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Passage One
Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.
Imagine waking up and finding the value of your assets has been halved. No, you’re not an investor in one of those hedge funds that failed completely. With the dollar slumping to a 26-year low against the pound, already-expensive London has become quite unaffordable. A coffee at Starbucks, just as unavoidable in England as it is in the United States, runs about $8.
The once all-powerful dollar isn’t doing a Titanic against just the pound. It is sitting at a record low against the euro and at a 30-year low against the Canadian dollar. Even the Argentine peso and Brazilian real are thriving against the dollar.
The weak dollar is a source of humiliation, （屈辱），for a nation’s self-esteem rests in part on the strength of its currency. It’s also a potential economic problem, since a declining dollar makes imported food more expensive and exerts upward pressure on interest rates. And yet there are substantial sectors of the vast U.S. economy-from giant companies like Coca-Cola to mom-and-pop restaurant operators in Miami-for which the weak dollar is most excellent news.
Many Europeans may view the U.S. as an arrogant superpower that has become hostile to foreigners. But nothing makes people think more warmly of the U.S. than a weak dollar. Through April, the total number of visitors from abroad was up 6.8 percent from last year. Should the trend continue, the number of tourists this year will finally top the 2000 peak? Many Europeans now apparently view the U.S. the way many Americans view Mexico-as a cheap place to vacation, shop and party, all while ignoring the fact that the poorer locals can’t afford to join the merrymaking.
The money tourists spend helps decrease our chronic trade deficit. So do exports, which thanks in part to the weak dollar, soared 11 percent between May 2006 and May 2007. For first five months of 2007, the trade deficit actually fell 7 percent from 2006.
If you own shares in large American corporations, you’re a winner in the weak-dollar gamble. Last week Coca-Cola’s stick bubbled to a five-year high after it reported a fantastic quarter. Foreign sales accounted for 65 percent of Coke’s beverage （饮料）business. Other American companies profiting from this trend include McDonald’s and IBM.
American tourists, however, shouldn’t expect any relief soon. The dollar lost strength the way many marriages break up-slowly, and then all at once. And currencies don’t turn on a dime. So if you want to avoid the pain inflicted by the increasingly pathetic dollar, cancel that summer vacation to England and look to New England. There, the dollar is still treated with a little respect.
52. Why do Americans feel humiliated?
A) Their economy is plunging B) Their currency has slumped
C) They can’t afford trips to Europe D) They have lost half of their assets.
53.How does the current dollar affect the life of ordinary Americans?
A) They have to cancel their vacations in New England.
B) They find it unaffordable to dine in mom-and-pop restaurants.
C) They have to spend more money when buying imported goods.
D) They might lose their jobs due to potential economic problems.
54. How do many Europeans feel about the U.S with the devalued dollar?
A) They feel contemptuous of it B) They are sympathetic with it.
C) They regard it as a superpower on the decline. D) They think of it as a good tourist destination.
55. what is the author’s advice to Americans?
A) They treat the dollar with a little respect
B) They try to win in the weak-dollar gamble
C) They vacation at home rather than abroad
D) They treasure their marriages all the more.
56. What does the author imply by saying “currencies don’t turn on a dime” (Line 2,Para 7)?
A) The dollar’s value will not increase in the short term.
B) The value of a dollar will not be reduced to a dime
C) The dollar’s value will drop, but within a small margin.
D) Few Americans will change dollars into other currencies.
想象醒来发现你的资产价值已经减半, 不，你不是在基金投资中完全失败的一位投资者. 美元兑英镑汇率大幅度下跌到26 年的最低点，已经富裕的伦敦也变得无法承受。一杯咖啡在斯塔巴克，就如美国一样, 在英国无法避免地要价到8 美元。
曾经辉煌一时的美元兑英镑不再那么强势.美元兑欧元正处在历史最低点,兑加元也是30年来最低点. 即便阿根廷比索和巴西币对美元也表现很强劲。
美元走势成为屈辱的源头,因为一个国家把自己的尊严部分地依赖于它的货币. 这也是一个潜在的经济问题.因为变弱的美元合进口的食品更贵,对利率施加上行压力.然而美国的一些实体经济组织,大到如美国的可口可乐公司,小到迈阿密的夫妻餐厅,美元的贬值对它们来说是极好的消息.
