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  3. Wholesale prices in July rose more sharply than expected and at a faster rate than consumer prices.【1】that businesses were still

Wholesale prices in July rose more sharply than expected and at a faster rate than consumer prices.【1】that businesses were still

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问题     Wholesale prices in July rose more sharply than expected and at a faster rate than consumer prices.【1】that businesses were still protecting consumers【2】the full brunt(冲击)of higher energy costs.
    The Producer Price Index,【3】measures what producers receive for goods and services,【4】1 percent in July, the Labor Department reported yesterday, double【5】economists had been expecting and a sharp turnaround from flat prices in June. Excluding【6】and energy, the core index of producer prices rose 0.4 percent,【7】than the 0.1 percent that economists had【8】. Much of that increase was a result of an【9】increase in car and truck prices.
    On Tuesday, the Labor Department said the【10】 that consumers paid for goods and services in July were【11】0.5 percent overall, and up 0.1 percent, excluding food and energy.
    【12】the overall rise in both consumer and producer prices【13】caused by energy costs, which increased 4.4 percent in the month. Wholesale food prices【14】0.3 percent in July.【15】July 2004, wholesale prices were up 4.6 percent, the core rate【16】2.8 percent— its fastest pace since 1995. Typically, increases in the Producer Price Index indicate similar changes in the consumer index【17】 businesses recoup(补偿)higher costs from customers.【18】for much of this expansion, which started【19】the end of 2001, that has not been the【20】. In fact, many businesses like automakers have been aggressively discounting their products.
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选项 A、indicate
B、to indicate
C、indicating
D、indicated
答案C
解析 语法结构题(谓语与非谓语动词的选择)。空格之前是一个完整的句子，并且没有并列连词，由此判定本空格中的动词并不与句子谓语动词rose并列，应该用非谓语动词形式，所以A项可以排除；B项不定式在句中做状语一般表示目的，不符合句意，可以排除；C项indicating为现在分词，在句中做伴随状语，符合语法语意，为本题答案；D项indicated为过去分词，应该与其逻辑主语是被动关系，不符合语法。
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