence of those who speak it as their mother tongue. There can be no doubt now that English is one of the worlds most widely used languages. People use a language in three ways: as a native language, as a