很多欧洲人可能把美国看成傲慢的超级大国,但对外国来说它现在已经变得卑微了. 与疲软的美元相比较，没有什么使人们更能想到美国. 4月份，国外的参观者的总数比去年上升6.8%, 游客的数量今年将超过2000 万高峰，这样的趋势应该继续吗？ 显然现在很多欧洲人看美国就象很多美国人看墨西哥一样,认为其是一个便宜的渡假，购物和聚会的理想地， 然而他们忽视了更不幸的当地那些贫穷的人们根本无法加入到这种狂欢中来的事实。
游客花费的钱帮助减少我们的长期贸易逆差。 出口也是，这一定程度上由于疲软的美元，骤升在2006年5月和2007年5月之间的百分之11。 2007年第一个5 个月以来，贸易赤字实际上从2006年下降了7%.
如果你拥有美国大公司的股票，在美元疲软的博弈中你是获胜者。 上周在它发布神奇的季度财政报告后，可口可乐的的效益攀升至近5年来的最高,国外可乐销售比例上升至65 %。 受益于这个趋势的还有其他美国公司包括麦当劳和IBM。
美国游客在短期不要期望有任何减轻。 美元疲软使很多婚姻也逐渐出现问题,而后是立马终结。 货币不取决于一角钱的价值。 因此如果你想要逃避美元疲软带来的痛苦，取消到英国渡假的打算,考虑一下新英格兰,在那里，美元仍然受到一点尊敬.
Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.
Imagine waking up and finding the value of your assets has been halved. No, you’re not an investor in one of those hedge funds that failed completely. With the dollar slumping to a 26-year low against the pound, already-expensive London has become quite unaffordable. A coffee at Starbucks, just as unavoidable in England as it is in the United States, runs about $8.
The once all-powerful dollar isn’t doing a Titanic against just the pound. It is sitting at a record low against the euro and at a 30-year low against the Canadian dollar. Even the Argentine peso and Brazilian real are thriving against the dollar.
The weak dollar is a source of humiliation, （屈辱），for a nation’s self-esteem rests in part on the strength of its currency. It’s also a potential economic problem, since a declining dollar makes imported food more expensive and exerts upward pressure on interest rates. And yet there are substantial sectors of the vast U.S. economy-from giant companies like Coca-Cola to mom-and-pop restaurant operators in Miami-for which the weak dollar is most excellent news.
Many Europeans may view the U.S. as an arrogant superpower that has become hostile to foreigners. But nothing makes people think more warmly of the U.S. than a weak dollar. Through April, the total number of visitors from abroad was up 6.8 percent from last year. Should the trend continue, the number of tourists this year will finally top the 2000 peak? Many Europeans now apparently view the U.S. the way many Americans view Mexico-as a cheap place to vacation, shop and party, all while ignoring the fact that the poorer locals can’t afford to join the merrymaking.
The money tourists spend helps decrease our chronic trade deficit. So do exports, which thanks in part to the weak dollar, soared 11 percent between May 2006 and May 2007. For first five months of 2007, the trade deficit actually fell 7 percent from 2006.
If you own shares in large American corporations, you’re a winner in the weak-dollar gamble. Last week Coca-Cola’s stick bubbled to a five-year high after it reported a fantastic quarter. Foreign sales accounted for 65 percent of Coke’s beverage （饮料）business. Other American companies profiting from this trend include McDonald’s and IBM.
American tourists, however, shouldn’t expect any relief soon. The dollar lost strength the way many marriages break up-slowly, and then all at once. And currencies don’t turn on a dime. So if you want to avoid the pain inflicted by the increasingly pathetic dollar, cancel that summer vacation to England and look to New England. There, the dollar is still treated with a little respect.
