文档介绍：1 2008 年6月 21 日大学英语六级真题及答案 Part IV prehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) Section B 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 pletely. With the dollar slumping toa 26-year low against the pound, already-expensive London has e 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 ata record low against the euro and ata 30-year low against the Canadian dollar. Even the Argentine peso and Brazilian real are thriving against the dollar. The weak dollar isa source of humiliation, 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 . economy-from panies 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 . as an arrogant superpower that has e hostile to foreigners. But nothing makes people think more warmly of the . than a weak dollar. Through April, the total number of visitors from abroad was up 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 . 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