大学英语六级（2013年12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷389
作文
1.For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled The Days We Should Keep in Mind. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1.
1. 很多年轻人从不会忘记庆祝自己的生日，父母的生日却不知道
2. 这种现象说明了什么问题，原因是什么
3. 我们应该怎么做
Many young people never forget their birthday. They held little parties and receive gifts to celebrate their birthday every year. However, when they are asked about their parents’ birthdays, most of them cannot answer right.
There are several reasons which cause this phenomenon. On the one hand, nowadays parents focus very much on their children, but too little on themselves. Many parents celebrate their children’s birthdays when their kids are still very young, maybe only 3 or 4 years old. But parents seldom celebrate their own birthday, and maybe they don’t mention it at all. That’s why young people cannot remember parents’ birthdays. On the other hand, young people focus very much on themselves, but too little on their parents. Sometimes they just tnink that their parents are not interested in celebrating birthday.
Is young people’s birthday more important than their parents’? I don’t think so. The days we should keep in mind are not our own birthday, but our parents’.
解析：根据本文的写作提纲，全文思路如下：
第一段开门见山，点明现在社会存在的现象：很多年轻人从来不会忘记自己的生日，却连父母的生日是哪天都不知道。
第二段解释这种现象产生的原因：一方面父母从小就帮孩子庆祝生日，却常常淡化自己的生日庆祝方式，甚至不庆祝；另一方面年轻人过于关注自己，对父母缺少关心。
第三段表明自己的态度，指出我们应该怎么做。
词汇理解
The U.S. dollar was supposed to be at the end of its rope. Kicking the bucket. Well, maybe not. The dollar continues to【C1】________gloom-and-doom predictions. After a swoon (低速) last year, the dollar is again enjoying a major rally. The U.S. dollar index, which【C2】________the dollar\’s value against other major currencies, is just off an eight-month high.
The main reason behind the dollar\’s【C3】________is actually no real surprise at all. There is no alternative able to replace the dollar as the world\’s No.l currency. Sure, the U.S. budget deficit is expanding, the government\’s debt is increasing, and Wall Street is still【C4】________itself. But the dollar remains the prettiest of a flock of ugly ducklings. Is any other major industrialized economy【C5】________better off than the U.S.? Not really. Just about the【C6】________developed world is suffering with the same problems. That\’s why when investors get nervous, they still rush to the good old dollar. The dollar wins because no one else is really in the game.
The euro has been exposed as a【C7】________. Only a few months ago, economists truly believed the euro could【C8】________the dollar as the top reserve currency. Now experts are questioning if the euro has a future at all. The Greek debt crisis has【C9】________that the euro is only as strong as its weakest link.
And after the euro, where do global investors turn? The yen? Japan\’s economy, with higher government debt and crushing deflation (通货紧缩), has even deeper structural problems than America\’s. Maybe over the next 20 or 30 years, the dollar will slowly lose the dominant status it holds today.
That process, 【C10】________, could well be driven by the appearance of new rivals.
A) absolute E) concise I) recovery M) measures
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