52. Why do Americans feel humiliated?
A) Their economy is plunging B) Their currency has slumped
C) They can’t afford trips to Europe D) They have lost half of their assets.
53.How does the current dollar affect the life of ordinary Americans?
A) They have to cancel their vacations in New England.
B) They find it unaffordable to dine in mom-and-pop restaurants.
C) They have to spend more money when buying imported goods.
D) They might lose their jobs due to potential economic problems.
54. How do many Europeans feel about the U.S with the devalued dollar?
A) They feel contemptuous of it B) They are sympathetic with it.
C) They regard it as a superpower on the decline. D) They think of it as a good tourist destination.
55. what is the author’s advice to Americans?
A) They treat the dollar with a little respect
B) They try to win in the weak-dollar gamble
C) They vacation at home rather than abroad
D) They treasure their marriages all the more.
56. What does the author imply by saying “currencies don’t turn on a dime” (Line 2,Para 7)?
A) The dollar’s value will not increase in the short term.
B) The value of a dollar will not be reduced to a dime
C) The dollar’s value will drop, but within a small margin.
D) Few Americans will change dollars into other currencies.
想象醒来发现你的资产价值已经减半, 不，你不是在基金投资中完全失败的一位投资者. 美元兑英镑汇率大幅度下跌到26 年的最低点，已经富裕的伦敦也变得无法承受。一杯咖啡在斯塔巴克，就如美国一样, 在英国无法避免地要价到8 美元。
曾经辉煌一时的美元兑英镑不再那么强势.美元兑欧元正处在历史最低点,兑加元也是30年来最低点. 即便阿根廷比索和巴西币对美元也表现很强劲。
美元走势成为屈辱的源头,因为一个国家把自己的尊严部分地依赖于它的货币. 这也是一个潜在的经济问题.因为变弱的美元合进口的食品更贵,对利率施加上行压力.然而美国的一些实体经济组织,大到如美国的可口可乐公司,小到迈阿密的夫妻餐厅,美元的贬值对它们来说是极好的消息.
很多欧洲人可能把美国看成傲慢的超级大国,但对外国来说它现在已经变得卑微了. 与疲软的美元相比较，没有什么使人们更能想到美国. 4月份，国外的参观者的总数比去年上升6.8%, 游客的数量今年将超过2000 万高峰，这样的趋势应该继续吗？ 显然现在很多欧洲人看美国就象很多美国人看墨西哥一样,认为其是一个便宜的渡假，购物和聚会的理想地， 然而他们忽视了更不幸的当地那些贫穷的人们根本无法加入到这种狂欢中来的事实。
游客花费的钱帮助减少我们的长期贸易逆差。 出口也是，这一定程度上由于疲软的美元，骤升在2006年5月和2007年5月之间的百分之11。 2007年第一个5 个月以来，贸易赤字实际上从2006年下降了7%.
如果你拥有美国大公司的股票，在美元疲软的博弈中你是获胜者。 上周在它发布神奇的季度财政报告后，可口可乐的的效益攀升至近5年来的最高,国外可乐销售比例上升至65 %。 受益于这个趋势的还有其他美国公司包括麦当劳和IBM。
美国游客在短期不要期望有任何减轻。 美元疲软使很多婚姻也逐渐出现问题,而后是立马终结。 货币不取决于一角钱的价值。 因此如果你想要逃避美元疲软带来的痛苦，取消到英国渡假的打算,考虑一下新英格兰,在那里，美元仍然受到一点尊敬.
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第1个回答 2009-11-12
都在了：历年英语六级真题下载（2000.1——2009.6）
PS：这时候应该多做真题，考试中理解全文是很难的事情，新东方老师也说过，阅读中只有30%的内容是与得分有关的。所以要学会抓点！
六级快到了哦，祝你好运！本回答被网友采纳
PS：这时候应该多做真题，考试中理解全文是很难的事情，新东方老师也说过，阅读中只有30%的内容是与得分有关的。所以要学会抓点！
六级快到了哦，祝你好运！本回答被网友采纳
