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  3. Wholesale prices in July rose more sharply than expected and at a faster rate than consumer prices,【C1】______ that businesses we

Wholesale prices in July rose more sharply than expected and at a faster rate than consumer prices,【C1】______ that businesses we

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问题     Wholesale prices in July rose more sharply than expected and at a faster rate than consumer prices,【C1】______ that businesses were still protecting consumers 【C2】______ the full brunt(冲击) of higher energy costs.
    The Producer Price Index,【C3】______ measures what producers receive for goods and services,【C4】______ 1 percent in July, the Labor Department reported yesterday, double【C5】______ economists had been expecting and a sharp turnaround from flat prices in June. Excluding【C6】______ and energy, the core index of producer prices rose 0.4 percent,【C7】______ than the 0.1 percent that economists had【C8】______ . Much of that increase was a result of an【C9】______ increase in car and truck prices.
    On Tuesday, the Labor Department said the【C10】______ that consumers paid for goods and services in July were【C11】______ 0.5 percent over all, and up 0.1 percent, excluding food and energy.
    【C12】______ the overall rise in both consumer and producer prices【C13】______ caused by energy costs, which increased 4.4 percent in the month.
     (Wholesale food prices【C14】______ 0.3 percent in July.【C15】______ July 2004, wholesale prices were up 4.6 percent, the core rate【C16】______ 2.8 percent, its fastest pace since 1995.)
    Typically, increases in the Producer Price Index indicate similar changes in the consumer index【C17】______ businesses recoup (补偿) higher costs from customers.【C18】______ for much of this expansion, which started【C19】______ the end of 2001, that has not been the【C20】______ . In fact, many businesses like automakers have been aggressively discounting their products.
【C9】
选项 A、expectable
B、unexpected
C、expectation
D、expecting
答案B
解析 上下文推理。文章上一句说“生产价格核心指数上升了0．4％，高于经济学家预期的0．1％”。事实比预期的高，其原因应该在意料之外，因此下一句increase in car and truck prices(轿车和卡车价格的上涨)应该是出乎意料的，B项为正确答案。
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