2015年12月英语六级模拟题及答案(4)

　　根据下列短文，回答61-65题。

　　He has influenced generations of artists but John Baldessari's own celebrity came relatively late. A physically imposing 79-year-old, he seemed slightly uncomfortable at a press conference at the Metropolitan Museum, where a travelling retrospective of his work has just opened for its final stop. Asked to distil his art for the many who have not heard of him, he responded cheerfully that it was not the job of an artist to "spoon-feed" viewers but to make them feel intelligent.

　　For decades Mr Baldessari has made art that challenges convention. Though his work is heavily conceptual, it is not designed to alienate--and is often very funny. In the wake of abstract expressionism, when painting was all, Mr Baldessari was investigating what it meant to make a painting, what the rules were, and how far he could stretch them. In the 1960s he created a series of works that featured mostly text on canvas, painted by sign professionals.

　　One, in black letters on canvas, reads "PURE BEAUTY". The words sit there like a taunt (嘲弄), a question, a declaration.

　　"I do not believe in screwing the bourgeoisie," Mr Baldessari explained in an interview. The irony in his work is not designed to reveal what is vacant in art, or what is silly about those who buy it. He just wants people to question what they are looking at. He pokes fun at the art establishment, but he lets viewers in on the joke. Art, he says, supplies"spiritual nourishment". Asked if a show at the Met sat uncomfortably with his subversive streak, Mr Baldessari did not miss a beat: "I would be happy to hang in a broom closet at the Met. It's a huge honour."

　　Mr Baldessari attributes some of his experimentation to having grown up in National City, California, a suburb just north of the Mexican border and well beyond the reach of any art scene. He was culturally isolated, but also free from the pressures of rejection. "I was trying to find out what was irreducibly art." His boldest early work was his "Cremation Project" in 1970, when he ceremonially burned nearly all the paintings he had made between 1953 and 1966. "I really think it's my best piece to date," he wrote of it at the time.

　　He supported himself by teaching, mainly at the progressive California Institute of the Arts in Valencia. He earned a reputation for being a revolutionary and generous teacher who inspired students to renounce painting and view art as something that happens in the brain. "Artists are indebted to him," said Marla Prather, who organised the show at the Met. He taught countless people how to make art from the ordinary stuff of life. Now the man himself is finally getting his due.

　　61、The main idea of this passage is ________.

　　A.what the progress of Baldessari's art creating is

　　B.how Baldessari defines art

　　C.why Baldessari investigate the roles for art

　　D.how Baldessari became famous

　　62、The word "spoon-feed" (Line 4, Para. 1 ) means _________.

　　A.showing the ideas to people by means of holding a spoon

　　B.forcing people to accept the ideas

　　C.providing people with materials to create art

　　D.cheering up the people seeing the pictures

　　63、Which of the following is not the principal feature of Baldessari's work?

　　A.Conceptual.

　　B.Ironic.

　　C.Isolated.

　　D.Funny.

　　64、What's the purpose of John Baldessari's using irony in his works?

　　A.He hopes people can challenged what they see.

　　B.He uses irony to attract people to buy them.

　　C.He wants to make his work really funny.

　　D.He uses it to reveal what really matters in art.

　　65、The highlight of John Baldessari's job as a teacher is that ________

　　A.he needs much more money to run his travelling shows

　　B.he wants students to readjust their perspective on art

　　C.he thinks school is the best place to create art

　　D.he wants to talk students into giving up painting

　　Part VI Translation (30 minutes)

　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.

　　中国是世界上最大的发展中国家，人口约占世界总人口的22%。在过去相当长的时期里，由于诸多原因，贫困一直困扰着中国。20世纪80年代中期，中国农村绝大多数地区凭借自身的发展优势，经济得到快速增长，但少数地区由于经济、社会、历史、自然等方面的制约，发展相对滞后。中国政府在致力于经济和社会全面发展的进程中，在全国范围内实施了以解决贫困人口温饱问题为主要目标的有计划、有组织的大规模扶贫开发，极大地缓解了贫困现象。